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The Hellbound Deck

Commander / EDH Artifact Chaos Demons Praetor Sacrifice Theme/Gimmick

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Mana Ramp (18)

Expendable Servants (7)

Life Gain Through Pain (6)

Protection (4)

Commander (1)

Commander: Yore-Tiller Nephilim

Shenanigans (10)

Cenobites (6)

Sweet Suffering (6)

Card Draw (3)

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Other (9)

More Lands (1)

We have such sights to show you! We are explorers, in the further regions of experience. Demons to some, angels to others. Come, taste our pleasures. But if you cheat us, we will tear your soul apart!

I was looking at the art for the RTR Blood Crypt and it reminded me of the Hellraiser films. I'm a fan of the first two movies and the book, and I thought an EDH deck based around them could be fun. This is a first-draft prototype. I'm sure I'll be adding and deleting some cards very soon. Yore-Tiller Nephilim is my commander of choice for this deck. Yes, I know it's not a Legendary Creature; thankfully I can use photoshop and I've uploaded an alternate art that says "Legendary Creature", making it legendary. ;)

Now, you may ask why I'm picking Yore-Tiller Nephilim to be my commander, and that's simple: it's the card that most fits the colors, mechanics, and flavor necessary for a Hellraiser-themed deck. Let me explain: Leviathan and the Cenobites from Hellraiser would be empowered by every color of Magic except Green. As green is the color of life, and Leviathan is a god of the dead, not the living. Leviathan is also the god of "hunger, flesh, and desire", so obviously red and black are the first two choices for the deck. Next, the Cenobites represent a religious order. In the comics, Leviathan is a being of "order" and see living flesh as "chaos". So White is an important color to include. Leviathan suppresses the memories of the cenobites, and directly controls Channard's mind, so Blue is important. There are only two creatures with those four colors and Breya, Etherium Shaper's abilities and flavor don't really go with a Hellraiser theme. Plus, Yore-Tiller Nephilim looks like Leviathan, can revive the dead, and is quite fragile himself. (Tiffany defeats Leviathan by solving a puzzle.)

((What I wrote above, years ago, is sadly still true. You can combine commanders that let you use two to get the Yore-Tiller colors, but Breya is still the only single legendary creature in those colors.))

Speaking of puzzles, the Cenobites are summoned by solving a "puzzle box", a puzzle-game that is depicted in the book and both movies as one which the players are either tricked into opening it (Frank, Tiffany), deeply want to open it but are too cowardly to do it (Channard), or they simply don't know what it is. (Kirsty) So, Artifacts that effect everyone also fit the flavor of this deck; ones that cause strange and negative things to happen to your opponents, or that effect everyone equally. I've named a category "Shenanigans" and included what I could think of as a start.

06/14/25: I'm getting back into playing magic, at least, EDH and Modern for now, and I've decided to give this deck a second look. I may make a real version of it soon.

ALSO, Rest in Peace, Commander Mana Crypt. That card was perfect for this deck. Mana Crypt has been in EDH since the beginning. They're going to unban Braids*, a card that's been banned from the start, but take Mana Crypt? I haven't bought a new magic product since 2019, and nothing that Wizards has done since then has made me want to come back...

*After doing a little research, it seems that Braids, Cabal Minion was not banned from the start, but rather sometime in early 2011, which has still been a long time. Interesting note: Shahrazad was legal to use until mid-2011. The Commander banlist has gone too far. I'm going to make my own banlist, with blackjack and hookers!

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