Chainer

Commander / EDH Mono-Black

Cynic14

Creature (26)

• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Banewhip Punisher
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Toshiro Umezawa
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Haunted Dead
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Artifact (14)

• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Culling Dais
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Possessed Portal

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Call the Bloodline
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Black Market

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Withering Boon
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Scour from Existence

Land (37)

• 37x Swamp

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This is my Chainer list; there are many like it, but this one is mine.

Show me a stronger build of Chainer (This a $200 budget version).

This list is lots of fun until you learn how to play it.

Win turn, or at least the turn at which the game is decided, is 5-8 (meaning this is a High Power list, or a ~7).

*This list is the product of my time spent at a card store, roughly 2017-2020. As such, anything printed after 2020 has not been and will not be considered. With this caveat in mind, I welcome suggestions.

*With no budget limitations, inclusions are as follows:

• Lion's Eye DiamondGC

• Gate to Phyrexia

• Demonic TutorGC

• Vampiric TutorGC

• Diabolic Intent

• Phyrexian Altar

• Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

• Cabal Coffers

• Cabal Stronghold

• Deserted Temple

• Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

• Phyrexian Tower

*If you play the lands, you also play Expedition Map.

Alternatives

*The following are acceptable and can be played if you happen to like them. Each has been played in this list at one time or another. However, they make no appreciable difference:

• Buried Alive

• Toxic Deluge

• Damnation

• Mutilate

• Living Death

• K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

• Torgaar, Famine Incarnate

• Necrotic Ooze

• Doom Whisperer

• Sidisi, Undead Vizier

• Animate Dead

• Reanimate

• Kokusho, the Evening Star

• Mindslicer

• Harvester of Souls

• Go for the Throat

• Sudden Spoiling

• Night's Whisper

• Final Parting

• Oppression

• Geier Reach Sanitarium

• Ancient TombGC

Negative Synergy

*A few warnings on cards that get in the way of each other, which will hopefully save you some trouble:

• Gravebreaker Lamia + Ophiomancer

• Caged Sun + Skullclamp

Date added	1 year
Last updated	7 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.27
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 B, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure, Vampire Knight 1/1 B