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Awkward Eye Contact with Death [retired]

Commander / EDH Crow_Umbra

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Another big update - Hate and Taxes? —Nov. 25, 2021

Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow had plenty of cool new cards for each of my decks. The reprints of Thalia, Guardian of Thraben (didn't have one already), and the new Cemetery Gatekeeper (and rest of Cemetery ____ Cycle) were too hard to resist including this deck. I ultimately decided to remove most of the remaining combat trick effects, and pretty much all of the token producing effects.

I replaced the token production and combat tricks with Hate/Stax effects that I'll continue tailoring to my meta. Here are the cards I added on the newest update:

I'm especially excited about Immortal Servitude, since I realized a decent chunk of the revised creature list is at 2 CMC, especially those with hate and stax effects.

Potential add-ins as I continue to tailor to my meta/how fun or not fun my play group feels this deck is to play against:

Mishraharad says... #1

Not gonna lie, Shrieking Mogg is hot

March 26, 2021 1:51 p.m.

Crow_Umbra says... #2

Mishraharad I recently rehauled this deck, so I haven't used it yet. Very excited to though.

Your Alesha primer has been pretty helpful in my brewing process.

March 26, 2021 3:08 p.m.

Mishraharad says... #3

Glad I've been of help to somebody :D

March 27, 2021 3:33 a.m.

LivingThing says... #4

I played Alesha for a couple years; I love the build you made

April 25, 2021 4:12 p.m.

Crow_Umbra says... #5

Thank you Harbinger69! I've been playing Alesha for the past year, but recently changed her up into this current iteration. The previous version was more combat focused with a Menace subtheme

April 25, 2021 7:51 p.m.

zapyourtumor says... #6

Some funny creatures you can reanimate with Alesha: Archetype of Finality , Duplicant , Herald of Leshrac

June 4, 2021 11:35 p.m.

Crow_Umbra says... #7

Thanks for the suggestions zapyourtumor. I had both Archetype of Finality and Duplicant in my previous version of this deck before I recently changed it up into its current iteration. I think I've had Herald of Leshrac on my maybeboard for a bit, but haven't really tried it yet.

June 5, 2021 8:58 p.m.

freezerboy says... #8

Could make use of cards like Wake the Dead, Sin Collector, or Springjack Shepherd. I've had some very decent interactions with Wake the Dead in my reanimator deck. Usually catches opponents off guard when you can employ your ETB mechanics on their turn. Not sure if it still applies since you are toning back the ETB mechanics, but figured I'd mention it anyway.

August 23, 2021 2:56 a.m.

Crow_Umbra says... #9

Thank you for the suggestions freezerboy. I currently use Wake the Dead in my Araumi of the Dead Tide deck for similar reasons. I really like this suggestion as a means to get a surprise combo off. Even though ETB toolbox isn't the main focus of the deck, I could still see it working here with some of the other ETBs I already have.

August 23, 2021 11:54 a.m.