The Circus of Values

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Attrition BGW (Abzan, Junk) Cycling Multiplayer Persist Reanimator Sacrifice Toolbox Value Engine

Brawler_1337

Creature (38)

• 1x Angel of Despair
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur SL
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Foundation Breaker
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Gravelighter
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer
• 1x Magus of the Disk
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier *f-pre*
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wickerbough Elder
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Yavimaya Granger

Land (39)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 6x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 6x Plains
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riftstone Portal
• 1x Scattered Groves *f-pre*
• 1x Secluded Steppe MP
• 1x Strip Mine SL
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath

Artifact (4)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring SL

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Greater Good

Commander (1)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Crime / Punishment
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Rout
• 1x Wrath of God

Instant (8)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cauldron Haze
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Altar's Reap

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Maybeboard

Creature (65)

• 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper
• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Arashi, the Sky Asunder
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Blood Pet
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chainbreaker
• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Den Protector
• 1x Dross Scorpion
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gamekeeper
• 1x Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Ghoultree
• 1x Glory
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Greenseeker
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Heartmender
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Lim-Dul the Necromancer
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Lumberknot
• 1x Mangara of Corondor
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mistmoon Griffin
• 1x Multani's Acolyte
• 1x Nantuko Cultivator
• 1x Necrotic Sliver SL
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Predatory Nightstalker
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Reaper of the Wilds
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
• 1x Seedguide Ash
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sigarda, Heron's Grace
• 1x Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
• 1x Skullmulcher
• 1x Slum Reaper
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Spirit of the Hearth
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Whisperwood Elemental
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Sorcery (22)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Altar of Bone
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Barter in Blood
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Duneblast
• 1x Grim Flowering
• 1x Hellfire
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Planar Cleansing
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Ritual of the Machine
• 1x Skulltap
• 1x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Unburial Rites

Instant (8)

• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Diabolic Edict
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Fated Retribution
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Mercy Killing
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Undying Evil

Land (15)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Desert of the True
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Circle of Despair
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Infernal Tribute
• 1x Martyr's Bond

Artifact (5)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet

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Welcome to the Circus of Value!

This is a deck that I made for a challenge to build a deck around Altar's Reap. I decided to stick with the spirit of sacrificing creatures for value, and Karador seemed like the perfect general for the job, since he could resurrect the creatures after they had been sacrificed. Karador's colors also gives me access to lots of persist tricks, which I'm really liking about this deck. Not to mention, it gives me access to the awesome Murmuring Bosk, which is neat for being the first wedge land.

It is slow to get going, but once it does, the value it reaps is amazing. You know you're doing pretty awesomely when you cast Cauldron Haze on a Solemn Simulacrum, sacrifice him to Altar's Reap, and then cast and equip Skullclamp to your now 1/1 Solemn Simulacrum. Or when you have Grave Pact out, hardcast Shriekmaw, use Cauldron of Souls to give him persist, sacrifice him twice to Phyrexian Altar for BB, and then use your Karador play to Evoke Shriekmaw from your graveyard. These are among the awesome plays this deck is capable of.

The maybeboard now consists of all cards I'm considering and those that have been in this deck in the past. I'm still playing around with the build, so suggestions are welcome.

Win cons:

Blood Artist + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Wickerbough Elder + sac outlet

Blood Artist + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Woodfall Primus + sac outlet

Blood Artist + Karmic Guide + Saffi Eriksdotter + sac outlet

Any of the above infinite sacrifice engines + Pitiless Plunderer

Eternal Witness + Phyrexian Altar + Living Death + Blood Artist + enough creatures to repeatedly cast Living Death

Key synergies:

Life from the Loam + Polluted Mire

Life from the Loam + Secluded Steppe

Life from the Loam + Tranquil Thicket

Life from the Loam + Scattered Groves (Finish this cycle, you cowards!)

Indatha Triome + Life from the Loam

Date added	12 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Life from the Loam + Tranquil Thicket Blood Artist + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Wickerbough Elder Blood Artist + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Woodfall Primus Blood Artist + Karmic Guide + Saffi Eriksdotter Life from the Loam + Polluted Mire Life from the Loam + Secluded Steppe Life from the Loam + Scattered Groves Indatha Triome + Life from the Loam
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.79
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Experience Token, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Golgari Commander Decks, commander dcks', EDH Decks