Greet Death with a Smile

Commander / EDH Aggro Aristocrats Combo Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Reanimator

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Land (36)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Elegant Parlor
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Sundown Pass
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Self Mill (6)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Snarling Gorehound
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Graveyard Hate (3)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Grey Host Reinforcements
• 1x Jirina, Dauntless General

Haste (3)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Bitter Reunion
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept

Looting & Card Advantage (12)

• 1x Bitter Reunion
• 1x Demand Answers
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Loran of the Third Path
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Moria Scavenger
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Village Rites

Ramp (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Boreas Charger
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy

Targeted Removal (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Damn
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Loran of the Third Path
• 1x Rite of Oblivion
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Wear / Tear
• 1x Werefox Bodyguard

Combo (6)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sunforger

Token Generation (4)

• 1x Angel of Invention
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander

Tutor (4)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fighter Class
• 1x Sunforger

Life Drain (2)

• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Commander (1)

Protection (10)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Cultist of the Absolute
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Jirina, Dauntless General
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Silver Shroud Costume
• 1x Werefox Bodyguard

Recursion (8)

• 1x Ardent Elementalist
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Sacrifice Outlet (7)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x High Market
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Evasion (6)

• 1x Cultist of the Absolute
• 1x Delney, Streetwise Lookout
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Seasoned Dungeoneer
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Silver Shroud Costume

Board Wipe (3)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Damn
• 1x Dusk / Dawn

Spell "Borrowing" (1)

• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil

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I built this deck for my wife as her first Commander deck after having asked her which legendary creatures looked interesting and this, funnily enough, is now one of my favorite decks I've ever made. The deck utilizes Alesha, Who Smiles at Death's ability to recur high value creatures with low power such as Karmic Guide and Duplicant.

The deck utilizes sac. outlets such as Yahenni, Undying Partisan and Viscera Seer to sacrifice creatures for value and to place them in the graveyard where they can be recurred by Alesha, Who Smiles at Death. Cards like Reconnaissance and Seasoned Dungeoneer are included to help protect Alesha, Who Smiles at Death during combat.

Combos Show

This deck contains the following combos:

Altar of Dementia + Karmic Guide + Reveillark = Infinite Mill

Goblin Bombardment + Karmic Guide + Reveillark = Infinite Damage

Karmic Guide + Reveillark = Infinite Recursion

Karmic Guide + Reveillark + Viscera Seer = Infinite Scrying

Mistveil Plains + Sunforger = Instant Spell Recursion

"Greet death with sword in hand." — Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Any constructive criticism is welcome and if you enjoy this deck please upvote.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Combo 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH RBW (Mardu) 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Reanimator 3 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 week
Key combos	Karmic Guide + Reveillark Altar of Dementia + Karmic Guide + Reveillark Karmic Guide + Reveillark + Viscera Seer Goblin Bombardment + Karmic Guide + Reveillark Mistveil Plains + Sunforger
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.84
Tokens	Dungeon: Undercity, Elemental 1/1 R, Goblin 1/1 R, Rat 1/1 B, Servo 1/1 C, Skeleton 4/1 B, The Initiative, Treasure
Folders	?decks, Commander Decks, New Deck