High-Octane Nightmare Fuel

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Devotion Group Slug Mono-Black Sacrifice Theft Tokens

Optimator

Fodder (17)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa HP
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Gonti, Night Minister *f-pre*
• 1x Great Unclean One
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Marionette Apprentice
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Ophiomancer HP
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
• 1x Treacherous Blessing

Damage (11)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Crypt Ghast HP
• 1x Gixian Puppeteer
• 1x Great Unclean One
• 1x Marionette Apprentice
• 1x Meathook Massacre 2
• 1x Persistent Constrictor
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Vraan, Executioner Thane
• 1x Zof Consumption  ^Flip

Removal (8)

• 1x Baleful Mastery
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Make an Example
• 1x Persistent Constrictor
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Withering Torment HP

Recursion (4)

• 1x Gixian Puppeteer
• 1x Meathook Massacre 2
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One HP
• 1x Victimize

Wrath (3)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Blasphemous Edict
• 1x Heartless Conscription

Theft (17)

• 1x Abyssal Harvester
• 1x Arvinox, the Mind Flail
• 1x Brainstealer Dragon
• 1x Court of Locthwain HP
• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Elder Brain HP
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury MP
• 1x Gonti, Night Minister *f-pre*
• 1x Heartless Conscription
• 1x Meathook Massacre 2
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Outrageous Robbery *f-pre*
• 1x Rakshasa Debaser
• 1x Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

Draw (11)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Court of Locthwain HP
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x High-Society Hunter
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
• 1x Treacherous Blessing

LateRamp (7)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Cabal Coffers HP
• 1x Cabal Stronghold HP
• 1x Crypt Ghast HP
• 1x Gonti, Night Minister *f-pre*
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx HP
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer

GraveyardHate (4)

• 1x Boggart Trawler  ^Flip
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector

Defense (2)

• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x No Mercy

Tutor (2)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Urza's Cave

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Boggart Trawler  ^Flip
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers HP
• 1x Cabal Stronghold HP
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx HP
• 26x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urza's Cave
• 1x Zof Consumption  ^Flip

Beater (9)

• 1x Arvinox, the Mind Flail
• 1x Brainstealer Dragon
• 1x Elder Brain HP
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x High-Society Hunter
• 1x Rakshasa Debaser
• 1x Sengir, the Dark Baron
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One HP

Ramp (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Sol Ring

Sacrifice (3)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Meathook Massacre 2
• 1x Soul Shatter

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Maybeboard

Draw (34)

• 1x Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal  ^Flip
• 1x Altar of Bhaal SL
• 1x Ambition's Cost SL
• 1x Ancient Craving SL
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bolas's CitadelGC
• 1x Corrupted Conviction
• 1x Dark Prophecy SL
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Decree of Pain SL
• 1x Demonic Lore SL
• 1x Diresight SL
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Endless Atlas SL
• 1x Fell Stinger SL
• 1x Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu SL
• 1x Grim Haruspex SL
• 1x Ichor Wellspring SL
• 1x Infernal Sovereign
• 1x Lolth, Spider Queen
• 1x Night's Whisper SL
• 1x Protection Racket SL
• 1x Read the Bones SL
• 1x Scrawling Crawler
• 1x Season of Loss
• 1x Shakedown Heavy SL
• 1x Sign in Blood SL
• 1x Skullclamp SL
• 1x Syphon Mind SL
• 1x Throne of Eldraine
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Village Rites SL

Beater (20)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bloodletter of Aclazotz
• 1x Bloodthirsty Conqueror
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu SL
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Hunted Horror SL
• 1x Infernal Sovereign
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Slaughter Specialist SL
• 2x Valgavoth, Terror Eater
• 1x Venomcrawler SL
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan SL

Recursion (12)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Cursecloth Wrappings SL
• 2x Funeral Room / Awakening Hall
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Soul Exchange SL
• 1x Vat of Rebirth
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver SL
• 3x Will of the Abzan

LateRamp (5)

• 1x Blood Money
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Thieving Varmint
• 1x Throne of Eldraine

Land (2)

• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Phyrexian Tower

Ramp (1)

• 1x Bontu's Monument

Damage (32)

• 1x Blood Artist SL
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Bloodletter of Aclazotz
• 1x Bolas's CitadelGC
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Creeping Bloodsucker SL
• 2x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fate Unraveler SL
• 2x Funeral Room / Awakening Hall
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Massacre Wurm SL
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Polluted Bonds SL
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 2x Rottenmouth Viper
• 1x Sanguine Syphoner
• 1x Sarevok, Deathbringer SL
• 1x Scrawling Crawler
• 1x Season of Loss
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Soul-Shackled Zombie
• 1x Tithing Blade SL  ^Flip
• 2x Underworld Dreams SL
• 1x Vein Ripper SL
• 1x Venerated Stormsinger
• 1x Vindictive Vampire SL
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat SL

