Grim Delirium

Standard* BG (Golgari)

Katarikun

Creature (20)

• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 3x Gnarlwood Dryad
• 4x Grim Flayer
• 3x Hamlet Captain
• 2x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Ishkanah, Grafwidow
• 2x Mindwrack Demon
• 4x Obsessive Skinner

Planeswalker (5)

• 4x Liliana, the Last Hope
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Land (24)

• 3x Evolving Wilds
• 7x Forest
• 4x Hissing Quagmire
• 10x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Dead Weight

Instant (5)

• 3x Grasp of Darkness
• 2x To the Slaughter

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Pick the Brain

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Distended Mindbender
• 3x Heir of Falkenrath  ^Flip
• 1x Ishkanah, Grafwidow

Instant (2)

• 1x Grasp of Darkness
• 1x To the Slaughter

Sorcery (8)

• 2x Duress
• 3x Murderous Compulsion
• 3x Transgress the Mind

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Instead of wasting turns milling yourself trying to achieve delirium, This build fully relies on Grim Flayer to fuel delirium by making him bigger, and force through blockers to deal some combat damage to the opponent.

with small humans like Obsessive Skinner and Hamlet Captain, you can get an early game hard hitter to achieve delirium relatively quickly.

Also, the use of Dead Weight can help get through the bigger blockers that attempt to deal with Grim Flayer. Or get rid of smaller earlier game creatures that stand in your way.

Liliana, the Last Hope is very important in this build, as she can also help Grim Flayer get through blockers with her +1 or outright kill them followed by a Dead Weight or Grasp of Darkness. Her -2 is also good in here, since i cut all copies of Grapple with the Past i needed a good way of recovery for my creatures that get sent to the graveyard.

Emrakul, the Promised Endis in here, at first, this deck started out as a delirium deck that would do whatever it takes to bring out emrakul. But as playtesting went forward, i realized that wasting turns trying to achieve delirium as soon as possible comes with a hefty price. leaving yourself open to your opponent while he/she builds up his/her board pressence just didn't fit right with me. So instead of doing that, I decided that the best route to go was to just "play the game" play to win, and with the right cards, you will get delirium without even trying, and along the way, emrakul will eventually pop up.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	WUR
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 1 Mythic Rares 8 - 2 Rares 15 - 7 Uncommons 7 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.50
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Spider 1/2 G, Thopter 1/1 C, Zombie 2/2 B