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Commander / EDH Aristocrats Budget Mono-Black Reanimator

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Creature (34)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Cult Conscript
• 1x Deathgreeter
• 1x Dreadhound
• 1x Eater of Hope
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Marsh Flitter
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Persistent Specimen
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Skirk Ridge Exhumer
• 1x Sliversmith
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Bitter Revelation
• 1x Bone Splinters
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sanguimancy
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Instant (5)

• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Murder
• 1x Reckless Spite
• 1x Tragic Slip

Land (37)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 34x Swamp
• 1x Swamp

Commander (1)

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Call the Bloodline
• 1x Greed
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Zombie Infestation

Artifact (3)

• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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Creature (6)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Dictate of Erebos

Artifact (1)

• 1x Skullclamp

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Alternative deck title: "some of you may die but it is a sacrifice I am willing to make"

I've never done a mono-black commander deck, so this was fun to try. Especially since the black cards in my collection are pretty limited. I went with a lot of budget options, but it performs better than I thought it would, at least against my playgroup (mostly precons/precon equivalent power).

It's a pretty typical aristocrats+reanimator. Fun cards like Blood Artist, Falkenrath Noble, and Vindictive Vampire bring a lot of value over the course of the game, and token producers like Call the Bloodline, Skirk Ridge Exhumer, and Sliversmith give bodies to sacrifice to Whisper while also letting me pitch high-costed reanimate targets like Ulamog's Crusher, Butcher of Malakir, and Myr Battlesphere.

My favorite combo is probably Reassembling Skeleton + Sifter of Skulls , since the skeleton is expendable despite not being a token.

I recognize that the curve is pretty wonky. I'd like to fix that, but I'm trying to keep this deck on a pretty tight budget. Any suggestions on how to fix it cheaply (like less than a buck) would be great.

For my own notes, I want to cut Ancient Craving, Awaken the Erstwhile, Bitter Revelation, Bloodthrone Vampire, Dark Bargain, Dread Drone, Greed, Marsh Flitter, Moonlight Bargain, and Sanguimancy -> Bastion of Remembrance, Dread Return, Feed the Swarm, Persistent Specimen, Rune-Scarred Demon, Skullclamp, Tragic Slip, Vampiric Rites, Victimize, and Viscera Seer

Date added	4 years
Last updated	11 months
Key combos	Reassembling Skeleton + Sifter of Skulls
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 17 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.73
Tokens	1/1 B Token Creature Zombie Goblin, Bat 1/1 B, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Goblin Rogue 1/1 B, Harpy 1/1 B, Metallic Sliver 1/1 C, Myr 1/1 C, Vampire Knight 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B