Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (Commander / EDH MTG Deck)

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

Commander / EDH* Artifact Eldrazi Ramp

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Artifact (42)

Land (36)

Commander (1)

Creature (15)

Planeswalker (3)

Sorcery (2)

Instant (1)

1x Warping Wail

Colorless EDH deck with Kozilek, Butcher of Truth as commander. Doesn't include Mishra's Workshop cause money.

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Lost Caverns of Ixalan — Dec. 19, 2023

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Catching up with all additions up to Lost Caverns of Ixalan. As there are more and more useful cards released I focus on streamlining the deck and trimming some cards that don't hold their weight individually.

+1 Urza's Workshop, +1 Urza's Factory, +1 Urza's Tower, +1 Urza's Power Plant, +1 Urza's Mine With the release of Urza's Workshop we have a reason to add all the other Urza's lands. I don't expect to assemble Tron, ever, but any additional Mana is reason enough to add these otherwise useless colorless lands.

-1 Phyrexia's Core, -1 Tomb of the Spirit Dragon, -1 High Market, -1 Homeward Path, -1 Mage-Ring Network To make room for the Urza's lands the weaker lands had to be removed. I choose to get rid of the sacrifice sub-theme and two utility lands which get rarely used. Also Mage-Ring Network which needs to much build-up to ramp.

+1 Crystal Grotto, -1 Radiant Fountain The added bonus of Scry 1 makes this a fine addition at no cost and seems better than 2 life.

+1 The Irencrag, +1 Stonespeaker Crystal, -1 Prismatic Lens, -1 Sisay's Ring Upgrading some mana rocks to newer versions with added utility.

-1 Salvaging Station, -1 Phyrexian Furnace, -1 Scrabbling Claws, -1 Triangle of War Getting rid of this value package as it's not needed anymore. Some of these new cards have so much value in itself that such a package looks weak in comparison, especially when sometimes you don't have them together. This also removes the Salvaging Station +Karn, Silver Golem + Mana Crypt combo for infinite mana which makes Karn weaker and maybe a potential cut in the future.

+1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter Having the option to act at instant speed is a nice strategic advantage. And the added bonus of a sizeable body for blocking makes this a good utility card at only a cost of 3.

+1 Soul-Guide Lantern As some graveyard hate got cut I wanted atleast one replacement to tutor for that won't affect our graveyard.

+1 Moonsilver Key Tutors Mana Crypt or Sol Ring for some ramp or Basalt Monolith if we can assemble the combo for infinite mana.

+1 The One Ring Protection and card draw - yes, it's very powerful. We can also untap it in various ways.

+1 Karn, Legacy Reforged A Blinkmoth Urn that only affects us is good ramp.

+1 Portal to Phyrexia More removal is always good as we lack that in general. The reanimation is a nice bonus. It's expensive but in my opinion impactful enough.

+1 Rise of the Eldrazi Very expensive but often ends the game or atleast gets you far ahead.

-1 Myr Retriever With the cut of the sacrifice sub-theme in the lands it's not reliable anymore to get the effect consistently.

-1 Staff of Nin, -1 Myr Battlesphere Though weak individually they were part of Kuldotha Forgemaster lines to win on the spot. The first activation got you Clock of Omens to untap Forgemaster again and then get Myr Battlesphere for more sacrifice fodder and untaps to get e.g. Basalt Monolith and Rings of Brighthearth for infinite mana and Staff of Domination to use all that mana to draw your deck and closing the game with Staff of Nin with two Staff of Domination (one copy with Sculpting Steel orMirage Mirror) to untap it as often as you want using Clock of Omens to ping all your opponents to death. I still think Kuldotha Forgemaster can be devastating enough just by tutoring a single card, e.g. to find the missing piece of a combo. There might be a return of the one-shot combo in the future, maybe with new upcoming cards released. But at the moment the deck's focus is on ramping and casting individual big mana cards to overwhelm your opponents. The Forgemaster kill is also all-in and can be easily interrupted leaving you with much less ressources. It can also be awkward when one of the parts is in your graveyard and you don't have a way to get it back, especially without Myr Retriever now.

Commander Legends — May 8, 2021

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Commander 2018 — Aug. 6, 2018

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Rivals of Ixalan — Feb. 22, 2018

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Aether Revolt — Jan. 20, 2017

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Commander 2016 — Nov. 11, 2016

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Kaladesh — Oct. 11, 2016

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Shadows over Innistrad — April 2, 2016

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Oath of the Gatewatch — Jan. 18, 2016

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	4 months
Exclude colors	WUBRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 35 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.09
Tokens	Assembly-Worker 2/2 C, Construct 0/0 C, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Spirit 2/2 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
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