Keepers of the Cabal 1.1

Commander / EDH Flying Lifegain Mono-Black Multiplayer Reanimator Sacrifice Undying

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Creature (34)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Faerie Macabre
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Daring Fiendbonder
• 1x Entomber Exarch
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Grief
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Vulturous Aven
• 1x Clackbridge Troll
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Witch of the Moors
• 1x Cemetery Desecrator
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Archfiend of Spite
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Archon of Cruelty

Land (38)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Pit
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 30x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Strip Mine

Instant (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Intervention
• 1x Not Dead After All
• 1x Undying Evil
• 1x Undying Malice
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Return to Action
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Deadly Rollick

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will
• 1x Curse of the Cabal

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Commander (1)

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Triskaidekaphobia
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Artifact (5)

• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Minion Reflector

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Sideboard

Instant (7)

• 1x Feign Death
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Dash Hopes
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Warping Wail
• 1x Withering Boon
• 1x Force of Despair

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Distress
• 1x The Elderspell
• 1x Shatter the Oath

Land (1)

• 1x Bojuka Bog

Artifact (3)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Null Brooch

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Maybeboard

Creature (19)

• 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Bog Witch
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Headless Rider
• 1x Kuon, Ogre Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Toshiro Umezawa
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1x Cemetery Desecrator
• 1x Dreadhound
• 1x Magus of the Mirror
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Archfiend of Spite
• 1x Avatar of Woe

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Extract the Truth
• 1x Dead of Winter
• 1x Go Blank
• 1x Consuming Vapors
• 1x Remorseless Punishment
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Grave Exchange
• 1x Undercity Plague
• 1x Decree of Pain

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Out of the Tombs
• 1x Words of Waste
• 1x Revenge of Ravens

Instant (9)

• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x False Cure
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Hellish Rebuke
• 1x Ravenous Trap
• 1x Stinging Study

Artifact (3)

• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Skull of Orm

Land (2)

• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Witch's Cottage

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HELP WANTED

This deck doesn't run as well as I was hoping it would. Despite following recommendations for ~37 lands it has trouble getting more than 1 or 2 lands per opening hand/mulligan. Also, despite following the 10/10/10 principle (10 draw and 10 ramp being relevant in this case), it has trouble getting up to speed quickly. I feel like the life gain/loss mechanism also isn't as effective as I was hoping it would be. It seems like all of the life gain/loss pieces end up providing at best additive benefits when they should be adding multiplicative/exponential benefits. Since the core strategy is to profit from swinging fatties up against people, I included some pieces with death triggers to generate life gain/loss, but those two systems seem to be at odds with one another. Seems like I've always either not got enough land to properly start the game or I've got all little creatures and no fatties or I've got all death trigger pieces and no fatties or I've got all fatties and no death triggers or all fatties and no ramp or I've got all utility creatures (tutor, board wipe, etc.) and it's not the right time to use them... Just a lot of problems.

If anybody has any suggestions, I'd be in your debt.

The Next Evolution of Keepers of the Oath

Now With...

• More direct life manipulation!
• Still a lot of death triggers!
• More combos!
• More protection!
• Too many comments!
• Creatures! Creatures! Creatures!
• A tasteful splash of demons!
• Cut It In Half!
• Wild 'n Crazy Chaos! I can't feel my legs!!!

Simply put, more winning.

Strategy

1. Get death trigger -> life gain/loss pieces out.
2. Swing fatties that have their own ETB & LTB triggers.
3. Wait for someone to kill one of your fatties.

TODO

• Add 1.1 Update Comment
• Improve Description
• Evaluate Hubs & other categories

Date added	6 months
Last updated	5 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 6 Rares 19 - 4 Uncommons 11 - 5 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.68
Tokens	Copy Clone, Demon 5/5 B, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Emblem Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath, Goat 0/1 W, Wicked, Zombie 2/2 B
Based on	Keepers of the Oath 2.0 - Sandbox Thick_propheT EDH