Champion of Stray Souls

Creature — Skeleton Warrior

{3}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice X other creatures: Return X target creatures from your graveyard to the battlefield.

{5}{B}{B}: Put Champion of Stray Souls on top of your library from your graveyard.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

king-saproling on Bled (Black + Red, sac and death trigger heavy)

1 year ago

You might like these: The Ozolith, Brass's Bounty, Revel in Riches, Ghost Lantern, Blade of the Bloodchief, Skullclamp, Pitiless Plunderer, Champion of Stray Souls, Hell's Caretaker, Whisper, Blood Liturgist

TheVectornaut on Dead of Night

1 year ago

I think the biggest weakness of this deck is that it's hard to curve out early with so many of the slots occupied by cards at 3 CMC or higher. The ideal play pattern is probably to slam down Champion of the Perished on turn 1 and then follow up with a zombie or 2 every following turn until finishing with a bomb. This is difficult to do with Relentless Dead as your only 2 drop, and if you don't draw Champion, the lack of 1 drops makes things even worse. I'd recommend adding something like Gravecrawler, Diregraf Ghoul, Cryptbreaker, or Dread Wanderer to provide early pressure in the absence of a champion. Then, on 2, I personally like Undead Augur for the draw, especially paired with a sac outlet like Carrion Feeder. Other 2s could be Waste Not with a discard package, Graveyard Marshal as a lordless Cemetery Reaper, or you could dedicate the slots to cheaper removal. Invoke Despair is very flashy but seldom as efficient as a Thoughtseize or Fatal Push. On 3, you have enough cards, although I would still offer Geralf's Messenger, Diregraf Colossus, and Lord of the Accursed as other options to consider. To make room, the most obvious place to start is the bloated 6-slot, and as much as I love using him in my Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest EDH deck, Champion of Stray Souls is very slow in 60-card formats. Helm of the Host, Liliana, Dreadhorde General, and Killing Wave (without a drain package with Gray Merchant of Asphodel) also seem underwhelming to me. It should be noted that I'm using modern as the basis for my evaluation. If your local casual meta is slow enough, running more big guys isn't as big of a problem, although I'd still try for more 1s and 2s just to avoid games where you're bricked until turn 3.

1empyrean on

2 years ago

I think building an artifacts deck around Ashnod isn't really exploring anything new with her.

Anyways, here are some suggestions for cards that I think are interesting. Not all of these will really work for thr deck you are trying to build, but some will.

Pentavus, Priest of the forgotten gods, Dreamscape Artist, Ruthless Knave, Scrap Welder, Sloppity Bilepiper, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Champion of Stray Souls

seshiro_of_the_orochi on More cards like Phyrexian Reclamation

3 years ago

Working with Syrix, Carrier of the Flame?

Champion of Stray Souls has something similar going, although a lot more expensive. I'm also trying to include a little dredge to get creature cards out of the graveyard. Gravewaker is bullshit-expensive to activate, but is another possibility. Another useful card might be Undead Gladiator.

king-saproling on Orcus, Prince of Sacrifice & CMC 1

3 years ago

Looks like a great list so far. Thoughts on these? Berserkers' Onslaught, Gratuitous Violence, Champion of Stray Souls, Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge, Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, Void Beckoner, Basilisk Collar, Vorpal Sword, Brood of Cockroaches, Midnight Reaper, Syr Konrad, the Grim

king-saproling on Milling in the name of!

3 years ago

You might like these: Forever Young , Neko-Te , Nim Devourer , Wake the Dead , No Rest for the Wicked , Skirge Familiar , Songs of the Damned , Death Denied , Restless Dreams , Altar of the Brood , Millikin , Extractor Demon , Sifter of Skulls , Awaken the Erstwhile , Champion of Stray Souls , Dread Summons

king-saproling on

4 years ago

You might like these: Pitiless Plunderer , Pawn of Ulamog , Field of Souls , Requiem Angel , Hell's Caretaker , Whisper, Blood Liturgist , Custodi Soulcaller , Bishop of Rebirth , Sun Titan , Champion of Stray Souls , Adarkar Valkyrie , Cauldron of Souls , Nim Devourer

king-saproling on Tormod's Coming Back with Bruse Tarl

4 years ago

Looks fun. You might like these: Tortured Existence , Mimic Vat , Custodi Soulcaller , Cauldron of Souls , Champion of Stray Souls , Whisper, Blood Liturgist , Hell's Caretaker , Karmic Guide