Grenzo on Death and Dying

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos)

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Creature (28)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blood Bairn
• 1x Conquering Manticore
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Deepfire Elemental
• 1x Endless Cockroaches
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Hamletback Goliath
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Liliana's Reaver
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Moriok Replica
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Pyrewild Shaman
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Skarrgan Firebird
• 1x Stalking Vengeance
• 1x Tenacious Dead
• 1x Twisted Abomination
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vampire Warlord
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Viscera Seer

Land (37)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Homeward Path
• 11x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Stensia Bloodhall
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Aspect of Gorgon
• 1x Curse of Bloodletting
• 1x Curse of Shallow Graves
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Vile Requiem
• 1x War Cadence
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (10)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Druidic Satchel
• 1x Jar of Eyeballs
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Reito Lantern
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (5)

• 1x Auger Spree
• 1x Brimstone Volley
• 1x Incinerate
• 1x Magma Jet
• 1x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Harness by Force
• 1x Midnight Recovery
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Recoup
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

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This deck focuses on death and a bit of graveyard interaction outside of Grenzo, Dungeon Warden, with cards like Deathbringer Thoctar, Stalking Vengeance, Recoup, and Deathrender.

A main combo in this deck is Deathrender + Endless Cockroaches paired with a sacrifice outlet like Altar of Dementia or Viscera Seer. Pairing this with cards like Hamletback Goliath and Blood Artist will get real painful real fast, as well as pairing it with Stalking Vengeance if you wanna be real brutal.

Mana Echoes gives you mana whether an opponent or you summon/put out a creature as long as you control a creature with the same types (vampire, wizard, etc.). Pairing this with Grenzo will often give you a free try with his ability. This works well with cards like Gravecrawler or dual types like Vampire Warlord (though I'm not sure if it would trigger once or twice with another of the same, like with Tenacious Dead and Reassembling Skeleton as Skeleton Warriors).

Graveyard interaction is kinda important, whether because you get rid of important spells from self-milling with Grenzo, Dungeon Warden or if he isn't big enough to put out fatties like Lord of the Void. Cards like Past in Flames, Recoup, and Victimize help to bring these cards back into play, and Grenzo, Dungeon Warden + Reito Lantern helps to recycle creatures back to the bottom to put them back out.

Other stuff:Aspect of Gorgon + Goblin Sharpshooter for sided board-wiping.

I don't have a Phyrexian Altar or Ashnod's Altar, though those would work amazing with Deathrender + Endless Cockroaches , or even with Ophiomancer's snake for a free Grenzo effect at the end of every turn.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Key combos	Grenzo, Dungeon Warden + Reito Lantern Deathrender + Endless Cockroaches Aspect of Gorgon + Goblin Sharpshooter
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.48
Tokens	Elemental 1/1 R w/ Haste, Gold, Saproling 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 B, Thrull 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B