Juri the Ninth, Locked Tomb Penitent

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

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Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Kazuul's Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Combo (9)

• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Death-Priest of Myrkul
• 1x Harmonic Prodigy
• 1x Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Necrosynthesis
• 1x Rakdos, Lord of Riots
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Balrog, Durin's Bane

Mana (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Embalmer's Tools
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Recursion (16)

• 1x Blood for Bones
• 1x Clattering Augur
• 1x Cult Conscript
• 1x Death Tyrant
• 1x Gutterbones
• 1x Ichorid
• 1x Lightning Phoenix
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Persistent Specimen
• 1x Razorlash Transmogrant
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Rekindling Phoenix
• 1x Sanitarium Skeleton
• 1x Sauron, the Necromancer
• 1x Tenacious Dead
• 1x Woe Strider

Tokens (12)

• 1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge
• 1x Curse of the Restless Dead
• 1x Death Tyrant
• 1x Death-Priest of Myrkul
• 1x Ghoulish Procession
• 1x Gut, True Soul Zealot
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Necrotic Hex
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator

Big Damage (7)

• 1x Fatal Frenzy
• 1x Fling
• 1x Harmonic Prodigy
• 1x Kazuul's Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Unleash Fury

Commander (1)

Sacrifice Outlets (13)

• 1x Blood Aspirant
• 1x Body Dropper
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Gut, True Soul Zealot
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Necrotic Hex
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Tymaret, the Murder King
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Woe Strider

Removal (9)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Bone Shards
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Necrotic Hex
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Spark Harvest
• 1x Terminate

Card Draw (6)

• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Clattering Augur
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Smothering Abomination

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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	3 months
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 0/1 R, Elemental 2/1 R, Goat 0/1 W, Gold, Inkling 2/1 WB, Kobold 0/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Satyr 1/1 R, Skeleton 4/1 B, The Monarch, Treasure, Wraith 3/3 B, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed
Based on	Juri's Bone to Pick Brynx EDH