Braids, Compleated Nightmare

Commander / EDH Mono-Black Phyrexian Sacrifice Zombie

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Creature (30)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Liliana's Reaver
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Maralen of the Mornsong
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Phyrexian Ghoul
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Shard of the Void Dragon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Taborax, Hope's Demise
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (15)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Venser's Journal

Land (33)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 28x Swamp

Instant (4)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Soul Shatter

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Commander (1)

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Blight Mound
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Demonic Lore
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Ghoulish Procession
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Words of Waste
• 1x Zombie Infestation

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Profane Transfusion
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Victimize

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Creature (17)

• 1x Archfiend of the Dross
• 1x Burning-Rune Demon
• 1x Champion of the Perished
• 1x Demon of Death's Gate
• 1x Demon of Loathing
• 1x Demon of Wailing Agonies
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Liliana's Scrounger
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Necrosquito
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Ravenous Necrotitan
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Shard of the Nightbringer
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Vraan, Executioner Thane

Instant (7)

• 1x Black Sun's Twilight
• 1x Cut Down
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Offer Immortality
• 1x Reckoner's Bargain
• 1x Sheoldred's Edict
• 1x Slaughter Pact

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Annihilating Glare
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Grim Tutor

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Demonic Lore
• 1x Liliana's Contract
• 1x Necrogen Communion
• 1x Treacherous Blessing

Artifact (3)

• 1x Cryptic Gateway
• 1x Ichor Wellspring
• 1x Prized Statue

Land (2)

• 1x Dunes of the Dead
• 1x Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai

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BRAIDS, ARISEN NIGHTMARE (COMPLEATED) 1/10/23

I'm trying to make a brutal deck. I like the unique sacrifice mechanic she has to gain more and more value. At this stage I'm looking for value and redundancy to ensure consistency. A long term project of mine, I don't mind paying some big dollars (within reason of course) I really am just interested in developing a new type of strategy, I've been so combat focused this seems like a ton of fun, in a new way.

Suggestions and criticism are always welcome.

UPDATE: After a few months of playtesting, and investing, I feel this deck is finally in a finished form. Please feel free to take ideas or even the entire deck list and bombard your friends with the ideas I (and others!) threw together! However I will say that the focus of the deck has gotten a bit more loose than I'd have liked. I may come back to this deck with a renewed discipline for a stax strategy.

COMBOS / INTERACTIONS:

Maralen of the Mornsong + Opposition Agent = Opponents Cannot Draw / You Can Tutor their Decks | Every draw the opponents make is now a tutor that pings them for damage, in addition, you can pick and cast their best spells with your own mana as if it were any color. You control their draw step.

Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank = Opponents Die from Ping / Die from Mill (Infinite) | Bloodchief Ascension causes loss of life (With three or more counters) whenever cards go into the graveyard from anywhere. Mindcrank forces opponents to mill cards for each point of damage they receive.

Magus of the Coffers + Umbral Mantle = Black Mana per Swamp on Your Field (Infinite) | Magus of the Coffers adds mana when tapped equal to the number of swamps you control, and Umbral Mantle (Equipment) allows you to untap equipped creature, for three mana, almost assuredly granting an infinite number of black mana.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank Magus of the Coffers + Umbral Mantle Maralen of the Mornsong + Opposition Agent
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.51
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Pest 1/1 BG, Horror */* C, Snake 1/1 B, Monarch Emblem, Thopter 1/1 C, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed
Folders	Deck, Completed Builds