Heart of Darkness Challenge - Pt. II - Yarok

Commander / EDH Bracket 3 Casual Horror Mill Theme/Gimmick Tokens

Andramalech

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Ancient Ziggurat
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 3x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Three Tree City
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Ripples of Undeath
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Up the Beanstalk
• 1x Virtue of Knowledge

Creature (24)

• 1x Aboleth Spawn
• 1x Ancient Cellarspawn
• 1x Brainstealer Dragon
• 1x Cabal Therapist
• 1x Deathbonnet Sprout  ^Flip
• 1x Despoiler of Souls
• 1x Dinrova Horror
• 1x Dross Harvester
• 1x Geralf's Mindcrusher
• 1x Grell Philosopher
• 1x Gurgling Anointer
• 1x Intellect Devourer
• 1x Loam Dryad
• 1x Mesmeric Fiend
• 1x Overlord of the Balemurk
• 1x Overlord of the Floodpits
• 1x Overlord of the Hauntwoods
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Slum Reaper
• 1x Thought Gorger
• 1x Uchuulon
• 1x Ulvenwald Captive  ^Flip
• 1x Yarok's Fenlurker
• 1x Zellix, Sanity Flayer

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Blasphemous Edict
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Imperial SealGC
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Lively Dirge
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x Abnormal Endurance
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Grapple with the Past
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Natural State
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Not Dead After All
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Smuggler's Surprise
• 1x Supernatural Stamina
• 1x Undying Malice
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Hedge Shredder
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Visage of Dread  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Creature (34)

• 1x Ancient Cellarspawn
• 1x Captain N'ghathrod
• 1x Chained Throatseeker
• 1x Cloistered Youth  ^Flip
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Crawling Chorus
• 1x Deathbonnet Sprout  ^Flip
• 1x Demolisher Spawn
• 1x Despoiler of Souls
• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1x Fleshwrither
• 1x Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
• 1x Gulping Scraptrap
• 1x Gurgling Anointer
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Horrid Shadowspinner
• 1x Loam Dryad
• 1x Ludevic's Test Subject  ^Flip
• 1x Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Overlord of the Balemurk
• 1x Overlord of the Floodpits
• 1x Plague Stinger
• 1x Reaper of Sheoldred
• 1x Ridged Kusite
• 1x Screaming Swarm
• 1x Silent Hallcreeper
• 1x Sludge Monster
• 1x Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Uchuulon
• 1x Ulvenwald Captive  ^Flip
• 1x Vashta Nerada
• 1x Zellix, Sanity Flayer

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Infectious Inquiry
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Noxious Assault
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Phyresis Outbreak
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Thirsting Roots
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Windfall

Artifact (3)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Visage of Dread  ^Flip

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Demonic Vigor
• 1x Glistening Oil
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Necrogen Communion
• 1x Norn's Decree
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Ripples of Undeath

Instant (6)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Aspirant's Ascent
• 1x Infectious Bite
• 1x Prologue to Phyresis
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Vraska's Fall

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This deck is a cited commitment to a challenge from kamarupa. This follow-up to the original challenge keeps with the same spirit, but shares the deck-building and we both get a shot! I'll be piloting my build based on what kamarupa chose first.

My choice of construction is a Sultai ({U}{B}{G}) colored build with Yarok, the Desecrated as the leader.

Theme

We're going to be focused on ETB triggers as a core concept of the deck. The main component of what Yarok does leads itself to a reanimator shell, so I won't shy away from that. I'm going to believe in the power of Horrors as a whole to deliver on ETB synergies. I didn't explicitly spell this out with my first iteration on this challenge- I didn't use any guidance to my spells or usage of resources other than gatherer searching the creatures that held up "horror" typing. The same is going to be done here, and I'm just going to pay attention to what gets the most love from ETB.

The other core component is literally just running those ETBs into the ground- I mean it. The deck self-mills to reanimate the spells and creatures faster, there's at least one win-condition type effect involving this and Dross Harvester.

The sub-theme of that graveyard shenanigan is that we are reanimating our stuff as it dies. This is to ensure that the graveyard sees it and does a thing, when it re-enters is how we get our biggest payoff.

Construction

The deck has to function within the confines of rules set out prior to construction began, and the challenge is more or less an opportunity to present a labor of love for the aforementioned and Balaam__ as judges to the end results.

The new challenge extended to kamarupa is revolving around how Balaam__ will be left scratching their head and wondering what's happening. I joke, but we've discussed that we have to nominate new judges. I'll take this opportunity and reiterate this point in the comments, but I nominate:

• Squee_Spirit_Guide
• Crow_Umbra
• Profet93
• Asgeren
• Goldberserkerdragon

..as potential judges for this assignment.

Discussion

There's going to be so much to discuss here and I'm thrilled that I accepted the challenge. I'm going to take the chance while building this to really try and think about what I need in order to succeed.

Otherwise, I'll see at least two of you in the comments giving me my report card. Everyone else is welcome to chime in, too.

Top Ranked	Achieved #30 position overall 1 day ago Achieved #27 position in Commander / EDH 4 days ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH Horror 2 days ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH Mill 4 days ago
Date added	4 days
Last updated	3 days
Exclude colors	UBG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.76
Tokens	Copy Clone, Everywhere, Horror, On an Adventure, Wicked
Based on	Heart of Darkness Challenge - The Horror Andramalech EDH