Balthor is looking pretty THICC today.

Commander / EDH* Mono-Black

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Ramp (13)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Sacrifice
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Songs of the Damned

Draw (8)

• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Discard (6)

• 1x Call the Bloodline
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Necromancer's Stockpile
• 1x Putrid Imp
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Zombie Infestation

Sac (3)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Viscera Seer

Tutor (11)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Value (10)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mogis's Marauder
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Reanimate (4)

• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Phyrexian Delver

Insurance (3)

• 1x Feldon's Cane
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Withered Wretch

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 27x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Removal (8)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Other (14)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Behold the Beyond
• 1x Bog Witch
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Morality Shift
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Thief of Blood
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Undead Gladiator
• 1x Walking Ballista

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This deck features a slew of combos and synergies preceded by heavy ramp for amass reanimate with Balthor.

Your main reanimation targets will be: Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Abhorrent Overlord, and Razaketh, the Foulblooded. If you can pitch these together with something like Buried Alive and hit a reanimate with Balthor, you will pretty much win the game as long as you have at least one black mana floating. You will net 8 harpies. Sac 2 to grab Dark Ritual and Phyrexian Altar. Cast the ritual then cast the altar. Sac 2 more harpies to grab Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Chainer, Dementia Master. You can now sac the remaining harpies and Overlord to the Altar to get 5 more black mana and Overlord returns on the Undying trigger from Mikaeus allowing for 8 more harpies. Sac 5 more and you can cast both Chainer and Grey Merchant. With 12 black devotion on the field you will gain at least 12 life from this Grey merchant hit. Now from here you can sac the Overlord, Grey Merchant and a harpy for 3 black mana to use with Chainer to reanimate Overlord. More harpies means more mana to reanimate Grey Merchant once again(after you use his undying ability from mikaeus) and repeat this combo for infinite black mana and infinite life loss to your opponents.

Ashnod's Altar + Skullclamp + Zombie Infestation will also be a repeatable combo to mill yourself for one massive reanimation.

Overall the deck has many fun synergies to play around with and it's explosive with its wins. Very fun mid range combo deck and very strong with all the tutors and draw.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Ashnod's Altar + Skullclamp + Zombie Infestation
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.52
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Harpy 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Marit Lage, Treasure, Vampire Knight 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B