Cages

Commander / EDH Discard Mono-Black

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Enchantment (17)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Megrim
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Quest for the Nihil Stone
• 1x Shrieking Affliction
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Waste Not
• 1x Words of Waste

Land (36)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Hive of the Eye Tyrant
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 23x Swamp
• 1x The Biblioplex

Creature (16)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Asylum Visitor
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Containment Construct
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Cunning Lethemancer
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Herald of Anguish
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Necrogoyf
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Thoughtrender Lamia

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Nightmare Unmaking
• 1x Pox
• 1x Smallpox
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Instant (4)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Defile
• 1x Drag to the Underworld
• 1x Shred Memory

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Bag of Holding
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Noetic Scales
• 1x Phial of Galadriel
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Storage Matrix
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Waker of the Dead
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

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Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Ward of Bones
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Winter Orb

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (1)

• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Creature (3)

• 1x Dreamstealer
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Raiders' Wake

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A "rack" deck that punishes any amount of cards in opponent's hands. This deck is named after some of the artifacts it FORMALLY ran: Skullcage, Paupers' Cage, and Misers' Cage. The original idea was to dump tons of punishing artifacts and enchantments in the lineage of The Rack and Black Vise and to grind out wins via heavy discard. However, many of those cards are pretty low impact, so I've been trying to put some more powerful repeating damage effects while still focusing on the discard theme. The commander, Seizan, Perverter of Truth's card draw is symmetrical, but with the many discard effects you can stack the triggers so that the opponents' lose their bonus cards before they can use them. Many of the discard effects are also symmetrical, but you can mitigate the downside with clever trigger stacking and using tech like Bag of Holding. In fact, one of the themes/goals of this deck is to break the symmetry of the many discard and draw effects in this deck.

DISCARD SUITE:

Cunning Lethemancer, Herald of Anguish, Mindslicer, Thoughtrender Lamia, Death Cloud, Pox, Smallpox, Bottomless Pit, Necrogen Mists, Oppression, Painful Quandary (sometimes), Words of Waste, Liliana, Waker of the Dead, and Geier Reach Sanitarium.

REPEATABLE DAMAGE EFFECTS:

Fate Unraveler, Bloodchief Ascension, Liliana's Caress, Megrim, Painful Quandary (sometimes), Polluted Bonds, Quest for the Nihil Stone, Shrieking Affliction, and Underworld Dreams.

CARD DRAW:

Seizan, Perverter of Truth, Asylum Visitor, Graveborn Muse, Necropotence, Phyrexian Arena, Waste Not, Ghirapur Orrery, Memory Jar, Dread Presence, and Bag of Holding.

DEFENSE / BOARD CONTROL:

Archfiend of Ifnir, Massacre Girl, Koskun Falls, Defile, Tainted AEther, Noetic Scales, Storm Cauldron, Bontu's Last Reckoning, Crux of Fate, Murderous Rider, Death Cloud, Mutilate, Pox, and Smallpox.

THOUGHTS / OBSERVATIONS

One of the coolest things that I've experienced is breaking symmetry of certain cards with clever trigger-stacking on my opponents' upkeeps. You can make things very unfavorable for them by resolving the Shrieking Affliction trigger before they draw cards from Seizan, Perverter of Truth and after Seizan's trigger resolves, then hitting them with Bottomless Pit's trigger right after. You can maximize the damage dealt to them while minimizing the Seizan cards they draw. However, on your turn even though you are often hit with your discard triggers, you can stack them against the Seizan triggers as favorably as possible.

EDIT: Bag of Holding replaces Moonring Mirror. Very similar effect, but a lot cheaper to cast.

A card I'm excited about is Ghirapur Orrery. At first glance it might seem odd in a discard deck since your opponent's could potentially benefit from the "draw three cards" clause, however, with Howling Mine and Seizan, Perverter of Truth you have a good chance of stacking triggers in such a way as to resolve the Orrery's upkeep trigger after they've picked up a card or two. Of course for your turn you'd make sure to resolve the Orrery trigger BEFORE your Howling Mine-like triggers. Just another way to out-card your annoyed opponents.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

Remove | Replacement Thoughtrender Lamia Storm Cauldron

Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.19
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, Waker of the Dead, On an Adventure, Snake 1/1 B, Spirit 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Following, Physical Copy