snakes, squirrels, and self-mill

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari)

plainsrunner

Creature (38)

• 1x Angel of Suffering
• 1x Briarhorn
• 1x Cloudthresher
• 1x Doomed Dissenter
• 1x Dreadhound
• 1x Egon, God of Death
• 1x Gala Greeters
• 1x Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
• 1x Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
• 1x Kagha, Shadow Archdruid
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Nemata, Primeval Warden
• 1x Night Incarnate
• 1x Offalsnout
• 1x Old Rutstein
• 1x Old Stickfingers
• 1x Poison-Tip Archer
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Scryb Ranger
• 1x Seeker of Skybreak
• 1x Shambling Ghast
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Skull Prophet
• 1x Skyfisher Spider
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Tenacious Underdog
• 1x Timeless Witness
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Walker of the Grove
• 1x Willow Geist
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 15x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Witherbloom Campus

Artifact (7)

• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Nimblewright Schematic
• 1x Patriar's Seal
• 1x Prized Statue
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Fungal Rebirth
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Gravepurge
• 1x Overwhelming Remorse
• 1x Tear Asunder

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Crawling Sensation
• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Thran Vigil

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler

Commanders (2)

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Ezuri's Predation
• 1x Funeral Rites
• 1x Grizzly Fate
• 1x Spider Spawning
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Stitch Together

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Sideboard

Artifact (5)

• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Jandor's Saddlebags
• 1x Moss Diamond
• 1x Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Crawling Infestation

Creature (4)

• 1x Blisterpod
• 1x Death Tyrant
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Skola Grovedancer

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Emergency Weld
• 1x Liliana's Indignation
• 1x Rampant Growth

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I was looking for a new deck to build, and I found a baldur's gate commander I'd missed: Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker. By sacrificing a creature, I can self-mill a little, and even get some card advantage if my opponents don't feel like taking effectively a Lightning Bolt to the face. Combined with the background of Cloakwood Hermit, I can generate squirrels as fodder to keep activating my commander. Of course, with 40 life to start with, I should count on my opponents taking the 3 life sometimes to keep me from card advantage. That's ok, I'll include plenty of payoffs for cards both going into and coming out of my graveyard, so I can get value no matter what my opponents choose.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 2 Rares 31 - 2 Uncommons 17 - 9 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.36
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Bear 2/2 G, Beast 3/3 G, Blood, Construct 1/1 C, Demon 5/5 B, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Elemental 4/4 G, Insect 1/1 BG, Insect 1/1 G, Phyrexian Beast 4/4 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier, Spider 1/2 G, Squirrel 1/1 G, Timeless Witness 4/4 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B