Malfegor, the Card Drawing Machine

Commander / EDH* Budget Cruel Control Demons

CharybdisV

Sorcery (25)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Delirium Skeins
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Ill-Gotten Gains
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Infernal Offering
• 1x Insult / Injury
• 1x Magmatic Insight
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Promise of Power
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Recoup
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Greed
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Nihilistic Glee
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Underworld Connections

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Chandra Ablaze
• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Creature (22)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Asylum Visitor
• 1x Blood Scrivener
• 1x Blood Speaker
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Dread Wanderer
• 1x Dreamstealer
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Heart-Piercer Manticore
• 1x Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Magus of the Will
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Sin Prodder

Artifact (17)

• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Gate to the Afterlife
• 1x Ghirapur Orrery
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Gift
• 1x Hazoret's Monument
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Loreseeker's Stone
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Oracle's Vault
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Commander (1)

Land (38)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 13x Swamp

Instant (8)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Necrologia
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Shadow of the Grave
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Sorcery (4)

• 1x Call to the Netherworld
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Syphon Mind

Creature (2)

• 1x Defiler of Souls
• 1x Mortivore

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Havoc Festival

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Artifact (1)

• 1x Memory Jar

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So after the ravnica prerelease I pulled 2 Lord of Riots cards and decided to use black red for an EDH deck, as my friends and I were trying to enter the format. Rakdos became much too big a liability for the deck, and so I began to look for other commanders to fill his commanding position.

I played around with a copy of Lyzolda for a bit, but eventually determined that I didn't really know how to play with her. So I went to the internet and found Malfegor, who I absolutely loved. Not only does he not require protection after he hits the field, as his power is in his ETB effect as apposed to a passive ability, but if he does get removed it only opens up the opportunity to wipe the board again!

Unfortunately my combined library of cards for this deck (my friends and I all just share cards between decks to make sure everyone has a competitive chance) wasn't huge, but I think that I've done alright in terms of strategy for Malfegor. General idea is to load up your hand, cast malfegor, load up your hand, reanimate things from the graveyard, and repeat.

Feedback I'm looking for is about specific cards in the deck that are straight bad, and some essential pieces I'm surely missing. Keep it super budget though, I am aware that this deck might be better with cards like black lotus, but I am not dropping anywhere near a lot of money on such cards.

Thanks!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 57 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	124
Avg. CMC	3.70
Tokens	Copy Clone, Demon 5/5 B, Demon */* B, Dreamstealer 4/4 B, Elemental 3/1 R, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath, Heart-Piercer Manticore 4/3 W, Zombie 2/2 B
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