High-Octane Nightmare Fuel

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Bracket 2 Devotion Group Slug Mono-Black Sacrifice Theft Theme/Gimmick Tokens

Optimator

Fodder (17)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa P
• 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
• 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 P
• 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 P

Recursion (4)

• 1x Gixian Puppeteer
• 1x Meathook Massacre 2
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One P
• 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 P
• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Elder Brain
• 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 P
• 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 P
• 1x Cabal Stronghold P
• 1x Crypt Ghast P
• 1x Gonti, Night Minister *f-pre*
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx P
• 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 P
• 1x Cabal Stronghold P
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx P
• 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
• 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 P

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

Other (41)

• 1x Azula, On the Hunt
• 1x Baron Helmut Zemo
• 1x Bitterbloom Bearer
• 1x Black Widow, Super Spy
• 2x Changing Loyalty
• 1x Chorale of the Void
• 2x Construct a Cosmic Cube
• 1x Damocles Base, Sword of Kang
• 1x Emeritus of Woe
• 1x Fire Navy Trebuchet
• 1x Fraying Omnipotence
• 2x Gate to Phyrexia SL
• 1x Grave Researcher
• 2x Grave Venerations
• 1x Green Goblin, Back for More
• 1x Kingpin, Wilson Fisk
• 1x M.O.D.O.K., Evil Intellect
• 1x Madame Masque
• 1x Merchant of Venom
• 1x Midgar, City of Mako
• 1x N'Yami-Class Mother Ship
• 1x Obsessive Pursuit
• 1x Ominous Harvest
• 1x Origin of Black Widow
• 1x Phoenix Fleet Airship
• 1x Realm of Koh
• 1x Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER  ^Flip
• 1x South Wind Avatar
• 1x Stensian Sanguinist
• 1x Thanos, Death's Consort
• 1x The Darkness Crystal
• 1x The Frightful Four
• 1x The Ten Rings
• 1x Twilight Diviner
• 1x Ultron the Annihilator
• 1x Vincent Valentine  ^Flip
• 1x Zodiark, Umbral God

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 SL
• 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 (18)

• 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
• 2x Shredder's Technique
• 1x Stronghold Assassin SL
• 1x Tragic Slip SL
• 1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering SL

Protection (3)

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

Utility (3)

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

GraveyardHate (1)

• 1x Author of Shadows

Ramp (1)

• 1x Bontu's Monument

Reanimate (1)

• 1x Behold the Sinister Six!

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

Sacrifice (31)

• 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
• 3x 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

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

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

Tutor (1)

• 1x Diabolic Intent

Damage (33)

• 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
• 3x 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

Theft (30)

• 1x Afterlife from the Loam
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Author of Shadows
• 1x Black Cat, Cunning Thief
• 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
• 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
• 1x Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
• 2x Valgavoth, Terror Eater
• 1x Virtue of Persistence
• 1x Xander's Pact 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

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

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

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Braids, Arisen Nightmare, to compliment my Braids, Conjurer Adept deck. I thought playing most of the mono{B} "play your opponents' cards" cards would be a fun and funny counterpart to {U}Braids' group-hug ability. As such, that is the gimmick of the deck. Gonti, Night Minister might be the superior commander for that archtype, but he isn't Braids, so...

Not trying to be too stax-y. I have some of the good, classic Braids cards in here but not as much as a normal Braids deck. I also have 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 -

Gate to Phyrexia P -

Not owned:

Valgavoth, Terror Eater -

Will of the Abzan -

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth - Ancient TombGC -

Cards to maybe add: Show

Owned:

Lord Skitter, Sewer King -

Portal to Phyrexia -

Underworld Dreams - Demonic Lore - Breach the Multiverse - Exsanguinate - The Darkness Crystal -

Not owned:

Oubliette - Grave Venerations - Changing Loyalty

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

Audited 4/21/25

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 5 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH 5 months ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 months
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, Inspiration, bookmarked