Ebondeath, the Everliving

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Casual Combo Devotion Infinite Combo Mono-Black Sacrifice Tokens

Zeddicuus

Card Draw (12)

• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Doom Weaver
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Gate to the Afterlife
• 1x Greed
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Village Rites

Life Gain (8)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Gate to the Afterlife
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Tokens (7)

• 1x Blight Mound
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Ghoulish Procession
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator

Enabler (6)

• 1x Bladewing's Thrall
• 1x Boneyard Scourge
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Persistent Specimen
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton

Loss of Life (10)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Ramp (10)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Environmental Sciences
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Journeyer's Kite
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Renegade Map
• 1x Sol Ring

Utility (7)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Balthor the Defiled
• 1x Bolas's CitadelGC
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Malevolent Awakening
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse

Lands (36)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 31x Swamp
• 1x Thawing Glaciers

Commander (1)

Removal (10)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Drag to the Underworld
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Gild
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Poison the Cup
• 1x Spark Harvest
• 1x Tragic Slip

Coloured Ramp (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer

Revival (1)

• 1x Altar of Bhaal

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Maybeboard

Ramp (2)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Tokens (1)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord

Coloured Ramp (1)

• 1x Skirge Familiar

Other (1)

• 1x Castle Locthwain

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I look inside myself ...And see my heart is black I see my red door I must have it painted black Maybe then, I'll fade away And not have to face the facts It's not easy facing up When your whole world is black

-"Paint it Black" by The Rolling Stones

This deck makes excessive use of having creatures that can be revived either by their own ability, or by the use of another card. Examples of these are Reassembling Skeletons, Gravecrawler, Nether Traitor, Ebondeath.

Many cards make use of Enters the Battlefield or Dies triggered abilities to take advantage of these creatures. These can be found in nearly every category.

More details on how parts of the deck are as follows

"The Undeath" combo

Having Phyrexian Altar, One of the #Tokens permanents that create creature tokens (preferably more than one!) and a single #Enabler can effectively give you a controlled infinite recursion. Cast the Enabler, then sacrifice it for mana. Tormod and the Desecrated Crypt will make 2 zombie tokens. Sacrifice the whole batch to the Phyrexian Altar to acquire that much Black mana, plus creatures died that turn for those that care about that such as the #Loss of Life group, some in #Card Draw, as well as a couple in the #Enabler group. Rinse and repeat. If done right, you might even get infinite mana. If you have a way to get lots of black mana (Like Sacrifice or Bubbling Muck), you can use Ashnod's Altar instead of Phyrexian Alter. Not infinite, but it can turn into a lot.

Loss of Life Win

Use "The Undeath" to keep spinning the #Enablers in and out of your graveyard, triggers Enters the Battlefield and Dies/Leaves the Battlefield triggers to drain life from all opponents. Slow but steady can indeed win the race.

Big Mana Win

Use "The Undeath" to basically go infinite on mana and drop a huge Torrent of Hailfire or Exsanguinate. Bonds of Agony if you want to make sure everyone feels treated equally, just be sure to gain life before doing so!

Another Big Win is building up some Life and using Plague of Vermin to create a huge number of rat tokens. Sure, your opponents get rats, but if you have any of the Dies triggers from #Loss of Life on the battlefield, you can sac all those rats through an altar to drain them all of life.

Mill'em All and Let Erebos Sort them out

"The Undeath" makes heavy use of Altar of the Brood's ETB effects. Take advantage of that.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.98
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Foretell, Gold, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, On an Adventure, Pest 1/1 BG, Skeleton 4/1 B, Thrull 1/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed
Folders	Commander