Juri the Ninth, Locked Tomb Penitent

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Budget Reanimator Sacrifice Skeleton Theme/Gimmick Wizards

AudderPop

Creature (40)

• 1x Akul the Unrepentant
• 1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Clattering Augur
• 1x Cult Conscript
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Death-Priest of Myrkul
• 1x Death Tyrant
• 1x Dreadfeast Demon
• 1x Emperor of Bones
• 1x Forsaken Miner
• 1x Gisa, the Hellraiser
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Gut, True Soul Zealot
• 1x Gutterbones
• 1x Harmonic Prodigy
• 1x Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
• 1x Lightning Phoenix
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Olivia, Crimson Bride
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Persistent Specimen
• 1x Rakdos, Lord of Riots
• 1x Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
• 1x Razorlash Transmogrant
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Rekindling Phoenix
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Tenacious Dead
• 1x The Balrog, Durin's Bane
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Warren Soultrader
• 1x Woe Strider

Land (35)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Captivating Cave
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Promising Vein
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Case of the Stashed Skeleton
• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Necrosynthesis
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Rakdos Joins Up

Commander (1)

Instant (7)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Fatal Frenzy
• 1x Fling
• 1x Kazuul's Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Unleash Fury

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Blood for Bones
• 1x Bone Shards
• 1x Hit the Mother Lode
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Necrotic Hex
• 1x Pitiless Carnage
• 1x Spark Harvest

Artifact (4)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Brass's Tunnel-Grinder  ^Flip
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

---

One flesh, One end, Bitch.

I love The Locked Tomb book series and wanted to make a commander deck inspired by Gideon and Harrow.

Skeleton tribal is a bit rough and there aren't any perfect fits, but starting from Brynx's old Juri's Bone to Pick deck felt like the closest I could get to what I wanted!

Turns out there aren't a Pair of commanders who are a female black skeleton-based necromancer and a female red knight / brawler, but maybe someday! In the meantime, Juri can serve as some sort of lyctoral substitute.

The Lyctoral Process

Create tons of reassembling ash skeletons, repeatedly sacrifice them to turn Juri into a megatheorem, and then fling yourself on your sword and make it everyone else's problem.

The role of Teacher in this process is played by Harmonic Prodigy, who is originally here to combo neatly with Juri, Master of the Revue but will also combo with Tormod, the Desecrator, Clattering Augur, Grim Haruspex, Pawn of Ulamog, Gut, True Soul Zealot, Lagomos, Hand of Hatred, and even Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia if we stack our triggers right.

The role of Villain is played by Lagomos, Hand of Hatred, who needs the thanergy of 5 sacrifices to summon The Balrog, Durin's Bane just when your opponents think they can safely sleep.

Ninth House Budget

I enjoy making budget decks and the Ninth House isn't particularly liquid right now with their funding. The goal was to keep it under $50, and the only card that doesn't really belong is Rakdos, because I already had two sitting around and could add him to the deck for free.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 0/1 R, Elemental 2/1 R, Goat 0/1 W, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Satyr 1/1 R, Skeleton 1/1 B, Skeleton 2/1 B, Skeleton 4/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Rogue 2/2 UB
Based on	Juri's Bone to Pick Brynx EDH