Obzedat, Spirit Speaker

Commander / EDH Control Spirits Tokens Tribal WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (28)

• 1x Angel of Flight Alabaster
• 1x Bygone Bishop
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Drogskol Cavalry
• 1x Ghost Council of Orzhova
• 1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
• 1x He Who Hungers
• 1x Infernal Kirin
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kami of the Waning Moon
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kyoki, Sanity's Eclipse
• 1x Niblis of the Urn
• 1x Oyobi, Who Split the Heavens
• 1x Seizan, Perverter of Truth
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Souls of the Faultless
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Thief of Hope
• 1x Topplegeist
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Waxmane Baku
• 1x Will-o'-the-Wisp
• 1x Windborn Muse

Artifact (6)

• 1x Baku Altar
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Skeleton Shard
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spear of Heliod

Land (32)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 9x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Vindicate

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Commander (1)

Instant (11)

• 1x AEther Shockwave
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Ethereal Haze
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Orzhov Charm
• 1x Rend Flesh
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Field of Souls
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x Profane Procession  ^Flip
• 1x Suppression Field

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Myojin of Cleansing Fire

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Greed
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Artifact (1)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Lingering Souls

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Everyone always has a favourite tribe at some stage or another but for me that was a process that took a very long time to winnow down. I enjoyed Elves for a very long time starting way back in the Onslaught Days, then Spirits once Kamigawa rolled around, moved to general Izzet/Wizard stuff in the first Ravnica set, moved to Elementals in Lorwyn/Shadowmoor then "Beasts" in Alara and then finally rolled back to Spirits by Return to Ravnica and have hovered there ever since as my strict "favourite".

So I decided recently to pull apart my 5C O-Kagachi Spirit deck and winnow it down a bit, make it less broad silly spirit stuff with whatever Spirits I could find that were funny and instead focus it a bit more, make it less colours (and thus an easier mana base) and perhaps add a few extra wincons beyond turn spirits sideways and cast them a bunch. It took a while to decide on a commander, I moved from Kodama of the South Tree to Adamo, First to Desire then I decided to expand my colours and thus playtested a bit of Brago, King Eternal and Karador, Ghost Chieftain before settling on Orzhov, and thus Obzedat.

I know Karlov is strictly "better" but he always seemed like a bit of a dick so Obzedat was born. The deck is in its early stages, fairly casual overall with a smattering of strong-ish things here and there, but the general plans are pretty obvious - play spirits, gain life, drain life, control the board and make your opponents attack each other first. I over-shot on numbers at first and had only 25 lands in my first draft so I cut a few things (that are now in the sideboard) and I know the general amount of mana rocks is rather low (aka: 2) but I'm trying to playtest and alter amounts over time.

Any feedback would be amazing but this list will probably update over time either way.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 6 Rares 22 - 4 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.54
Tokens	Clue, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Spirit 3/3 W, Vampire Knight 1/1 B