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Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Casual Counters Voltron

50ShadesOfDan

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 12x Forest
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip

Keyword Counter (8)

• 1x Unexpected Fangs
• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Duskfang Mentor
• 1x Hornbash Mentor
• 1x Daring Fiendbonder
• 1x Slippery Bogbonder
• 1x Void Beckoner
• 1x Titanoth Rex

Recursion (6)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Find / Finality

Alternate (4)

• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Ravenous Slime
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Kalonian Hydra

Grave Hate (2)

• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Ravenous Slime

Ramp/Rocks (12)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x One with Nature
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Ordeal of Nylea
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Search for Tomorrow

+1/+1 Counter Enabler (8)

• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Kalonian Hydra

Removal (8)

• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Heartless Act
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Find / Finality

Win Condition (3)

• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Essence Harvest
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

Tutor (2)

• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Final Parting

Commander (1)

Draw (10)

• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Sixth Sense
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Hunter's Prowess
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x The Great Henge

Protection (6)

• 1x Blossoming Defense
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Daring Fiendbonder
• 1x Slippery Bogbonder

+1/+1 Counter Generation (5)

• 1x Evolutionary Escalation
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Invigorating Surge
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Necropolis Regent

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+1/+1 Counter Generation (4)

• 1x Obsessive Skinner
• 1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 1x Loyal Guardian
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk

Removal (2)

• 1x Blood Curdle
• 1x Nightmare Unmaking

Miscellaneous (1)

• 1x Myth Unbound

Protection (4)

• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Ring of Kalonia
• 1x Ring of Xathrid

+1/+1 Counter Enabler (1)

• 1x Solidarity of Heroes

Win Condition (1)

• 1x Berserk

Keyword Counter (2)

• 1x Sudden Spinnerets
• 1x Fully Grown

Ramp/Rocks (2)

• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Incubation Druid

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It's Counter Time

Not the lame counters that blue is always going on about though, I'm talking +1/+1 and keyword counters. This is a straightforward Skullbriar, the Walking Grave deck that hopes to stack as much power and keywords on our friend as possible in order to win primarily via commander damage. Or, infect through means of Tainted Strike, as well as some direct drain options such as Essence Harvest and Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord. Note that this deck was not designed to be as powerful as possible hence the lack of many fast mana and tutor staples. This is due to a fairly low budget goal and the core mechanic we want to abuse: Ikoria keyword counters. The synergies are fun although admittedly a bit gimmicky. I would say that the power level is about a six.

With that out of the way, I would like to point out some less intuitive interactions:

• Skullbriar, the Walking Grave keeps all counter placed on him when moving between zones. This include Ikoria keyword counters from Daring Fiendbonder, Slippery Bogbonder, Void Beckoner, Titanoth Rex, Unexpected Fangs, Call of the Death-Dweller, Hornbash Mentor, and Duskfang Mentor. Duplicate keywords are still useful to put onto our alternate creatures for smashing face.
• Even when an effect would bounce Skullbriar, the Walking Grave back to our hand or shuffle him into the library, we may and should put him (her? who knows) back into our command zone. Otherwise, all of the counters we have accumulated on him would fade away into the blind eternities.
• Jarad's Orders and Final Parting are useful for putting Daring Fiendbonder directly into our graveyard ready to be activated. Final Parting can also put Increasing Savagery in the yard too.
• Sending Skullbriar, the Walking Grave to the graveyard is a good option a lot of time. We can dodge commander tax by utilizing our cheap reanimation spells like Reanimate, Unearth, and Call of the Death-Dweller.
• Varolz, the Scar-Striped can scavenge Skullbriar, the Walking Grave if in the graveyard for only two mana to place a silly amount of +1/+1 counters onto a creature on the battlefield.
• The Ozolith works in the best way possible here. It doesn't care if the creature loses counters when it dies or leaves the battlefield, only that it had them as it did. This means when Skullbriar, the Walking Grave dies somehow, we can load up all the counters he had when he perished on another creature, not sacrificing his potency at all.

Currently, I am struggling to find more efficient board wipes with any synergy with the deck. None may exist though.

Thanks for stopping by, feel free to make any comments and suggestions.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Wurm 6/6 G
Folders	edh