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The Scarecrow Collective

Commander / EDH* Bracket 4 Budget Casual Changeling Scarecrow Shapeshifter Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (34)

Commander (1)

Commander: Reaper King

Artifact (8)

Sorcery (8)

Enchantment (7)

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Land (2)

The Scarecrow Collective: All Shall Bow to the Harvest King

This Reaper King deck isn’t just about Scarecrows it’s about everything being a Scarecrow. Through the magic of changelings, every creature becomes a destructive force that feeds the King’s harvest. This is a flavorful, synergistic, and surprisingly flexible 5-color control-combo deck built around ETB triggers, tribal value, and creative recursion.

How the Deck Works

This deck takes advantage of Reaper King’s devastating ability:

“Whenever another Scarecrow enters the battlefield under your control, destroy target permanent.”

When every creature is a Scarecrow, every creature becomes removal. The deck is packed with changelings and tribal enablers that ensure every drop triggers mass destruction while still advancing your board state.

Ramp & Fixing: Five colors demand solid mana Gemhide Sliver, Manaweft Sliver, Smothering Tithe, and mana rocks like Sol Ring and Fellwar Stone keep the engine running smoothly.

Changeling Core: Changelings like Amoeboid Changeling, Universal Automaton, and Mistwalker double as removal triggers and combo pieces. Maskwood Nexus and Realmwalker unify the tribe and add explosive consistency.

Control Through ETB: Blink spells like Eerie Interlude and Ephemerate let you retrigger Reaper King’s ability, clearing the board while keeping your scarecrow legion alive.

Recursive Value: Volrath's Stronghold and Graveshifter recycle fallen shapeshifters. Mimic Vat and Necroduality let you double down on ETB triggers every turn.

Finishing Power: Sliver Legion and Mirror Entity turn your growing field of shapeshifters into massive beaters, while Liliana's Contract offers a stylish alternate win condition when your army of “demons” (thanks to Maskwood Nexus) takes over.

⚙️ Key Synergies & Combos

Maskwood Nexus + Reaper King — every creature you play is a Scarecrow and a removal spell.

Grindstone + Painter's Servant — classic two-card mill combo for instant victory.

Brago, King Eternal + Reaper King — blink your changelings every combat to repeatedly wipe the board.

Irregular Cohort + Necroduality — create endless changeling token armies while doubling ETB destruction.

Mirror Entity + Sliver Legion — swing for lethal with massive, color-boosted changelings.

Eerie Interlude + Reaper King — save your army from wipes and blow up everything else when they return.

Playstyle

This deck is midrange-combo control with a heavy emphasis on board interaction and flavor synergy. You’ll play early changelings and ramp, establish Reaper King, and then start turning your plays into removal and chaos.

Early Game: Ramp and fix colors, play a few utility changelings. Mid Game: Drop Reaper King or Maskwood Nexus to weaponize your board. Late Game: Blink or recur changelings to repeatedly annihilate the board, then win through combat or infinite synergy loops.

This deck thrives in multiplayer it’s political, destructive, and spectacularly theatrical once the engine ignites.

Feedback Welcome

Looking for suggestions on:

The best flicker or recursion options to keep the King’s harvest going.

Any underrated changelings or Scarecrow synergy pieces worth testing.

Balancing removal consistency with win conditions (without relying solely on combos).

What’s your favorite changeling interaction or Scarecrow card that deserves more love? Drop your ideas the Harvest King is always eager to grow the collective.

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