Vanity of Vanities

Commander / EDH Control Reanimator WUB (Esper)

AslanCross

Instant (6)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Unmake

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Final Judgment
• 1x Immortal Servitude
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Rout
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Vindicate

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Cloud Cover
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Dovescape
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Purgatory
• 1x Reparations
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Volition Reins

Artifact (4)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Prophetic Prism
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Creature (29)

• 1x Angel of Despair
• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Archon of the Triumvirate
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Azorius Guildmage
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Cemetery Puca
• 1x Chancellor of the Spires
• 1x Clone
• 1x Dinrova Horror
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Ertai, the Corrupted
• 1x Ghost Council of Orzhova
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Ith, High Arcanist
• 1x Knight of Obligation
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phyrexian Dreadnought
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thrull Parasite
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
• 1x Vizkopa Confessor

Land (36)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Boreal Shelf
• 1x Calciform Pools
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Flood Plain
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Mouth of Ronom
• 1x Prahv, Spires of Order
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 6x Snow-Covered Island
• 9x Snow-Covered Plains
• 6x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Commander (1)

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An evolution of my Isperia deck into something more active. Control with a reanimation subtheme.

Most of the creatures have an ETB effect so that recurring them with Purgatory or Debtors' Knell can reuse their abilities. Cloud Cover also helps a lot in recurring those triggers.

Dovescape is a great spell in this deck in that it works well with the ETB effects of your creatures, and Ertai can cover countering your opponent's creatures. In a pinch, you can sac the Dovescape to Ertai to turn it off, or boardwipe your opponents' Bird tokens with Supreme Verdict.

V. 1.0. Finally got a copy of Ertai. In any case, I added some Extort into the deck so that it proactively pings away at my opponent instead of just sitting idle. Unlike most control decks, this actually lets stuff happe, and aims to get value out of creatures with ETB triggers rather than simply packing a lot of removal and counters.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.55
Tokens	1/1 WU Token Creature Bird, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner
Folders	EDH, Discontinued Decks