Cursed Shrine of the Scarecrow

Commander / EDH Changeling Curse Jegantha, the Wellspring Scarecrow

Eareph

Creature (33)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Bloodline Pretender
• 1x Chainbreaker
• 1x Changeling Berserker
• 1x Changeling Hero
• 1x Changeling Titan
• 1x Fang Skulkin
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Harvest Hand  ^Flip
• 1x Heap Doll
• 1x Jawbone Skulkin
• 1x Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 1x Morophon, the Boundless
• 1x Mothdust Changeling
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Planar Guide
• 1x Realmwalker
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Scaretiller
• 1x Scorn Effigy
• 1x Scuttlemutt
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Shapesharer
• 1x Skeletal Changeling
• 1x Soulherder
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Universal Automaton
• 1x Unsettled Mariner
• 1x Wingrattle Scarecrow

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Birthing Boughs
• 1x Dragon's Hoard
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Trading Post

Land (32)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x One with the Machine
• 1x Rush of Knowledge
• 1x Thoughtcast

Instant (1)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant

Commander (1)

Companion (1)

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Call to the Kindred
• 1x Curse of Bounty
• 1x Curse of Hospitality
• 1x Curse of Misfortunes
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Curse of Thirst
• 1x Haunted Crossroads
• 1x Honden of Cleansing Fire
• 1x Honden of Infinite Rage
• 1x Honden of Life's Web
• 1x Honden of Night's Reach
• 1x Honden of Seeing Winds
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Sanctum of All
• 1x Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest
• 1x Sanctum of Stone Fangs
• 1x Storm the Vault  ^Flip
• 1x Trespasser's Curse

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Jegantha, the Wellspring

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Curse of Echoes
• 1x Curse of Unbinding
• 1x Starfield of Nyx

Creature (2)

• 1x Cairn Wanderer
• 1x Masked Vandal

Artifact (1)

• 1x Crystal Chimes

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I've always liked the idea of making a deck utilizing the Shrines from the Kamigawa era and I also really liked the idea of creating a Curse oriented deck. This is my attempt to do both, while at the same time combining it with a pretty mean commander in the form of Reaper King. Unfortunately, scarecrows kinda suck... Let's be honest, with the exception of Reaper King, Scarecrone, and Scaretiller there really aren't that many worthwhile scarecrow creatures. Which is why we are forced to use changelings to shore up the rather pathetic showing by the rest of the scarecrew. Not that this really matters either way, because we just want to proc our King's effect and blow up some creatures/artifacts/lands/everything really.

One of the more interesting interactions you can have is to play Changeling Hero / Changeling Titan / Changeling Berserker while Panharmonicon is on the field and one of the previously mentioned cards with "Champion a creature" is in play. You get 2 proc's off of the "scarecrow" entering the battlefield, and then you "Champion" the other creature with "Champion," removing it from the field and bringing back whatever scarecrow/changeling it had previously exiled, proc'ing yet another 2 destructions, etc... And if you happen to also have Soulherder on the field, well that's just icing on the cake with 2+ more proc's for Reaper King right there during the end phase.

Morophon, the Boundless is really useful in that he will wipe out all the color costs of pretty much every creature card in the deck, as well as allowing us to only have to pay the "Tax" to summon our Commander back and that small +1/+1 buff is pretty nice as well.

There are a couple of cards in here for recovery of the Shrines/Curses: Hanna, Ship's Navigator, Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor, and Sanctum of All being the primary ways.

Also, Dragon's Hoard is great at giving us draws via the changelings hitting the field.

~The price is completely ridiculous and I would never actually spend this kind of money on cardboard(even if I love the game). That being said, an easy and obvious fix would be to "downgrade" the lands as that's where the hefty price is coming from. Buuuut since I'm only playing this deck via Forge, I'm not too concerned with the imaginary price.~

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EDIT: I was curious to see how much the price would drop if I swapped out the lands with less pricey(lesser in general?) lands. The link below is the result of my experiment. It's shocking really...

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Budget Cursed Shrine of the Scarecrow

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 1 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.34
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Daretti, Scrap Savant, Goat 0/1 W, Gold, Shapeshifter 2/2 C, Shapeshifter 2/2 U, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure