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Lord Silumgar's Tribute

Commander / EDH Artifact Control Cruel Control UB (Dimir)

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Commander: foil Dragonlord Silumgar

"Lord Silumgar's Tribute" (Or "Silumgar, out of the closet")

Dragonlord Silumgar, like most dragons, has a taste for finery. _"Silumgar never passes up an opportunity to add to his opulence". _ Like most dragons, he wants it now, and will simply take what he wants. Living, dead, animate blob, whatever... you work for him now. Take what you want, give nothing back. Counter their best stuff and reanimate it from the graveyard.

As a general rule, against all but the fastest decks, you'll want to take the draw rather than go first. This allows for a discard of a powerful creature if your opening hand has an Animate Dead or Dance of the Dead. The turn delay is usually worth a turn three Visara the Dreadful or Silumgar, the Drifting Death

Dragonlord Silumgar could be cast on turn three if you hit the right mana, sol ring, and another mana rock, but you probably want to wait to gain a creature worth the stealing. Remember that Silumgar steals plainswalkers as well, which is great to do just as they add enough loyalty counters to ultimate.

COMBOS:

Turn one, Dark Ritual + Entomb + Animate Dead + Void Winnower , your opponents can't even.

Dragonlord Silumgar + Conjurer's Closet + Panharmonium let you capture two creatures instead of one, and at the end of your turn, using the closet, keep them forever, then closet Silumgar next turn for two more creatures. Use your tutors to get these first. The closet is the key to this deck. I have added the Deadeye Navigator to let you permanently keep a creature or bounce Silumgar, as needed. Deadeye Navigator + Demon of Dark Schemes lets you give -2/-2 repeatedly to boardwipe for energy, then to reanimate what you killed.

Tezzeret's Touch + Darksteel Citadel or Darksteel Ingot nets you an indestructible 5/5 as early as turn 2 with the sol ring. The other artifact lands are fair substitutes in the early game. Tezzeret's Touch + helm of control lets you mill and steal again.

Helm of Possession + Ruthless Deathfang and another creature to sacrifice nets you a steal and a kill.

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Feb. 21, 2018
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Updated list: removed Nebuchadnezzar, too slow and no better than urza's glasses most times, removed force spike, only truly good turn 1-2 for fast decks. Added rags/riches and hostage taker for faster action and added boardwipe benefit.

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