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Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) Budget Casual Jank Reanimator

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Creature (34)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Deathbringer Regent
• 1x Demonlord Belzenlok
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grumgully, the Generous
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Nezumi Graverobber  ^Flip
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Renata, Called to the Hunt
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Wood Elves

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Entreat the Dead
• 1x Ever After
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Mulch
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Torrent of Souls
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Vigor Mortis
• 1x Zombify

Instant (6)

• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Makeshift Mannequin
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Thrill of Possibility

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Diabolic Servitude
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 10x Forest
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Grove

Artifact (2)

• 1x Key to the City
• 1x MImic Vat

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$1 Dollar Deck Building Restriction, very synergistic and tuned.

"Ach! Hans,run! It's the lhurgoyf!"

This is my attempt at crafting a reanimator where all cards have an edition that is less than one dollar. Note the commander is not restricted but I chose to go all in with Gyrus, Waker of Corpses where at the time of design she sits around $0.60.

Core shell of the deck:

Enter the battlefield triggers (21) Decided to go with mostly smaller CMC utility creatures with ETB effects, curves nicely. This keeps the deck running more smoothly and achievable with Gyrus versus the traditional optimal large scale fatties in the yard. The idea is to cast the critters first to great effect, sacrifice them, and abuse my yard with the reanimator package and Gyrus.

This build opened up EDH cards I would traditionally not use but have interesting interactions.

1. Grimoire of the Dead
2. Entreat the Dead
3. Vigor Mortis
4. Arguel's Blood Fast
5. Second Harvest
6. Demonlord Belzenlok
7. Renata, Called to the Hunt
8. Command the Dreadhorde.
9. Diabolic Servitude.
10. Gyrus, Waker of Corpses
11. lhurgoyf (Honorable Mention, was cut from the team early)

Renanimator Package: Champion of Stray Souls,Nezumi Graverobber,Command the Dreadhorde,Diabolic Servitude,Twighlight's Call,Cleancrawler,Grimoire of the Dead, Gyrus, Waker of Corpses,Mimic Vat, Vigor Mortis,Ever After,Torrent of Souls, Zombify, Life//Death, Entreat the Dead and Makeshift Mannequin.

Punishment: Warstorm Surge, Flayer of the Hatebound, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, Syr and Konrad,the Grim.

Sac Outlets, Carrion Feeder, Woe Strider, and Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord. All to protect my investment.

Alt Win: Grumgully,the Generous or Rhythm of the Wild or Renata, Called to the Hunt + Murderous Redcap + Repeatable Sac Outlet (FCarrion Feeder, Woe Strider) to go infinate with Redcap damages all around.

and most interesting interaction: Second Harvest. Act as a Panharmonicon-lite if you will with the Gyrus's token generation (2X ETBs for my tokens).

As I was building I would find a card that seemed within range or just barely, enter in Scryfall and either rejoice or sadly place the card down. In all the deck building experience was certainly fun.

It was certainly interesting to find substitute cards versus the usual optimal picks.

Shockingly enough the deck plays nicely against traditional EDH decks and does not feel budget at all.

-Staffi,Eriksdotter, last words

Top Ranked	Achieved #50 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #45 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Budget 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.78
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elephant 3-3 G, Goat 0/1 W
Folders	Gyrus $1 value menu