Greven, Predator Captain

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos)

jthumby

Creature (21)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Arc Runner
• 1x Blistering Barrier
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Daring Fiendbonder
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Lightning Skelemental
• 1x Lupine Prototype
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
• 1x Phyrexian Soulgorger
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Wall of Blood
• 1x Wall of Razors
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Tentative Connection

Artifact (18)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Vorrac Battlehorns
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Instant (13)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Fling
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Rush of Vitality
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Temur Battle Rage
• 1x Terminate

Commander (1)

Land (34)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Kazuul's Cliffs  ^Flip
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Strip Mine
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Valakut Stoneforge  ^Flip
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Font of Agonies
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sneak Attack

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Act of Aggression
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Dark Ritual

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Dark Deal

Creature (1)

• 1x Doom Whisperer

Artifact (1)

• 1x Bolas's Citadel

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

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Mission Statement: To be able to Alpha strike people with Greven. This will be supported with heavy card draw from Greven's ability.

The Basics

Card Draw

1. Greven, Predator Captain 2. Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion 3. Vilis, Broker of Blood 4. Dark Deal 5. Mind Stone 6. Commander's Sphere 7. Valakut Awakening  

Ramp

Cost: 1. Sol Ring 2. Wayfarer's Bauble 3. Dark Ritual

Cost: 1. Rakdos Signet 2. Talisman of Indulgence 3. Worn Powerstone 4. Mind Stone 5. Cabal Ritual

Cost: 1. Coalition Relic 2. Commander's Sphere 3. Pristine Talisman

Removal

1. Strip Mine 2. Field of Ruin 3. Chaos Warp 4. Fire Covenant 5. Terminate 6. Snuff Out 7. Blast Zone 8. Rakdos Charm

Board Wipes

1. Blasphemous Act 2. Damnation 3. Life's Finale

Protection

1. Swiftfoot Boots 2. Lightning Greaves 3. Rush of Vitality

Strong Synergies & End Game

Sneak Attack + Phyrexian Reclamation + Kokusho

For every turn you can use Sneak Attack + Kokusho, the Evening Star + Phyrexian Reclamation to do 5 damage to each opponent and gain the same amount of life

K'rrik + Crypt Ghast

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth allows you to extort every spell with Crypt Ghast allowing you to drain oponents and often net life

Life Gain

Lifelink is so important to be able to abuse Greven's ability, and that is what supplies a lot of your card draw. Life gain engines include:

1. Exquisite Blood 2. Whip of Erebos 3. Basilisk Collar 4. Loxodon Warhammer 5. Batterskull 6. Crypt Ghast 7. Shadowspear

Life Loss

Beyond saccing creatures there's a couple engines in the deck to be able to abuse loss of life:

Fire Covenant: Removes blockers, and pumps Greven. 16 life allows for an alpha strike.

**K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: Paying 2 life for also serves to pump Greven.

Treasonous Ogre: Life for

Necropotence: Life for cards

Bolas's Citadel: Card Advantage at the cost of life

Generic Life Loss: 1. Wall of Blood

Greven Alpha Strikes

The following cards will allow you to get 1 hit kills with Greven, Predator Captain:

Hatred: If you have more life than someone, any creature that gets through can use Hatred to pay X life, and kill them. However the synergy with Greven, Predator Captain is that you can pay half that amount of life due to his passive, OR you can pay 8 life, give him +16/o and kill them with 21 commander damage.

Chandra's Ignition: Any pay life outlet will let you kill everyone with this provided you are not too low.

Fling/Kazuul's Fury  : Lets you take an Alpha strike and potentially kill a second player as well.

Tainted Strike/Temur Battle Rage

Out: Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Cabal Coffers, Dark Depths, Mirage Mirror

In: 1 lands, Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, Dark Deal

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.27
Tokens	Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B