Nethroi Hulkweaver

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk) Competitive Infinite Combo Primer Reanimator

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Mana - Lands (34)

• 1x Agadeem, the Undercrypt  ^Flip
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 2x Plains
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Card Advantage (8)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Mindblade Render
• 1x Audacious Thief
• 1x Ohran Viper
• 1x Tymna the Weaver *f-etch*
• 1x Oakhame Adversary
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Interaction (15)

• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Cabal Therapy
• 1x Natural State
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Unexpectedly Absent
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos

Mana - Ramp (14)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Priest of Titania

Commander (1)

Combo Pieces & Reanimation (14)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Wake the Dead
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Renegade Rallier
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Protean Hulk

Tutors (14)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth

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Maybeboard

Ramp (5)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Wild Growth

Interaction (4)

• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Snuff Out

Card Advantage (3)

• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Eternal Witness

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The Nightmare Begins

What a Cute Little Cat
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Nethroi, Apex of Death is a Mass Reanimation BOMB sitting on the Command Zone.
His ETB Trigger should potentially win you the game and people will constantly hold their removal spells to kill his mutate target.
So basically the type of deck i am trying to build with him on the helm is a Fast-Combo with Protean Hulk and Reanimation.
From my experience with him until now i find that he needs much more draw and ramp effects rather than self-milling spells.

Reasons to play this Deck:
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You will enjoy this deck if you want to:
1. Like to Win at instant speed.
(Combos like Entomb + Necromancy win you game out of nowhere.)
2. Like to play an all-out game. "i cast this.Any counter spells? No? GG".
3. Like to always be able to rebuild from scratch with a single non-Human on board.
4. Like to solve a puzzle every different game. (+15 different Infinite ETB/LTB Combos)
5. Great Colors for the Commander Format
provides access to Ramp and Card Advantage.
provides access to Tutors, Interaction and Reanimation.
provides access to Interaction, Combo Pieces and Reanimation.
6. These colors have a wide array of Combos (Razakats,Protean Hulk,Boonweaver and many others).

Reasons NOT to play this Deck:
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You will NOT enjoy this deck if you want to:
1. Lack of means:
a. you can't play Thassa's Oracle Combos.
(The fastest Combos at the moment in EDH).
b. you can't properly protect your combo with Counterspells.
2. Like to play a streamlined Deck.
(+10 combos can be taxing when playing long games).
3. Like to have a Draw Engine in the Command Zone.
4. Like to have a Combo Piece in the Command Zone.
(Nethroi, Apex of Death is hand dependent if you fail you find the combo you lose).

The God Hand

You need 4 cards in your hand and .
The sequence is:
Swamp >> Dark Ritual >> Cabal Therapy Disacrd Protean Hulk >> Animate Dead >> Protean Hulk >> Cast Cabal Therapy from the gravetyard sacrificing Protean Hulk.

Turn 3 Wins

1. Pattern of Rebirth
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You need 2 combo pieces in your hand.
Turn 1:Land + Ramp
Turn 2:Land + Sac Outlet
Turn 3:Land + Pattern of Rebirth >> Protean Hulk

2. Academy Rector
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You need 2 combo pieces in your hand.
Turn 1:Land + Ramp
Turn 2:Land + Sac Outlet
Turn 3:Land + Academy Rector >> Pattern of Rebirth >> Protean Hulk

3. Cabal Therapy *
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You need 3 combo pieces in your hand.
Turn 1:Land + Cabal Therapy >> Discard Protean Hulk
Turn 2:Land + Animate Dead >> Protean Hulk >> Sacrifice Protean Hulk by casting Cabal Therapy from your graveyard.

4. Entomb + Necromancy **
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You need 2 combo pieces in your hand.
Turn 1:Land + Entomb
Turn 2:Land +
Turn 3:Land + Necromancy >> Protean Hulk

5. Hermit Druid + Necromancy **
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You need 2 combo pieces in your hand.
Turn 1:Land + Ramp
Turn 2:Land + Hermit Druid
Turn 3:Land + Activate Hermit Druid. If Protean Hulk is milled, cast Necromancy >> Protean Hulk

6. Buried Alive + Necromancy **
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You need 2 combo pieces in your hand.
Turn 1:Land + Ramp
Turn 2:Land + Buried Alive >> Protean Hulk
Turn 3:Land + Necromancy >> Protean Hulk

* Swap also Animate Dead for Dance of the Dead,Apprentice Necromancer,Wake the Dead,Necromancy for a total of +4 possible combinations of Turn 3 Wins.
** Swap also Necromancy for Wake the Dead, Apprentice Necromancer for a total of +9 possible combinations of Turn 3 Wins.

Game Plan

So the game plan is simple, Ramp as fast as you can, and try to combo-off.
If that fails, regroup with the draw engines and get ready for the second/third Boom.
First you should try to win with your hand and afterwards with Nethroi, Apex of Death.

