Skullbriar, Death as Death

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari)

GutterbonesMan

Creature (21)

• 1x Boneyard Mycodrax
• 1x Chancellor of the Tangle
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Daring Fiendbonder
• 1x Death's Shadow
• 1x Duskfang Mentor
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Fungal Behemoth
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Slippery Bogbonder
• 1x Slitherhead
• 1x Thundering Mightmare
• 1x Titanoth Rex
• 1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk
• 1x Vigor

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Family's Favor
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Ordeal of Nylea
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Land (33)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Command Tower
• 10x Forest
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Essence Harvest
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Traverse the Outlands
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Vigor Mortis

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Blood Curdle
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Feign Death
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Invigorating Surge
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Ruinous Intrusion
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Undying Malice
• 1x Unexpected Fangs

Artifact (6)

• 1x Agatha's Soul Cauldron
• 1x Bone Sabres
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice

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Creature (13)

• 1x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1x Conclave Sledge-Captain
• 1x Eternal Scourge
• 1x Force of Savagery
• 1x Hornbash Mentor
• 1x Minion of the Wastes
• 1x Mortivore
• 1x Phyrexian Soulgorger
• 1x Rotting Regisaur
• 1x Scavenged Brawler
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x Vulturous Zombie
• 1x Willowdusk, Essence Seer

Land (3)

• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum
• 1x Witch's Clinic

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Biogenic Upgrade
• 1x Blessings of Nature
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Rite of Consumption
• 1x Visions of Dominance

Instant (8)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Astarion's Thirst
• 1x Berserk
• 1x Fated Return
• 1x Fully Grown
• 1x Necrologia
• 1x Obscuring Haze
• 1x Sudden Spinnerets

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Dying Wish
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Gravity Well
• 1x Myth Unbound
• 1x Nature's Will
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients

Artifact (4)

• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Power Matrix
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Ward of Bones

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"Mortals are they who can experience death as death." - Martin Heidegger

My take on Skullbriar - standard fare of +1 counters but also heavy emphasis on keyword counters. Kill Skullbriar and it’ll keep coming back.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G