Syr Konrad: "I'll Take 'Swords'!"

Commander / EDH Budget Mono-Black Theme/Gimmick

Michuru81

Creature (23)

• 1x Sanitarium Skeleton
• 1x Seizan, Perverter of Truth
• 1x Sewer Nemesis
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sibsig Host
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Skirsdag Supplicant
• 1x Skittering Surveyor
• 1x Slum Reaper
• 1x Smokespew Invoker
• 1x Smolder Initiate
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Soot Imp
• 1x Soul of Innistrad
• 1x Soulcage Fiend
• 1x Soulreaper of Mogis
• 1x Spark Reaper
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Stromgald Cabal
• 1x Suspicious Bookcase

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Sadistic Glee
• 1x Scion of Halaster
• 1x Seal of Doom
• 1x Sinister Concoction
• 1x Spiteful Shadows

Artifact (16)

• 1x Scepter of Fugue
• 1x Scrabbling Claws
• 1x Screaming Shield
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sharpened Pitchfork
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Skull of Ramos
• 1x Sol Grail
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Spinning Wheel
• 1x Staff of the Death Magus
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Strata Scythe
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Instant (10)

• 1x Shallow Grave
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Slay
• 1x Smother
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Soulless Revival
• 1x Succumb to Temptation
• 1x Suffer the Past
• 1x Swat

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Shared Trauma
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Skulltap
• 1x Smallpox
• 1x Soul Reap
• 1x Soul Salvage
• 1x Spark Harvest
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Stronghold Discipline
• 1x Stupor
• 1x Swallowing Plague

Land (33)

• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sequestered Stash
• 31x Swamp

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Maybeboard

Artifact (6)

• 1x Seer's Lantern
• 1x Shriekhorn
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Grail
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Sun Droplet

Land (4)

• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunscorched Desert
• 1x Survivors' Encampment

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Strands of Undeath

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Shared Trauma
• 1x Skull Storm
• 1x Syphon Mind

Creature (1)

• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

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What's the dumbest deck idea you can think of? Left-handed tribal? All DiTerlizzi art? Nah, we can go dumber than that: alliteration. Every card in this deck begins with the letter 'S'.

History

When the idea first came to me, the first question I asked myself was what colour to run. If we want to cheat, we can use Snow-Covered lands and then use any multicoloured legend whose name begins with 'S'. If we stick with mono-coloured decks, we have a much more narrow focus. Green and blue don't have much to offer, limiting us mostly to Freyalise and Ixidor. Red and white have more options, but black... I don't know if you're aware of this, but one of the best mana rocks in the game begins with 'S'. It was all downhill from there.

Choices

There are three problematic cards for me: Shamble Back, Sifter of Skulls, and Skittering Invasion all put out creature tokens that have the audacity to not start with our favorite letter. This is annoying to me and begs to be rectified. Thankfully, I have yanked those in favor of some of Theros II: The Therosening’s offerings.

Playing the Deck

This deck wants Syr Konrad out. Yes, there are some good utility cards in there, but we get more bang for our buck if our general is on the battlefield. We have the mana rocks that our deck can utilize in a feeble attempt to ramp. We need to get Syr Konrad out as soon as possible and then start doing our thing. Just play the game: mill when you can, destroy creatures, do damage... that’s it. We don’t really have a complicated strategy here. Honestly, we’re just thankful that we can somewhat function despite our theme.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	WURG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 14 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 28 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.58
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C
Folders	EDH