The Protean Hulk Line:
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1. Have a way to put Protean Hulk on the Board.
2. Sacrifice Protean Hulk Find >> Viscera Seer + Karmic Guide.
3. ETB Karmic Guide >> Protean Hulk
4. Sacrifice Protean Hulk Find >> Saffi Eriksdotter + Blood Artist + X.
You now have an infinite loop of Karmic Guide + Saffi Eriksdotter with Blood Artist as the finisher.

---- If you don't have Blood Artist available, search for Cruel Celebrant.
---- If you don't have Saffi Eriksdotter available, search for Fiend Hunter.

The Protean Hulk Line 2:
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If Karmic Guide is in hand or exiled.
1. Have a way to put Protean Hulk on the Board.
2. Sacrifice Protean Hulk Find >> Viscera Seer + Academy Rector.
3. Die Trigger Academy Rector >> Animate Dead.
4. ETB Animate Dead >> Protean Hulk
5. Sacrifice Protean Hulk Find >> Renegade Rallier.
6. ETB Renegade Rallier >> Animate Dead on Graveyard >> Protean Hulk.
7. Sacrifice Protean Hulk Find >> Saffi Eriksdotter + Blood Artist + X.
You now have an infinite loop of Renegade Rallier + Saffi Eriksdotter with Blood Artist as the finisher.

---- If you don't have Blood Artist available, search for Cruel Celebrant.
---- If you don't have Saffi Eriksdotter available, search for Fiend Hunter.
---- If you don't have Renegade Rallier available, search for Sun Titan.

2 card combos:
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1. Leonin Relic-Warder + Necromancy
2. Animate Dead + Leonin Relic-Warder
3. Dance of the Dead + Leonin Relic-Warder
4. Fiend Hunter + Sun Titan
5. Saffi Eriksdotter + Sun Titan
6. Fiend Hunter + Karmic Guide
7. Karmic Guide + Saffi Eriksdotter
8. Renegade Rallier + Saffi Eriksdotter

3 card combos:
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1. Animate Dead + Karmic Guide + Sun Titan
2. Dance of the Dead + Karmic Guide + Sun Titan
3. Karmic Guide + Necromancy + Sun Titan
4. Animate Dead + Renegade Rallier + Sun Titan
5. Animate Dead + Karmic Guide + Renegade Rallier
6. Dance of the Dead + Renegade Rallier + Sun Titan
7. Dance of the Dead + Karmic Guide + Renegade Rallier

Sac Outlets:
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Constant Sac Outlets:
Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
one time sac effects:
Phyrexian Tower,Culling the Weak,Cabal Therapy,Diabolic Intent,Eldritch Evolution,Birthing Pod.

Finishers:
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Any Combo + Blood Artist/Cruel Celebrant = drain all opponent's life.

Protection Spells

In order to ensure that Nethroi, Apex of Death has a mutate target the following cards help:
1.Redirection:Imp's Mischief
2.Hexproof: Veil of Summer,Autumn's Veil
3.Silence Effects: Silence,Ranger-Captain of Eos
4. Cannot Interact: Destiny Spinner,Grand Abolisher

Notable Exclusions

Karador, Ghost Chieftain: You fought well old man.
Compost: 80% of the time i am the only black player on the table.
Boonweaver Giant: Protean Hulk is basically a better version of him.
Mindslicer: Having no hand really hurts my game plan after switching to Nethroi, Apex of Death.
Life from the Loam: I prefer draw engines to self-mill engines after switching to Nethroi, Apex of Death.
Altar of Dementia: Currently not the finisher i am most happy to see in hand.Dead card on its own and raises alarms that i am about to go off.
Reveillark / Kaya's Ghostform / Body Snatcher: These are Combo Pieces that create loops but are more situational than the ones i have in the deck.I am constantly testing them in-out of the Deck.
Imp's Mischief: In a meta filled with underworld bridge's and Thassa's Oracle's a redirection spell is not pulling its weight in stopping combos.

Top Ranked	Achieved #23 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #18 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Primer 4 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Renegade Rallier + Saffi Eriksdotter Fiend Hunter + Karmic Guide Animate Dead + Leonin Relic-Warder Leonin Relic-Warder + Necromancy Dance of the Dead + Leonin Relic-Warder Animate Dead + Karmic Guide + Sun Titan Saffi Eriksdotter + Sun Titan Karmic Guide + Saffi Eriksdotter Karmic Guide + Necromancy + Sun Titan Dance of the Dead + Karmic Guide + Sun Titan Animate Dead + Renegade Rallier + Sun Titan Animate Dead + Karmic Guide + Renegade Rallier Dance of the Dead + Karmic Guide + Renegade Rallier Dance of the Dead + Renegade Rallier + Sun Titan
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.12
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 C
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