Geth, Commander of the Vault

Commander / EDH* Control Midrange Mill Mono-Black Multiplayer Reanimator

Supertek

Creature (23)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Magus of the Mirror
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Withered Wretch
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Land (38)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Strip Mine
• 30x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Artifact (15)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Nightmare Lash
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (2)

• 1x Suffer the Past
• 1x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Grim Discovery
• 1x Ill-Gotten Gains
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Sever the Bloodline
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Nightmare
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Pontiff of Blight

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Promise of Power

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version 3

Deck Intro

The main goal of this deck is to take advantage of Geth's main ability stealing from our opponents' graveyards by ramping into obscene amounts of mana and destroying their library.

We want to be stalling the game for the opponents while filling their graveyards, giving us plenty of targets for Geth to reanimate and then mill again. Milling, discarding, and removal play a big part in this deck's design.

Mana Ramping

Cabal Coffers
Crypt Ghast
Magus of the Coffers
Nirkana Revenant
Solemn Simulacrum
Caged Sun
Sol Ring
Everflowing Chalice
Expedition Map & Armillary Sphere for grabbing lands

Removal

Oblivion Stone
Steel Hellkite
Ratchet Bomb
Spine of Ish Sah
Damnation
Black Sun's Zenith
Life's Finale (also dumps targets for Geth)
Killing Wave
Mutilate
Innocent Blood
Geth's Verdict
Tragic Slip
Victim of Night
Attrition
Big Game Hunter
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
Fleshbag Marauder

Graveyard Manipulation

Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
Puppeteer Clique
Sepulchral Primordial
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Beacon of Unrest
Grim Discovery
Phyrexian Reclamation
Bojuka Bog
Petrified Field

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Mana

So we've got a ton of ramping, removal and recursion, but we need something to do with all that mana. Geth's reanimate/mill ability is the obvious thing to sink it into, but there are other fun things to do with it.

Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief is an awesome card to pump all that mana into. We can use her to remove an opponent's threats while making her big enough to take someone's head off. Steel Hellkite is another good option, as it's one of our only artifact/enchantment removal spells in our deck.

We can also dump that mana into Everflowing Chalice for more ramping later on, Black Sun's Zenith / Killing Wave for removal, Diabolic Revelation to tutor up combo pieces, or Exsanguinate as a finisher.

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Utility

Aside from the straightforward ramp, remove and recur theme, there are some other cool things going on in this deck worth looking at.

One thing I wanted to do was to be able to sacrifice the stuff that I'm stealing from opponents to get some extra value from them and maybe steal them again later, so I threw in some sac outlets.

Another thing I wanted to do was take advantage of Geth's evasiveness, so I included Sword of Feast and Famine to put him on a 3 turn win clock.

UTILITY CREATURES
Bloodgift Demon - Phyrexian Arena on a stick
Disciple of Bolas - life gain, card draw and sac outlet
Harvester of Souls - card draw
Hex Parasite - shuts down Skullbriar, planeswalkers, storage lands, and some enchantments
Kokusho, the Evening Star - a decent sacrifice target; mini Exsanguinate on a stick
Myojin of Night's Reach - indestructible when you need it; empties hands and fills graveyards
Nether Traitor - decent sac target; carries a sword well
Sheoldred, Whispering One - pure board advantage and evasiveness
Wurmcoil Engine - potential removal; life gain is needed in black; value remains after a board wipe
Vampire Nighthawk - a good deterrent against attacking creatures, and can carry a sword if needed for a bit of life gain

ARTIFACTS & ENCHANTMENTS
Expedition Map - mainly for finding Cabal Coffers
Mimic Vat - reduce, reuse, recycle
Rings of Brighthearth - copy an ability of Geth, Drana, or any number of creatures or artifacts
Trading Post - sac outlet
Mindcrank + Bloodchief Ascension - game over

Date added	13 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.68
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Harpy 1/1 B, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	EDH, Stuff, Commander