Fodder (25)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Blight Titan SL
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion SL
• 1x Curse of Disturbance SL
• 1x Despondency
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Ghoulish Procession SL
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Infestation Sage
• 1x Josu Vess, Lich Knight SL
• 1x Lolth, Spider Queen
• 2x Lord Skitter, Sewer King
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Necrotic Hex SL
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 2x Overseer of the Damned SL
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Sleeper's Guile
• 1x Venerated Stormsinger
• 1x Wand of Orcus SL

Removal (16)

• 1x Attrition SL
• 1x Chain Assassination SL
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Defile
• 1x Foreboding Fruit
• 1x Maddening Imp SL
• 1x Nettling Imp SL
• 2x Oubliette
• 2x Overseer of the Damned SL
• 1x Royal Assassin SL
• 1x Sadistic Shell Game
• 1x Stronghold Assassin SL
• 1x Tragic Slip SL
• 1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering SL

Utility (3)

• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1x Fain, the Broker SL
• 1x Strionic Resonator SL

Tutor (1)

• 1x Diabolic Intent

Sacrifice (30)

• 1x Accursed Marauder
• 1x Braids, Cabal MinionGC
• 1x Demon's Disciple SL
• 1x Extract a Confession SL
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder SL
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Hellish Rebuke SL
• 1x Innocent Blood SL
• 1x Merciless Executioner SL
• 1x Mire in Misery
• 1x Mire in Misery SL
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Plaguecrafter SL
• 2x Portal to Phyrexia HP
• 1x Rankle's Prank
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 2x Rottenmouth Viper
• 1x Season of Loss
• 1x Sheoldred  ^Flip
• 1x Sheoldred's Edict
• 1x Szat's Will SL
• 1x The Eldest Reborn SL
• 1x Tithing Blade SL  ^Flip
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver SL
• 1x Vona's Hunger SL
• 3x Will of the Abzan

Theft (29)

• 1x Afterlife from the Loam
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Boneyard Parley SL
• 2x Breach the Multiverse SL
• 1x Cruelclaw's Heist
• 1x Dream-Thief's Bandana SL
• 1x Ghastly Conscription SL
• 1x Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
• 1x Grave Betrayal SL
• 1x Hedonist's Trove SL
• 1x Intellect Devourer
• 1x Kheru Mind-Eater SL
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Orochi Soul-Reaver SL
• 2x Portal to Phyrexia HP
• 1x Reanimate
• 2x Rev, Tithe Extractor
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Ritual of the Machine SL
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial SL
• 1x Tergrid, God of FrightGC  ^Flip
• 1x The Eldest Reborn SL
• 2x Valgavoth, Terror Eater
• 1x Virtue of Persistence
• 1x Xander's Pact SL

Wrath (13)

• 1x Blood Money
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Deadly Cover-Up SL
• 1x Deadly Tempest SL
• 1x Decree of Pain SL
• 1x Final Act SL
• 1x Invasion of Fiora SL  ^Flip
• 1x Killing Wave SL
• 1x Necrotic Hex SL
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures SL
• 1x Reiver Demon SL
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Toxic Deluge HP

Protection (3)

• 1x Imp's Mischief HP
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip

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- - - Version 1.0 - - - 4/20/25

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Braids, Arisen Nightmare to compliment my Braids, Conjurer Adept deck. Not trying to be too stax-y. I thought playing most of the mono{B} "play your opponents' cards" cards would be a funny counterpart to {U}Braids' group-hug ability. Gonti, Night Minister would be the superior commander for that, but he isn't Braids, so...

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I wanted some number of aristocrats/groupslug cards to whittle down life totals while I dig for wincons--wincons from other decks, that is. I have some big creatures if push comes to shove.

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Cards to likely add: Show

Owned:

Butcher of Malakir -

Not owned:

yalgavoth, terror eater -

Will of the Abzan -

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth - Ancient TombGC -

Cards to maybe add: Show

Owned:

Portal to Phyrexia -

Underworld Dreams - Demonic Lore - Breach the Multiverse -

Not owned:

Lord Skitter, Sewer King -

Exsanguinate -

Oubliette -

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Cards in the Maybeboard with an SL are cards I own. Cards with MP are potential cuts. Cards with HP are proxies,

Audited 4/21/25

Date added	1 year
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.88
Tokens	Copy Clone, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Plaguebearer of Nurgle 1/3 B, Rat 1/1 B, Servo 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 B, The Monarch, Thrull 0/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	decks to play against