Golgari Swarm and Sacrifice

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Dredge Tokens

ProfessorLaser

Creature (33)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Champion of Stray Souls
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Doomgape
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Ghoultree
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Lord of Extinction
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Reaper of the Wilds
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
• 1x Shambling Shell
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Viridian Shaman
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Relentless  ^Flip

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 10x Forest
• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Grave Pact

Artifact (7)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Instant (4)

• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Putrefy

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Smallpox

Commander (1)

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Creature (4)

• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Kessig Cagebreakers
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Oversold Cemetery

Artifact (2)

• 1x Grimoire of the Dead
• 1x Phyrexian Altar

Instant (2)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Reclaim

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Vigor Mortis

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This deck was built on a budget as much as possible. I'm still using a few proxies.

All criticism is welcome.

The main focus of this deck is sacrifice. Sacrifice is used to deal direct damage (such as with Jarad), gain life (with creatures like Doomgape ), and force opponent sacrifice and removal ( Savra, Queen of the Golgari and friends). My creatures are meant to die and come back constantly through Dredge or other methods of graveyard recovery. To create a bigger sacrificial pool, this deck has a focus on token production as well (which is why this deck is called Swarm and Sacrifice. Bet you never saw that coming.).

Main plan for this deck is to build up a token defense while breaking down opponent creature bases and life using cards like Attrition, Grave Pact, and Butcher of Malakir. Barring boardwipes, my big creatures like Doomgape will come in and swing, being accompanied by tokens. If at any time these big guys are threatened, I can sac them with Jarad and force life loss anyway.

I originally had Savra command this deck, but I decided I preferred Jarad's more active play style, since I appeared to have trouble bringing out relevant sac outlets in some of my early playtests.

Date added	12 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.69
Tokens	Copy Clone, Human 2/2 G, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Saproling 1/1 G, Thrull 1/1 B, Wolf 1/1 B, Wolf 2/2 G, Worm 1/1 BG
Folders	Jeremys decks, DeckIdeas, hmmm, Maybe?