The Scarab God: Not Zombies, just Value

Commander / EDH Mill Reanimator UB (Dimir)

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Creature (23)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Amphin Mutineer
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Hullbreacher
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Ruin Crab
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Court of Cunning
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study

Artifact (17)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Worn Powerstone
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Languish
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Commander (1)

Instant (9)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Thassa's Intervention
• 1x Thought Collapse

Land (35)

• 11x Island
• 17x Swamp
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

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Creature (8)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Instant (1)

• 1x Memory Plunder

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My updated The Scarab God list! This deck was born as a zombie tribal, but it didn't function all that well, so i've reworked it over time, transitioning into a value-based reanimator deck which, in my opinion, is the best way to fully utilize our commander's reanimation abilities.

This list aims to use the God's power, with the help of some other reanimation effects, to pull the best value out of our graveyard and those of our opponents. There's a strong mill component built into the list: by filling up our opponent's yards we are both denying them resources and claiming them for our own, just as Bolas intended. Our creatures help with milling, drawing, or they just bring to the table powerful ETBs that we can recur to use again. The real fun of the deck, however, comes with utilizing our opponent's best creatures against them and using our cunning to figure out how to build a wincon with what we have available in the yards. The Scarab god exiles creatures to make Eternals, so we can't reanimate them multiple times just with it. Be patient and reanimate that Seedborn Muse or Craterhoof Behemoth when you have an opening to go off.

Not being able to keep our commander on the field consistently is a big setback for the God Pharaoh's plans so we run some protection as well as various sac outlets to send the God to the yard if it gets targeted with exile or gain control effects. Sac outlets (which you will rarely see included in most ScabGod lists) also let the deck run so much smoothly, letting us sac creatures to recycle any ETB as needed at instant speed.

This list has been modified a ton and it's quite curated, it's a ton of fun to pilot, with every game being different and unique since you have a ton of interaction with your opponents' decks. I'm open to any kind of feedback or advice on how to improve this deck!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.12
Tokens	Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Copy Clone, Monarch Emblem, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Populate