Greven, Predator Captain

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) Lifelink Sacrifice Suicide Black Voltron

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Land (36)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x Chandra's Ignition

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Greed
• 1x Exquisite Blood

Creature (21)

• 1x Immolating Souleater
• 1x Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
• 1x Lupine Prototype
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Cosmic Larva
• 1x Phyrexian Soulgorger
• 1x Relic Golem
• 1x Rotting Regisaur
• 1x Wall of Blood
• 1x Anger
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Zealous Conscripts
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood

Instant (13)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Rush of Vitality
• 1x Temur Battle Rage
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Butcher's Glee
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Bolt Bend

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Netherborn Altar
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vorrac Battlehorns
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Bolas's CitadelGC

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Creature (2)

• 1x Rowan, Scion of War
• 1x Daring Fiendbonder

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Feed the Swarm

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This deck has become one of my favorites to play. It might not win every game, but it will take most of the table down in a bloody massacre!

The best part of the deck is its theme and the value it gets from it; sacrifice creatures and draw a grip of cards from doing so.

To pilot this deck successfully we need to cast Greven preferably with haste, and also an effect which makes him unblockable.

The name of the game is to spend life to take life. We have many ways in the deck to lose massive amounts of life in order to pump Greven for a lethal hit, but don't worry, there are many effects in the deck to gain us that life back.

Win Cons:

Commander damage - The most straight forward win con in the deck is to swing at each opponent individually and kill the with commander damage. Cast Seize the Day while Geven is lethal and you got it in the bag.

Infect - Get Greven's power to 10 or above, cast Chandra's Ignition to deal damage equal to Geven's power, then cast Tainted Strike to give Greven infect to kill all opponents.

Lock - Cast Mindslicer and sac him to Greven's trigger, the table discards their hands and we stack the triggers to draw 4 cards from Mindslicer being sacrificed. Then use Phyrexian Reclamation to recur Mindslicer each turn. We could repeat these steps with any other creature with a desirable enter/leave the battlefield effect such as Gray Merchant of Asphodel or Kokusho, the Evening Star.

The deck is really fun to pilot and I get lots of positive comments about the build at my LGS. Most of the time, none of my opponents have played against Greven and don't really understand what he does. After a couple games the table will be aware of how lethal this deck can be.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.92