Grim Prospects

Commander / EDH Mono-Black

Gobean

Creature (24)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cadaver Imp
• 1x Gutterbones
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Mortician Beetle
• 1x Mortivore
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nim Devourer
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Plague Engineer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Sanitarium Skeleton
• 1x Sewer Nemesis
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (4)

• 1x Defile
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Thrilling Encore

Artifact (16)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Sequestered Stash
• 25x Swamp
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Glistening Oil
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Revenge of Ravens
• 1x Tombstone Stairwell
• 1x Tortured Existence

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Forever Young
• 1x Morality Shift
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Syphon Mind

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Sideboard

Artifact (11)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Ghoulcaller's Bell
• 1x Keening Stone
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Thought Dissector
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Wand of Vertebrae
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Blessing of Leeches
• 1x Vampiric Link

Creature (11)

• 1x Eye Collector
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gnawing Zombie
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Piper of the Swarm
• 1x Pit Keeper
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Undercity Informer
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood

Instant (4)

• 1x Gravepurge
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Necrologia
• 1x Wake the Dead

Land (4)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Memorial to Folly

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Living End
• 1x Shared Trauma

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Maybeboard

Creature (10)

• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Epicure of Blood
• 1x Priest of Yawgmoth
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Wight of Precinct Six

Artifact (7)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Powder Keg
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Karn Liberated

Sorcery (3)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Memoricide
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Gate to Phyrexia
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Sanguine Bond

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The deck mixes mill and aristocrats.

The deck functions well in the long game by slowly draining you opponents but have multiple ways of killing everyone in one go. Mindcrank can make an essentially unstoppable loop, Morality Shift will kill everyone as long as they're below 25 life or so, a riskier option is Tombstone Stairwell. You can make infinite sacrifice combos with for instance Phyrexian Altar, Desecrated Tomb and Nether Traitor. The best way of winning out of nowhere however is Tainted Strike, it's well used during a board wipe or any other shenanigans that's going to trigger Konrad multiple times.

For defence it runs cards like Revenge of Ravens, Gravepact, Plaguecrafter, Priest of Forgotten Gods, Cauldron of Souls etc. It also runs lifelink on Konrad to keep you alive a bit longer.

Combos/Finishers (WIP)

• Syr Konrad, the Grim + Phyrexian Altar + Desecrated Tomb + Nether Traitor = Infinite mana of any colour and infinite etb & enter/leave graveyard triggers. If you have Konrad then infinite damage.

• Syr Konrad, the Grim + + Desecrated Tomb + Reassembling Skeleton = Infinite etb & enter/leave graveyard triggers. If you have Konrad then infinite damage.

• Syr Konrad, the Grim + Phyrexian Altar + Desecrated Tomb + Tortured Existence = Infinite leave graveyard triggers. If you have Konrad then infinite damage.

• Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank = If the quest counters are on you can start this with any damage or mill and it perpetuates til they're dead or milled out.

• Mindcrank + Syr Konrad, the Grim = It's not infinite but if you can deal enough initial damage or mill a few times to start it it might be enough to finish everyone off. Nicely paired with infect to make sure of lethal.

• Morality Shift + Syr Konrad, the Grim = Damage equal to the number of creatures in your library + graveyard.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank Morality Shift + Syr Konrad, the Grim Mindcrank + Syr Konrad, the Grim
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 1 Mythic Rares 35 - 12 Rares 20 - 11 Uncommons 13 - 11 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Rat 1/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Haste