Bring out your dead!

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BG (Golgari) Reanimator

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Creature (29)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Acolyte of Affliction
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Lesser Masticore
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Poison-Tip Archer
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (4)

• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Veil of Summer

Land (36)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 7x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Strip Mine
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x Open the Graves

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Resilience
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Casualties of War
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

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Land (1)

• 1x Twilight Mire

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[Retired]

Just your run of the mill Monty Python joke-- I mean reanimator deck.

Disclaimer Yeah, I know. Meren is stronger with tutors. Meren is almost cEDH, if you just... Meren Can be broken if you put in...

Here's the deal. I'm not a competitive person by nature. Sure, I like winning, but I play for the love of the game, not the wins. I got pulled into an arms race with my last strong deck, and that's not where I want to be. I'd rather have a 6 or 7 and a conversation across the table, than a race. Anyway, on to the deck!

My inner Johnny was upset at me trying to do something outside my comfort zone. Trying a creature based stategy in a reanimator style seemed pretty fun to me. But... I couldn't just... not have a combo or two.

Pretty straight forward. Play creatures, sacrifice creatures, get them sweet, sweet experience counters, ad then start ripping big baddies out of the 'yard. At it's core, the deck wants to aim at the whole table at once, with things like Zulaport Cutthroat Poison-Tip Archer and the likes. But when push comes to shove, there are some beastly beaters in stuff like Nyxbloom Ancient and It That Betrays .

There are a few combos in the deck, because I'm me. I can't just leave them out, you know? Rings of Brighthearth Deserted Temple and any land that can tap for 4 mana, like Scorched Ruins is infinite mana in any colors you can produce, and infinite land untaps as well. Torment of Hailfire and Atzal, Cave of Eternity are good outlets for that mana, usually.

Protean Hulk can fetch an instant win in Lesser Masticore Viscera Seer and Melira, Sylvok Outcast , alternatively, this can be done without Melira if you get The Great Henge out.

Lastly, there is Gravecrawler Phyrexian Altar and Open the Graves for a 'go wide and decimate' strategy. But with all the aristocrats stuff in the deck, combat is usually a last resort win.

It's not oppressively strong, but it is fairly strong. And fun to play. But I'm always open to suggestions. Thanks for taking the time to look at my list.

Top Ranked	Achieved #49 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #37 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Reanimator 4 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.39
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Experience Token, Goat 0/1 W, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	fun decks