Sek'Kuar's Hasty Mob Ball of Death | V-OJT

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats BRG (Jund) Combo Multiplayer Persist Primer Sacrifice Value Engine

Beebles

Lands (38)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 3x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 2x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Ziatora's Proving Ground

Sticky (9)

• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Rekindling Phoenix
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Protection (5)

• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild

Tutors (5)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Rushed Rebirth

When Creatures Die (16)

• 1x Brazen Cannonade
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Harmonic Prodigy
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Riveteers Ascendancy
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Vicious Shadows
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

More Mana (13)

• 1x Avatar of Growth
• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Veteran Explorer
• 1x Viridian Emissary
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Ziatora, the Incinerator

Sac Outlets (9)

• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
• 1x Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
• 1x Rakdos, the Muscle
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Ziatora, the Incinerator

Mild Hugs (5)

• 1x Avatar of Growth
• 1x Druid of Purification
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Veteran Explorer

Recursion (5)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Riveteers Ascendancy
• 1x Thrilling Encore

Cheat (3)

• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Selvala's Stampede
• 1x Sneak Attack

Commander (1)

Interaction (15)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cankerbloom
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Druid of Purification
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Ziatora, the Incinerator

Draw/Filter (12)

• 1x Brazen Cannonade
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
• 1x Rakdos, the Muscle
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Damage (7)

• 1x Brazen Cannonade
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Vicious Shadows
• 1x Ziatora, the Incinerator

Steal (5)

• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Rakdos, the Muscle
• 1x Thrilling Encore

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Interaction (20)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Author of Shadows
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Callous Bloodmage
• 1x Cavalier of Night
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x Masked Vandal
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Structural Assault
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

Sac Outlets (7)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Viscera Seer

Protection (5)

• 1x Aspect of Mongoose
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Revel in Riches

Lands (3)

• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Savage Lands

Buff (1)

• 1x Sarkhan Vol

Haste (1)

• 1x Anger

Draw/Filter (14)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Tribute to the World Tree
• 1x Viscera Seer

More Mana (8)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Ognis, the Dragon's Lash
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Tutors (7)

• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier

Sticky (4)

• 1x Aspect of Mongoose
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Flamewake Phoenix
• 1x Squee, the Immortal

Cheat (2)

• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise

When Creatures Die (13)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Tokens (9)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Mogg War Marshal
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Sprouting Thrinax

Recursion (6)

• 1x Cavalier of Night
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Wake the Dead

Steal (5)

• 1x Author of Shadows
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Sarkhan Vol
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Draw (1)

• 1x Smothering Abomination

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You'd better start running... Look behind you!

Ahh, well... Sacrifices must be made.

Hello there and welcome to my Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper list,

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Origin

I had been running a janky Karador list for some time. However, that deck has not been as fun to pilot as some of my other decks. After several attempts of fixing that, I ended up deciding to park Karador for a while and try out a similar idea with a different commander: Sek'Kuar.

Game Plan

With this list I went for an Aristocrats-style deck. I want to have a lot of creatures that are dying, spawning new creatures and dying again, leading to all sorts of benefits via triggered abilities, including the one from the commander: Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper. As the game progresses and the triggers and dying creatures start stacking up, things will start snowballing out of control and trample our opponents, much to the approval and enjoyment of the deathkeeper ;). To enable the formation of this mob ball of death, I'm running three main categories of cards:

1. A critical mass of trigger effects when creatures die, like Grave Pact and Pattern of Rebirth;
2. A number of sac outlets to enable control when our creatures die, like Goblin Bombardment;
3. A selection of nontoken-creatures that die in different ways:

Creatures that sac themselves, like Sakura-Tribe Elder; spells on a stick that either do something as they ETB, like Wood Elves, or when they die, like Viridian Emissary; and sticky creatures like Bloodghast that can die multiple times. Cards like Reassembling Skeleton and Nether Traitor are nice in that they can be recurred, sacced and recurred several times a turn as long as you have the mana and a sac outlet.

All that durdeling should not be without consequences though. It should allow for fun interactions, surprising turn of events or winning plays. I focussed on the following ways to become threatening in this build:

• Board-control via sac effects, like Dictate of Erebos, or by granting deathtouch to something like Mayhem Devil;
• Generating an army of 3/1 hasties from nowhere and hitting face with them;
• Stealing opponent's creatures with cards like Mob Rule, swinging face, and then turning them into a graveborn army via a sac outlet for a maximum tempo swing;
• Saccing creatures with Vicious Shadows in play;
• Abusing Protean Hulk (I actually removed the hulk here as it doesn't match with the inteded power level)
• Via one of the infinite combo's

Like my Mina and Denn list, a goal here was to create a deck that keeps surprising to play and that has many different paths to victory. One game you might be stealing all creatures, knocking out a player with them and saccing them for value. Another game you might end up abusing Sneak Attack and chaining all sorts of fun stuff. While in yet another you might just be innocently durdeling most of the game until a combo emerges. The different ways the deck can play out make it fun to pilot. I usually end up playing this deck several times in a row when I bring it out for a game day.

Combos

I decided on the following combo routes in this deck (note that in our playgroup we have a rule that prevents combo’s of 2 cards or less):

• Rhythm of the Wild/Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + a persist creature + a sac outlet does infinite damage with Murderous Redcap or Goblin Bombardment (adding another card such as Terror of the Peaks will also get you there), destroys all non-creatures with Woodfall Primus, and steals all creatures from your opponent’s graveyards with Puppeteer Clique.

Intented Power Level

With this deck I have tried to create a synergistic deck that is consistent in having enough cards and ramp and getting good value, but inconsistent in the way it plays out. I want to be able to bring out this deck in any group and not have the feeling it is ever way too powerful. For example, Melira, Sylvok Outcast or Demonic Tutor would be obvious improvements for this deck, but I deliberately did not include them. In hindsight I like that, apart from Volrath's Stronghold, I ended up running no reserved list cards, matching the intent of making a restrained, accessible deck.

Category (Jank - Low - Mid - High - Competitive)

Mid

Considerations

I've avoided to go too much into tokens, as those aren't as beneficial with Sek'Kuar and I already have a full on token deck. I also tried to create a list that does not rely on graveyard recursion too much for having a lot of creatures in play. With my current meta, straight up graveyard decks run the risk of not really participating in the game. Instead I included cards that cheat creatures into play from the library, like Selvala's Stampede.

I would love to hear your suggestions. Let me know if you have some good ideas, and feel free to upvote the deck if you liked it!

Upvote & Support This Deck!

GL & HF

Beebles

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Top Ranked	Achieved #64 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #45 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) 4 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.67
Tokens	Elemental 0/1 R, Experience Token, Goat 0/1 W, Graveborn 3/1 BR, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
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