death and taxes (not your typical skullbriar deck)

Commander / EDH*

someguy5587

Creature (23)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Elvish Archdruid
• 1x Elvish Harbinger
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Liliana's Specter
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Nezumi Shortfang  ^Flip
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Vraska the Unseen

Land (37)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 12x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Strip Mine
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Curse of Predation
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Waste Not
• 1x Words of Waste

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Winter Orb

Instant (8)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Snuff Out

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Despise
• 1x Duress
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Mind Twist
• 1x Stupor
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unnerve

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Deathrite Shaman

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Land (1)

• 1x Twilight Mire

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Sylvan Library

Instant (2)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Thoughtseize

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a fun (depending on which side you are on) thing my playgroup does is a 2 headed game where one team tries to "break out of jail." currently the jail team consists of mostly lock-down decks with Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and Thassa, God of the Sea at the helms.

i thought this could be an interesting pairing with either although a little more with the thalia deck in mind, hence the name death and taxes. i know the theme of this deck is more along the lines for a Nath of the Gilt-Leaf build but as a partner in a jail scenario i want to set up a threatening board state as early as possible and nath seemed too slow.

the idea is to get skullbriar out turn 2 to represent a threat and have hand and board manipulation to help keep the path clear while thalia taxes them and also manages the board with tons of removal and other "fun" things like Winter Orb , Static Orb , Hokori, Dust Drinker, etc...

maybeboard is full of spendy cards that i want to buy/trade for and would probably find a spot in the deck if i owned one.

i'm looking for suggestions on things that follow the theme of locking down opponents by hand and/or board control and maybe what to cut for new goodies. i feel that the noncreature count is a little too high for a thalia pairing (especially one that thrives in an environment that wants to see Winter Orb effects) so let me know if there are some good things that i'm missing. thanks in advance.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.83
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Beast 3/3 G, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	New deck Ideas