The Golgari Swarm

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Theme/Gimmick Undergrowth Vorthos

Five-Sided-Prism

Creature (32)

• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Glowspore Shaman
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Korozda Guildmage
• 1x Kraul Harpooner
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Old Stickfingers
• 1x Paradise Druid
• 1x Leyline Prowler
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Necroplasm
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Shambling Shell
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Golgari Findbroker
• 1x Rot Farm Skeleton
• 1x Storrev, Devkarin Lich
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Lord of Extinction
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Vulturous Zombie
• 1x Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Molderhulk

Land (37)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 8x Forest
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Tangled Vale  ^Flip
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium

Instant (8)

• 1x Necrotic Wound
• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Moonlight Bargain

Artifact (3)

• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Talisman of Resilience
• 1x Plague Boiler

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Drown in Filth
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Treasured Find
• 1x Witherbloom Command
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Vigor Mortis
• 1x Casualties of War
• 1x Find / Finality

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Grave Betrayal

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Vraska the Unseen

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Maybeboard

Creature (36)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Hired Poisoner
• 1x Slitherhead
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Boneyard Mycodrax
• 1x District Guide
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Ochran Assassin
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Undercity Informer
• 1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Daemogoth Titan
• 1x Deadbridge Goliath
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Nullmage Shepherd
• 1x Poison-Tip Archer
• 1x Rhizome Lurcher
• 1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
• 1x Slum Reaper
• 1x Timeless Witness
• 1x Genesis
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Gleancrawler
• 1x Helldozer
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Sisters of Stone Death

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Prey Upon
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Empty the Catacombs
• 1x Bond of Revival
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Spider Spawning
• 1x Vivid Revival
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Hex
• 1x Down / Dirty
• 1x In Garruk's Wake

Instant (6)

• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Liliana's Triumph
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Fungal Rebirth
• 1x Status / Statue

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Grist, the Hunger Tide
• 1x Vraska, Golgari Queen
• 1x Vraska, Swarm's Eminence
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Land (13)

• 1x Bala Ged Sanctuary  ^Flip
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Malakir Mire  ^Flip
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Golgari Germination
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Perilous Forays
• 1x Death's Presence

Artifact (5)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wand of Vertebrae
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Golgari Locket
• 1x Bonehoard

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Around three-fourths of the cards in this deck are from one of the nine Ravnican expansions, the Golgari Guild Kit, or the Izzet vs. Golgari Duel Deck, or else are very obviously from Ravnica despite being printed in another set, like Greater Good or Night's Whisper. I still tried to restrict the remaining quarter, nearly half of which are nonbasic lands, to cards that fit the theme of Golgari. Obviously, this deck will not be the most competitive, but it is my hope that it will have a decent amount of synergy and, most importantly, be reasonably balanced against other casual decks. I also left around a hundred cards that were cut from the final build in the Maybeboard section, so there's a lot of options if anyone wants to make the deck more competitive or remove all of the non-Ravnican cards.

If anyone's curious, this deck was made to comply with the deck-building constraints that my friends and I created, at least as of October 2021. To elaborate, a deck consists of 100 cards (including your commander) worth $1 or less, except 1 card can be worth up to $100, 5 additional cards can be worth up to $20, and as many as 20 other cards can be worth up to $5. In addition, a player can upgrade an extra card to $5/$20 for every 2 lands in that category. Use the TCGplayer market price for a card's cheapest variant when evaluating prices, except Sol Ring is considered to be worth $100.

Win Conditions: either by reducing each of your opponents' life totals to zero or through the final ability of Vraska the Unseen (You could also consider playing Vraska, Golgari Queen)

Other EDH Guild Decks: The Gruul Clans, The Izzet League, The Simic Combine, House Dimir, The Orzhov Syndicate, The Boros Legion, The Selesnya Conclave, The Azorius Senate

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Planeswalker Deathtouch, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Insect 1/1 BG, Insect 1/1 BG, Saproling 1/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Spider 1/2 G, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	Ravnica Guilds, Jarad