Volrath, Voltron Reanimator

Commander / EDH Mono-Black Reanimator Voltron

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Beef (15)

• 1x Archon of Cruelty
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Cityscape Leveler
• 1x Draco
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Shadow of Mortality
• 1x Shadowgrange Archfiend
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Valgavoth, Terror Eater
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Void Winnower

Land (38)

• 1x Boggart Trawler  ^Flip
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 28x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Tomb Fortress
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Discard (9)

• 1x Bitter Triumph
• 1x Bog Witch
• 1x Bone Shards
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Unmarked Grave

Control (14)

• 1x Accursed Marauder
• 1x Bitter Triumph
• 1x Bone Shards
• 1x Cityscape Leveler
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Opposition AgentGC
• 1x Shadowgrange Archfiend
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Ramp (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bog Witch
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Sceptre of Eternal Glory
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Soul Stone
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Utility (6)

• 1x Boggart Trawler  ^Flip
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC

Combo (3)

• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood

Commander (1)

Reanimation (14)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Metamorphosis Fanatic
• 1x Persist
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x The Soul Stone
• 1x Tomb Fortress
• 1x Victimize

Draw (7)

• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x The One RingGC
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood

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Beef (21)

• 1x Ancient Brass Dragon
• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Archfiend of Spite
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus *list*
• 1x Bringer of the Last Gift
• 1x Desolation Twin
• 1x Dread Cacodemon
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Flayer of Loyalties
• 1x Hypnox
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Metalwork Colossus
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Phyrexian Triniform
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Scion of Draco
• 1x Shard of the Nightbringer
• 1x Sundering Titan
• 1x Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
• 1x Troll of Khazad-dum

Draw (8)

• 1x Bolas's CitadelGC
• 1x Greed
• 1x Keen Duelist
• 1x Mask of Griselbrand
• 1x Palantir of Orthanc
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stinging Study
• 1x Twilight Prophet

Combo (2)

• 1x Greed
• 1x Thornbite Staff

Reanimation (20)

• 1x Ancient Brass Dragon
• 1x Archpriest of Shadows
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Black Sun's Twilight
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Ever After
• 1x Goryo's Vengeance
• 1x Grimoire of the Dead
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Quest for the Necropolis
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Shallow Grave
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Strands of Night
• 1x Virtue of Persistence
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Ramp (11)

• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Utility (14)

• 1x Daring Fiendbonder
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Filth
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Scavenged Brawler
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Tortured Existence
• 1x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Control (11)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Black Sun's Twilight
• 1x Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Sheoldred  ^Flip
• 1x Virtue of Persistence
• 1x Withering Boon

Land (3)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Discard (2)

• 1x Grimoire of the Dead
• 1x Palantir of Orthanc

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Volrath the Fallen commander deck that has a plan A of killing via commander damage, with the backup plan to reanimate huge fatties to overpower opponents.

Volrath the Fallen is special to me, since it's the first legendary card I ever played with in a deck (which happened to be a BR reanimator deck around the time 7th edition was out). In that vein, I'm keeping the reanimator aspect of it alive in addition to the surprise voltron factor Volrath's ability can create.

This deck has gone under many changes, and currently the thing that works the best is cheating a big guy or two into play early, forcing opponents to use removal on them to stay alive. That should buy me enough time to find either Draco or Shadow of Mortality to one-hit kill with Volrath afterwards, or have enough cards in hand to use his ability twice in the same turn to discard two large creatures to win.

Cuts are hard, so please let me know which ones don't seem to fit!

Date added	2 years
Last updated	4 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.46
Tokens	Powerstone, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	2. Commander Decks