Anikthea and Plato’s Myth of Er

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk) Enchantment Mill Reanimator Tokens Zombie

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Lands (34)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 7x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Blink Shenanigans (3)

• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Reanimation Targets - Pump (3)

• 1x Collective Blessing
• 1x Ethereal Absolution
• 1x Nylea's Colossus

Tutors (3)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Unmarked Grave

Graveyard Hate (1)

• 1x Bojuka Bog

Reanimation Targets - Card Advantage (1)

• 1x Arvinox, the Mind Flail

Reanimation Targets - Reanimators (1)

• 1x Grave Betrayal

Pump (7)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Liliana's Devotee
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vizier of the Scorpion

Self-Mill and Graveyard Setup (7)

• 1x Cemetery Tampering
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Out of the Tombs
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Tortured Existence
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Weaver of Harmony

Token Copying (6)

• 1x Calix, Guided by Fate
• 1x Druid's Deliverance
• 1x Growing Ranks
• 1x Nesting Dovehawk
• 1x Second Harvest
• 1x Song of the Worldsoul

Reanimation Targets - Damage (4)

• 1x Baneful Omen
• 1x Legion Loyalty
• 1x Price of Knowledge
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence

Reanimation Targets - Ramp (3)

• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Board Wipes (2)

• 1x Cacophony Unleashed
• 1x Doomwake Giant

Evasion (1)

• 1x Prowler's Helm

Reanimation Targets - Protection (1)

• 1x Archetype of Endurance

Tokens (1)

• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator

Commander (1)

Protection (6)

• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Zombie Master

Ramp (4)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Sol Ring

Removal (4)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Reckless Spite

Token Doublers (3)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Parallel Lives

Card Advantage (2)

• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Setessan Champion

Extra Reanimation (1)

• 1x Tomb Fortress

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“. . . Each one as he drank forgot all things. Now after they had gone to rest, about the middle of the night there was a thunderstorm and earthquake, and then in an instant they were driven upwards in all manner of ways to their birth, like stars shooting. [Er] himself was hindered from drinking the water. But in what manner or by what means he returned to the body he could not say; only, in the morning, awaking suddenly, he found himself lying on the pyre.”

— Plato, Republic

Unlike many of my other digital-only decks, this deck was difficult to fit to a strict budget.

The basic gameplan is as follows:

1. Fill your graveyard with juicy reanimation targets through tutors and less specific self-mill effects.

2. Use Anikthea’s ETB trigger and attack trigger to put high-CMC enchantments onto the battlefield as Zombies. Then do it again.

3. Pump, protect, and populate your super-powered underworld Zombie hoard.

4. Profit

Suggestions welcome; please check out my other decks while you’re here.

Return From the Underworld +1

Top Ranked	Achieved #15 position overall 3 months ago Achieved #9 position in Commander / EDH 3 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Enchantment 3 months ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mill 3 months ago
Date added	3 months
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.93
Tokens	Copy Clone, Spirit 1/1 WB, Wurm 5/5 G, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	Brainstorm
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