Better Than Your Sefris Deck

Commander / EDH* Reanimator Value Engine Venture Into the Dungeon WUB (Esper)

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Creature (48)

• 1x Aarakocra Sneak
• 1x Acererak the Archlich
• 1x Angel of Suffering
• 1x Angel of the Ruins
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Barrowin of Clan Undurr
• 1x Bonded Fetch
• 1x Curator of Mysteries
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Enclave Cryptologist
• 1x Eradicator Valkyrie
• 1x Eternal Dragon
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Ledger Shredder
• 1x Lochmere Serpent
• 1x Lore Broker
• 1x Master of Death
• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Midnight Pathlighter
• 1x Nadaar, Selfless Paladin
• 1x Radiant Solar
• 1x Raffine, Scheming Seer
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Ravenloft Adventurer
• 1x Realm-Cloaked Giant
• 1x Rilsa Rael, Kingpin
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Selhoff Entomber
• 1x Shadowgrange Archfiend
• 1x Sindbad
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Street Wraith
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x Thought Courier
• 1x Timeless Dragon
• 1x Tomb of Horrors Adventurer
• 1x Triumphant Adventurer
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Waker of Waves
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x White Plume Adventurer
• 1x Yuan-Ti Malison

Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 4x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Watery Grave

Commander (1)

Instant (5)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Faithful Mending
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Price of Fame
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Fly
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Precipitous Drop
• 1x Tortured Existence

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Descend upon the Sinful
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Teferi, Master of Time

Artifact (1)

• 1x Perpetual Timepiece

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1x Feywild Caretaker

Might cut; Barrowin, Street Wraith, Imposing Vantasaur, some board wipes,

This deck is less than 100 bucks without the manabase, and most if not all $5+ cards are not vital.

I'd say this deck is an Esper midrange deck rather than a true reanimator deck or venture deck. Lots of filter effects in the early game leads to consistently decent openings, and I am completing dungeons by turn 5 or even sooner. Even when Sefris is spot-removed, the deck keeps moving, and Sefris doesn't feel bad to play at higher mana costs (commander tax) because of how much value she (he/they?) can bring immediately. Venturing 3-4 times per turn rotation from turn 4 onward happens very consistently.

Playtest away, I haven't had any poor experiences doing so and plan to make the deck soon.

I'm not running Entomb-Reanimate-Archon of Cruelty, because I don't care for the reanimator Christmasland special that falls apart to one counterspell.

Win Cons

Shadowgrange Archfiend + all of my deck's looting is a very solid early game play. It's also a good reanimation target, controlling the board and netting me some life.

Syr Konrad, the Grim or Dreadhound should trigger many times a game, especially when I can reanimate them to keep them on board.

Scion of Darkness, if able to actually trigger his ability, can be a win con of its own.

Otherwise, the decent/ok reanimation targets I have in deck should be able to apply good pressure and help close out games. Plenty of flyers should keep my opponents sweating as life totals come down throughout the game.

Value

Archfiend of Ifnir + all the cycling/looting in my deck should be pretty solid value a lot of the time. Plus its a 5 power flyer so it hurts.

Sefris of the Hidden Ways can hit up to 4 triggers per turn rotation, which is a reanimate plus all the dungeon room value. Pretty solid, even when I have to cast Sefris for 7/9 mana.

Vengeful Pharaoh + loot/mill = makes it very hard to attack me without losing something precious. Pharaoh putting himself on top of my deck also synergizes very well with Sefris + looters/mill, both guaranteeing triggering Sefris on my next loot/mill and getting Pharaoh himself back in the grave.

X-hate

Glen Elendra Archmage is great for keeping spellslinger decks in line, especially when I can reanimate her. She is also good at triggering Sefris.

Angel of the Ruins is a huge counter to enchantment/artifact oriented decks. On top of that, it has plainscycling, which is a great way to trigger Sefris and ensure land drops. Solid body too for reanimation/closing out games.

Tons of board wipes should keep the battlefield thin enough that I'm not going to be overrun by aggressive decks (big creatures, wide boards, Craterhoof Behemoth).

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.64
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Dungeon: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, Dungeon: Lost Mine of Phandelver, Dungeon: Tomb of Annihilation, Dungeon: Undercity, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Goblin 1/1 R, On an Adventure, Skeleton 1/1 B, Skeleton 4/1 B, The Atropal, The Initiative, Timeless Dragon 4/4 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Based on	Sefris zerowner EDH