Paint It Black - Mikaeus Budget Combo

Commander / EDH Budget Combo Infinite Combo Mono-Black Multiplayer Suicide Black

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SacEffect (13)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Devouring Swarm
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Fallen Angel
• 1x Fallen Ideal
• 1x Flesh-Eater Imp
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Grinding Station
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Removal (9)

• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Murder
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Rend Flesh
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Victim of Night

SacOutlet (9)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Devouring Swarm
• 1x Fallen Angel
• 1x Fallen Ideal
• 1x Flesh-Eater Imp
• 1x Grinding Station
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist

Ramp (8)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

ManaBase (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Ebon Stronghold
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 23x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Unholy Grotto

DrawRecursion (10)

• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Greed
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Shallow Grave
• 1x Strands of Night
• 1x Unholy Grotto
• 1x Victimize

Tutor (9)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fleshwrither
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Netherborn Phalanx
• 1x Shred Memory

Commander (1)

SacFodder (12)

• 1x Chainbreaker
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Lingering Tormentor
• 1x Pith Driller
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Spincrusher
• 1x Tatterkite
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wingrattle Scarecrow
• 1x Workhorse

Utility (9)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Rite of Consumption
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

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The Strategy

Step 1 = Play a sac fodder

Step 2 = Play a sac engine

Step 3 = Play Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

The Combos

I will only list 3 card combos because any more gets to convoluted. Additionally, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed needs to be on the battlefield for all of these (this is a commander-centric deck) so he counts as one of our three cards:

Infinite pings:

Triskelion

Walking Ballista + any sac outlet / Blood Artist / Falkenrath Noble / Heartless Summoning / Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite creature:

Devouring Swarm / Fallen Angel / Fallen Ideal / Flesh-Eater Imp + any sac fodder

Infinite tokens:

Genesis Chamber / Pawn of Ulamog + Triskelion / Walking Ballista

Infinite Mill:

Altar of Dementia + any sac fodder

Altar of the Brood / Bitter Ordeal + Triskelion / Walking Ballista

Grinding Station + any sac fodder except Lingering Tormentor / Puppeteer Clique / Skinrender

Infinite Black Mana:

Crystalline Crawler + any sac outlet

Infinite Colorless Mana:

Ashnod's Altar + any sac fodder

Workhorse + any sac outlet / Heartless Summoning

Infinite abuse of ETB/LTB effects of creatures in opponents' graveyards:

Puppeteer Clique + any sac outlet

Mass creature removal:

Skinrender + any sac outlet

Mass discard:

Sadistic Hypnotist + any sac fodder

The Transmutes

Shred Memory = Bloodthrone Vampire, Chainbreaker, Spincrusher, Rite of Consumption, Grinding Station Exsanguinate or Blood Artist

Dimir Machinations = Devouring Swarm, Phyrexian Altar, Ashnod's Altar, Blasting Station, Wingrattle Scarecrow, Tatterkite or Necrotic Ooze

Dimir House Guard & Fleshwrither = Flesh-Eater Imp, Lingering Tormentor, Pith Driller, Skinrender, Aetherworks Marvel or Falkenrath Noble

Netherborn Phalanx = Triskelion or Workhorse

The Win Cons

1) Mill the table with Altar of Dementia/Altar of the Brood/Bitter Ordeal

2) Infinite pings with Blasting Station/Blood Artist/Falkenrath Noble/Triskelion/Zulaport Cutthroat

3) One hit lethal from Bloodthrone Vampire/Carrion Feeder/Devouring Swarm/Fallen Angel/Fallen Ideal/Flesh-Eater Imp

4) Big damage from Exsanguinate/Rite of Consumption

5) Infinite tokens from Genesis Chamber

The Nut Draw

Here's one of a few ways to get infinite pings on turn 3:

Turn 1 = Land, Sol Ring, Chainbreaker

Turn 2 = Land, Blasting Station

Turn 3 = Crystal Vein, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Alternatives for Budget/Non-budget

If you're going cheap:

Non-basic lands like Cabal Coffers and Unholy Grotto can be switched out for Swamp. You can do without the Phyrexian Altar & Gravecrawler combo. Bitter Ordeal, Shallow Grave and Liliana Vess aren't necessary either. Already that puts it well under $100. If you are interested in taking it down even further, check out Mikaeus, Extreme Sub $20 Budget EDH

If money is no object:

Add general goodstuff which will slow the deck down but make it better prepared for the long game. You can check out Sleazebag's upgrade list Mikaeus, Extreme Not So Budget EDH

$40 Budget Decks

I love the challenge of building really cheap decks. This is how the majority of my real life decks start out and then I improve them over time.

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Super Metroid - Akiri & Silas $40 Budget Voltron - #2 Akiri & Silas deck on TappedOut

Do A Baral Roll - Baral $40 Budget Counterspells - #1 Baral deck on TappedOut

Blinded By The Light - Seer $40 Budget Colors - #1 Blind Seer deck on TappedOut

Baby, Come Back - Brago $40 Budget Blink

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I Put A Spell On You - Jeleva $40 Budget Spells - #3 Jeleva deck on TappedOut

Black Water - Korlash $40 Budget Voltron - #1 Korlash deck on TappedOut

The Godfather - Krenko $40 Budget Goblins

Where Is My Mina? - Mina/Denn $40 Budget Landfall - #4 Mina & Denn deck on TappedOut

We're Going To Be Friends - Munda $40 Budget Ally - #1 Munda deck on TappedOut

I Am A Rock - Noyan Dar $40 Budget Man Lands - #3 Noyan Dar deck on TappedOut

Spirit In The Sky - Oyobi $40 Budget Spirits - #1 Oyobi deck on TappedOut

One Plus One Is One - Rishkar $40 Budget Counters - #2 Rishkar deck on TappedOut

Let My Love Open The Door - Sidar & Kraum $40 Budg

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Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.18
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Myr 1/1 C
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