EDH Challenge: Feed the Grimgrin!

Commander / EDH Combo Reanimator UB (Dimir)

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Creature (27)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Ledger Shredder
• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Nevermaker
• 1x Orcish Bowmasters
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Rona, Herald of Invasion  ^Flip
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Tishana's Tidebinder
• 1x Toxrill, the Corrosive
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wonder
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance

Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Gloomlake Verge
• 5x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Murkwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Undercity Sewers
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Rooftop Storm

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Far / Away
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Creature (8)

• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Psychic Frog
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Watcher for Tomorrow

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Carnival of Souls

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mimic Vat

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When I first saw Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized* in an Innistrad booster pack I've imidiately felt in love. I knew I have to make him shine as a Commander. And here he is, in all his beauty!

The deck originally started as a zombie jank pile and slowly evolved in a combo/reanimator toolbox.

The main goal is to value out your opponent, despite the fact that Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized* is technically a card disadvantage. There's a lot of card draw, recurring, turoring and small synergies that keep the steam going. The deck also utilizes graveyard as much as possible with graveyard fillers, reanimation and flashback spells.

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Notable combos and synergies:

These are the three infinite combos in the deck. Depending on what you draw, you can tutor up the remaining pieces.

• Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized* + Rooftop Storm + Gravecrawler (+ Blood Artist) for infinite counters (and life loss).

• The same can also be achieved with Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized* + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Glen Elendra Archmage (+ Blood Artist).

• Or the third way with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista + Blood Artist.

The following are definitely not "I win the game" combos, but are a nice synergies a cool intaractions the decks is capable of.

• Living Death + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*, sac all your cratures in response and essentionaly keep your board while your opponent lose it.

• Mimic Vat + Nevermaker. This is my favourite, your opponent will topdeck the same card for the rest of the game for mere cost of 3 mana. I know, Nevermaker is not a good card, but it's my pet tech agains some problematic permanents (artifact & enchantments).

• Corpse Connoisseur / Entomb / Buried Alive + Wonder, simple and effective, probably the most common win condition.

There’s also a possibility for some strong reanimation starts with Entomb into Reanimate a finisher of your choice (Sheoldred, Whispering One, Grave Titan, Wurmcoil Engine, etc.).

Date added	11 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.90
Tokens	Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, On an Adventure, Orc Army, Slug 1-1 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH