Krothuss - From Below and Beyond

Commander / EDH Eldrazi Kraken Reanimator UB (Dimir)

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Creature (24)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Deepfathom Skulker
• 1x Deranged Assistant
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Gyruda, Doom of Depths
• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Junk Winder
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Mesmerizing Benthid
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Mirrorshell Crab
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nadir Kraken
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x River Serpent
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Somnophore
• 1x Spawning Kraken
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Displacement Wave
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Glimpse the Unthinkable
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Persist
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Whelming Wave

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 9x Island
• 1x Maestros Theater
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Obscura Storefront
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Thriving Isle
• 1x Thriving Moor
• 1x Underground River

Instant (8)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Epiphany at the Drownyard
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Thirst for Discovery

Commander (1)

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Artifact (15)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Quest for Ula's Temple
• 1x Tortured Existence

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Creature (2)

• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Waker of Waves

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Built for my table of four casual decks with unique approaches to the theme of "The High Seas":

• UW Noyan Dar - The Sea Itself
• UB Runo Stromkirk - From Below and Beyond
• UR(B) Beckett Brass - The Pirate Queen
• UG - TBD, open to suggestions

As "From Below and Beyond," this deck centers around sea monsters and Eldrazi with a reanimator theme.

Pretty casual, but with a handful of value cards, mostly within reanimator. Most of my decks are more about general feeling than strict gameplay, hence the combination of tribes without much support for each other.

The deck typically follows a fairly linear path:

1. Mill or discard until there's a 6+ CMC creature in the graveyard
2. Play Runo and tuck the creature on top
3. Flip Runo into Krothuss (usually accompanied by chanting in R'lyehian)
4. Attack with creatures worth copying

Creatures especially worth copying:

• Junk Winder: Since the copies are tokens, and Junk Winder is a serpent, you can fairly easily tap down the entire board if not stopped early
• Hullbreaker Horror: With three copies of Hullbreaker Horror, you can fairly easily keep all opposing creatures off the board
• Gyruda, Doom of Depths: While her legendary status means you can't keep the copies, having two ETB triggers per turn can be quite valuable

Easy discard options: Both Mirrorshell Crab and River Serpent are 6+ CMC creatures with a cheap ability with an additional cost of discarding them. This means you can discard them T1-3, then you have a 6+ CMC creature to flip Runo into Krothuss. As a bonus, the Crab's counterspell ability does occasionally come in handy.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	Copy Clone, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Illusion 0/2 U, Kraken 9/9 U, Tentacle 1/1 U, Treasure
Folders	Lovecraft Deck Themes, not clones