This Commander deck resolves around Ghoulcaller Gisa and her ability to generate Zombie Token by sacrificing a creature. Therefore this Deck uses many Shades as sacrifices, which can generate one Zombie Token for spending into their abilities to get stronger. Furthermore an Aristocrats theme consisting of Blood Artist , Zulaport Cutthroat and some Sac-Outlets was included to get even more value from sacrificing my Shades . Combos around Grave Titan , Nim Deathmantle , Thornbite Staff , Ashnod's Altar and Phyrexian Altar allow the deck to react to many different Board situations.
The main strategy of this deck resolves mainly around Ghoulcaller Gisa and her Token-generating ability. This strategy is further amplified by using an Aristocrats theme around Blood Artist , Bastion of Remembrance and Zulaport Cutthroat to generate even more value from sacrificing my creatures. To generate as many Tokens as possible I included cards like Looming Shade , Nantuko Shade and Gateway Shade since they allow me to pump up their power and thus generating even more Tokens. This makes it possible to generate one Zombie per spend to pump them up. To amplify this effect cards like Crypt Ghast , Nirkana Revenant and Magus of the Coffers were included to allow me to generate loads of Mana.

Since I want to pump up my Shades as big as possible this deck needs some serious Ramp, to have as many Mana available as possible. Therefor cards like Nirkana Revenant and Crypt Ghast double the Mana production of my Swamps. With the help of Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Blanket of Night all my Lands become Swamps which than amplifies the Mana production of Cards like Cabal Coffers , Magus of the Coffers and Cabal Stronghold . This is can be further accelerated with cards like Wayfarer's Bauble , Expedition Map and Liliana of the Dark Realms which allow me to get even more Swamps onto the Battlefield. Spontaneous Boost in our Mana production can be generated by using Dark Ritual or Bubbling Muck , both generate a One-time Boost which can be used to wrap things up.
The main win condition of this Deck is to simply generate as many Zombie Tokens as possible and use them to deal lethal damage to our opponents. If this strategy is isn't available the Aristocrats theme can be used to drain our Opponents, which can be further amplified by using Gary , Exsanguinate or Torment of Hailfire . The last two options can be used with high numbers for since we are generating a ton of Mana. Furthermore two combos were included to go infinite at instant speed. These combos are:
  1. Ghoulcaller Gisa equipped with Thornbite Staff , one creature with Power 2 or greater, Phyrexian Altar and one Sacrifice-Payoff on the battlefield. We use one to sacrifice the creature with the help of Ghoulcaller Gisa and generate at least two Zombie Tokens. Since a creature died we can untap Ghoulcaller Gisa . Now we can sacrifice one Token into Phyrexian Altar to generate a and the other one with Ghoulcaller Gisa which gives us two new Zombie Tokens. Now we can start the whole chain again and generate infinite Sacrifice triggers from Blood Artist , Zulaport Cutthroat or Bastion of Remembrance . Ayara, First of Locthwain can be an alternative to using Blood Artist since she triggers when the Zombie Tokens enter the Battlefield. Phyrexian Altar can be replaced by Ashnod's Altar and Bog Initiate .
  2. Grave Titan , Nim Deathmantle , Ashnod's Altar and at least one additional creature on the Battlefield can also go infinite. By sacrificing the random creature and Grave Titan to Ashnod's Altar we generate which can be used to activate the ability of Nim Deathmantle to get back Grave Titan . When he enters the Battlefield we generate two additional Zombie Tokens and can start the whole chain over. At the end we have a giant amount of Zombie Tokens or if we have some of our Payoffs on the battlefield we can drain the opponents.
Both combos can generate many triggers for Blood Artist , Zulaport Cutthroat , Bastion of Remembrance and Ayara, First of Locthwain as well as a whole lot of Mana. This Mana can be used for cards like Exsanguinate , Torment of Hailfire , Pestilence or Tergrid's Lantern to give us alternative Win-conditions.
To generate a good Card-Advantage cards like Phyrexian Arena , Village Rites , Altar's Reap , Viscera Seer , Vampiric Rites and Ayara, First of Locthwain were included. Nearly all cards go well with the Aristocrats style of the Deck since they need some sacrifices to generate value. Furthermore cards like Vampiric Tutor , Demonic Tutor and Diabolic Tutor were included to be able to react to different board states.
The Deck contains several pieces of targeted Removal like Vilis, Broker of Blood , Snuff Out , Feed the Serpent , Feed the Swarm and Ruinous Path to kill problems on sight. Furthermore some Single-Target-Removal spells like Diabolic Edict , Chainer's Edict , Cruel Edict , Liliana's Triumph and Soul Shatter were included to bypass Indestructable, Shroud and Hexproof. Last but not least Board-Wipes like Blood on the Snow and Plague Wind were included to reset the Board. With the help of cards like Rise of the Dread Marn , Thrilling Encore and Agadeem's Awakening  , this deck can also generate value out of Board-Wipes.
All in all this deck is pretty fun to play, since it has always something to do and can interact with all opponents at nearly all times of the game. Due to the different Win-options and combos this deck can adapt to many different situations throughout the game without loosing his identity. Especially the many Shades give this deck a little twist and are a nice outlet for the masses of Mana this deck produces.
Date: April 20, 2021

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To generate even more Mana I chose to add Deserted Temple and Vesuva. Furthermore I include Stinging Study from the New Commander-Precons from Strixhaven to have better Card-Draw at my disposal. I excluded Vault of Whispers, Spawning Pool and Snuff Out.

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97% Casual

Competitive

Date added 3 years
Last updated 2 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

8 - 0 Mythic Rares

25 - 0 Rares

21 - 0 Uncommons

21 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.23
Tokens Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Berserker 2/2 B
Folders Commander
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