Flogging a(n) (Un)Dead Win Condition

Commander / EDH Casual Combo Infinite Combo Reanimator UB (Dimir) Zombie

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Creature (24)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Corpse Harvester
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Disciple of Deceit
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Gempalm Polluter
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Unbreathing Horde
• 1x Voracious Null
• 1x Wight of Precinct Six
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (30)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Everglades
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Island
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Waterveil Cavern

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Necromancer's Stockpile
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Reality Acid
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rooftop Storm

Artifact (12)

• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Instant (16)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cremate
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Mizzium Skin
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Victim of Night

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Bone Splinters
• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dregs of Sorrow
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

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Grimgrin, my first, slightly rotten, EDH love.

The deck's core concept is simple: sacrifice for advantage.

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WinCons Show

The simplest wincons consist of Gravecrawler + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Rooftop Storm and any one of Diregraf Captain, Blood Artist, or Zulaport Cutthroat for infinite damage.

Alternatively, Diregraf Captain + Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar or Grimgrin + Gravecrawler + Paradise Mantle and any one of Diregraf Captain, Blood Artist, or Zulaport Cutthroat.

Of course, without a life loss creature on board, an infinite/infinite Grimgrin can still be achieved, and with a Pemmin's Aura or Shizo, Death's Storehouse this can often be enough to take games.

Infinite Zombie tokens can also be generated by including Diregraf Colossus in the above combos.

Ghoulcaller Gisa, Endless Ranks , and Grave Titan can also field hordes of Zombies, often overwhelming opponents.

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Combo Supplements Show

Relentless Dead in addition to being a generally amazing card, can recur combo pieces (in particular, Diregraf Captain). It can also serve as a replacement for Gravecrawler, as long as Rooftop Storm is up.

Dreamscape Artist (one of my favourite cards) helps with the inherent mana problems of the deck.

Harvester of Souls and Smothering Abomination both allow you to generate massive advantage, especially when digging for a win condition for with the rest of the combo already on board.

Pawn of Ulamog free dorks, possibly an infinite number.

Dictate of Erebos allows you to remove pesky hexproof/indestructible board threats (along with the rest of said boards).

Mizzium Skin allows you to protect vulnerable combo pieces when your opponents try to stop you winning.

Academy Ruins + Crystal Chimes , allow you to recur destroyed Rooftop Storms (and other useful enchantments) as much as you like, and can even be used to turn entomb into a tutor for Rooftop Storm in a pinch.

Deathrender allows you to plus even more off sacrifices.

Skullclamp, duh.

Door of Destinies, make Zombies big, make big Zombies bigger.

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Reactions Show

Cemetery Reaper, Cremate, Bojuka Bog, Dissipate, Spell Crumple can deal with other (better) reanimator decks.

Malicious Affliction, Tragic Slip, Victim of Night, Bone Splinters for cheap removal.

Dregs of Sorrow for expensive removal.

Reality Acid for artifact and enchantment removal.

Counterspell, Dream Fracture, Stubborn Denial for other decent counters.

AEtherize and Cyclonic Rift for when you just don't want to die.

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Advantage Show

As well as Skullclamp, Harvester of Souls, and Smothering Abomination.

Draw: Disciple of Bolas, Necromancer's Stockpile, Rhystic Study, Altar's Reap.

Tutors: Corpse Harvester (MVP),Disciple of Deceit, Sidisi, Undead Vizier, Entomb, Liliana Vess, Beseech the Queen, Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Tutor, Increasing Ambition.

Transmute Tutors:Perplex usually searches Diregraf Captain, Crystal Chimes, or Phyrexian Altar.

Dimir House Guard usually searches Smothering Abomination or Diabolic Tutor (into anything you actually need).

Brainspoil usually searches Corpse Harvester (MVP), Dictate, or Liliana.

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It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I like the playstyle, and I enjoy the feeling of ending a game of 6 player EDH in a single turn, with over 200 life at the end of it.

As with most casual EDH decks, this is a constant work in progress, with me looking to shore up weaknesses, etc. Also, the land-base is pretty weak, because I don't really want to shell out for it.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Diregraf Captain + Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar Gravecrawler + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Rooftop Storm Academy Ruins + Crystal Chimes
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.01
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Zombie 2/2 B