Bodach-Rocais

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Scarecrow Theme/Gimmick Tokens

Noire_Samhain

Creature (33)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blood Seeker
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Crossroads Candleguide
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fang Skulkin
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Heap Doll
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Osseous Sticktwister
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Pili-Pala
• 1x Realmwalker
• 1x Roaming Throne
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Scaretiller
• 1x Scorn Effigy
• 1x Scuttlemutt
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Tatterkite
• 1x The Swarmweaver
• 1x Wickerfolk Thresher
• 1x Wild-Field Scarecrow
• 1x Wingrattle Scarecrow
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Land (34)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkmoss Bridge
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 4x Forest
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Three Tree City
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x War Room
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Instant (11)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Kindred Summons
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Worldly TutorGC

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Culling Ritual
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Reanimate

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Enchantment (1)

• 1x Biotransference

Artifact (1)

• 1x Inspiring Statuary

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That's Scottish for "Old Man of the Rooks" (Pronounced similar to boh-dahk roh-kesh). A slang term for a scarecrow. To be less trite than the usual Reaper King, I thought the new Golgari commander Rendmaw would be fun to build scarecrow typal in, since it's a scarecrow that makes birds that are scared to attack you, and scarecrows have two different card types to trigger it repeatedly.

So, we cast a lot of Scarecrows. There's not a lot of good ones, but there's some decent ones. And some changelings to make up for numbers, though they aren't dual typed creatures, generally, to trigger our commander. There's a bit of sacrifice in here, but it's not a full on aristocrats build- we have birds, why not use them for something, right? We aren't necessarily aiming to win, just bring a bit of spooky fun, but Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat can drain our opponents out slowly, and Blood Seeker can drain our opponents at once each time we give them a bird. We could alternatively smash face after growing an army of birds and Metallic Mimic/Steel Overseer-buffed scarecrows.

Maybe there's some combos I'm missing among my choices, but that wasn't the plan for me this time. Just a bit of spooky brainstorming perfect for it nearly being October.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 8 months ago
Date added	9 months
Last updated	8 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.71
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 B, Construct 0/0 C, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Foretell, Insect 1/1 BG w/ Flying, Shapeshifter 2/2 U, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure
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