[Budget] Chainer's Dark Gift to a Darker Soul...

Commander / EDH Budget Competitive Cruel Control Stax Suicide Black

Shakull

Creature (31)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bog Initiate
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Dross Harvester
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Maalfeld Twins
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Rustspore Ram
• 1x Scuttling Doom Engine
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Withered Wretch

Land (34)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 31x Swamp

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Painful Quandary

Artifact (15)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Gemstone Array
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Instant (3)

• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Promise of Power
• 1x Victimize

Unknown (1)

• 1x Æther Snap

Commander (1)

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"Some say... when the world ends... Demons!"

The Way of the Demon's Clan

Have you ever thought about crushing your opponents hopes of winning, rather than just simply winning the game? Well, I have and here is the result of my evil plans.

Still asking yourself how will you win? Certainly you have read what I said before. What matters here is not winning... This is all about OBLITERATING your opponents!

Every card in here has a purpose, meaning that not all of them will be useful in every single game you play. Yet, also meaning that you will always have an answer for whatever kind of deck or strategy you are playing against.

Strategy

First things first, how can we obliterate our opponents hopes? By having a neat and affordable gset of cards with the only purpose of annoying your enemies. I present you the mighty staples of mono-black stax combo:

• Archfiend of Depravity
- you may have creatures, but only as many as I want you to have;
• Painful Quandary
- the true pay tax card. Trust me when I tell you your opponents will hate this one single card...
• Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
- did you not know that you need to pay shipping costs when tutoring?

Get to Know the Cards

Mana Ramp

Crypt Ghast || Burnished Hart || Ashnod's Altar || Charcoal Diamond || Commander's Sphere || Unstable Obelisk || Sol Ring || Worn Powerstone

Draw Engines

Bloodgift Demon || Disciple of Bolas || Grim Haruspex || Graveborn Muse || Commander's Sphere || Dark Prophecy || Promise of Power

Life Gain

Falkenrath Noble || Disciple of Bolas || Disciple of Griselbrand || Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Sacrifice Outlets

Disciple of Griselbrand || Ghoulcaller Gisa || Carrion Feeder || Altar of Dementia || Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice Fodder

Corpse Connoisseur || Disciple of Bolas || Gray Merchant of Asphodel || Fleshbag Marauder || Merciless Executioner || Reassembling Skeleton || Sidisi, Undead Vizier || Nekrataal || Scuttling Doom Engine

Tutors

Corpse Connoisseur || Sidisi, Undead Vizier || Buried Alive || Demonic Collusion || Diabolic Revelation || Diabolic Tutor || Increasing Ambition || Dimir Machinations

Stax

Archfiend of Depravity || Ob Nixilis, Unshackled || Painful Quandary

Win Cons

Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief || Falkenrath Noble || Ob Nixilis, Unshackled || Scuttling Doom Engine || Altar of Dementia

Insane Combos and Interactions

Control

• Nevinyrral's Disk + Soul of New Phyrexia = Board Control;

One-sided

• Living Death + Sacrifice Outlet = "Blink" your creatures while board wiping your opponents;

Well-Known

• Buried Alive + Victimize = 2~3 Creatures for the price of one.

Combos

Core Combos

• Chainer, Dementia Master + Ashnod's Altar + Gemstone Array + Grave Titan = Loss of Life
• Chainer, Dementia Master + Ashnod's Altar + Gemstone Array + Maalfeld Twins = Loss of Life
• Chainer, Dementia Master + Ashnod's Altar + Gemstone Array + Myr Battlesphere = Loss of Life + Infinite Mana and Tokens
• Chainer, Dementia Master + Priest of Gix + Sacrifice Outlet = Loss of Life
• Chainer, Dementia Master + Bog Initiate + Grave Titan = Loss of Life + Infinite Mana
• Chainer, Dementia Master + Bog Initiate + Maalfeld Twins = Loss of Life + Infinite Mana
• Any of the Above + Dross Harvester = Gain of Life
• Any of the Above + Blood Artist = Neither Loss nor Gain of Life

Infinite Combos

• Core Combo + Grim Haruspex = Infinite Draw;
• Core Combo + Illusionist's Bracers + Any Creature = Infinite Mana;
• Core Combo + Illusionist's Bracers + Any Creature = Infinite Tokens
• Core Combo + Illusionist's Bracers + Gray Merchant of Asphodel = Infinite Lifesteal;
• Core Combo + Illusionist's Bracers + Sidisi, Undead Vizier = Infinite Tutoring;
• Core Combo + Illusionist's Bracers + Altar of Dementia + Any Creature = Infinite Mill;

Epilogue

From here on, I think you know what you have to do... Collect Taxes!

And please remember to never have fear of unleashing your full evilness. Be merciless!

Hope you enjoyed the idea of the deck. Leave your comment below and let me know how I can improve it.

Also, if you feel like it has some potential: +1. Thank you ;)

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Attention: This is a budget version of...

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[Primer] Chainer's Dark Gift to a Darker Soul...

Commander / EDH Shakull

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Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Buried Alive + Victimize Nevinyrral's Disk + Soul of New Phyrexia
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.80
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Demon X/X B, Morph 2/2 C, Myr 1/1 C, Zombie 2/2 B
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