The Demon Under the City

Commander / EDH Control Creatureless Pillow Fort UBR (Grixis)

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Land (39)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crosis's Catacombs
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 8x Island
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Xander's Lounge

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Aether Gale
• 1x Appetite for Brains
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Mire in Misery
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Shatterstorm
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast

Enchantment (23)

• 1x AEther Flash
• 1x Artist's Talent
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Breathstealer's Crypt
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Court of Ire
• 1x Court of Vantress
• 1x Death Pits of Rath
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Ever-Watching Threshold
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Frozen Aether
• 1x Ghoulish Impetus
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Pendrell Mists
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Quiet Contemplation
• 1x Repercussion
• 1x Ripples of Undeath
• 1x Soul Barrier
• 1x Spreading Plague
• 1x Vile Consumption

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Dingus Staff
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skull of Orm
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Consider
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Maestros Charm
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Strix Serenade
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swerve
• 1x Withering Torment

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
• 1x Ral, Storm Conduit

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There is a place where nobody goes willingly, where disease and squalor spread, where the only way to survive is to make sure someone else doesn't. The one path in is insanity, and the one path out is death.

Watching it all is a demon. His only interest is ensuring that nobody lives long enough to crawl up to his level. And if someone somehow survives, his punishment comes quickly and stays forever.

Do not go under the city.

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Aside from Lord Xander, this deck doesn't use any creatures, not even tokens. To protect itself, it can either shut down attacks or just kill everything. Since it has no creatures, your opponents will be forced to use their kill spells on each other. AEther Flash + Death Pits of Rath makes things go away fast along with Vile Consumption and Pendrell Mists. And there's a good selection of control for noncreature stuff, too. The win condition here is more or less Chandra, Awakened Inferno and a pile of chip damage, with a side of Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God. Or just locking your opponents out of creatures and spamming Elixir of Immortality until they concede. Suggestions for better win conditions, and improvements in general, are welcome, as are any other comments, questions, or general musings.

Going with signets over talismans to avoid self-bounce with Dissipation Field. Leaving out the pain lands cycle for the same reason. The goal is zero anti-synergy or self-conflict, so that all the parts reinforce each other. Plus, bouncing your own mana sources isn't great long-term strategy, and Dissipation Field is important and unique enough that it gets priority.

Still tuning for high Bracket 2-ish. Bracket 3 game changers would be Rhystic StudyGC, Cyclonic RiftGC, and Demonic TutorGC, or (proxy) The Tabernacle at Pendrell ValeGC, if I can get away with a $X,000 card.

Date added	6 months
Last updated	12 hours
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.84
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Emblem Chandra, Awakened Inferno, Monarch Emblem