Secrets of the Afterlife

Commander / EDH* Casual Tokens WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (23)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Angel of Despair
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Drogskol Cavalry
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Pious Evangel  ^Flip
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Reya Dawnbringer
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (37)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drifting Meadow
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 9x Plains
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Springjack Pasture
• 15x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Circle of Despair
• 1x Darkest Hour
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Field of Souls
• 1x Shadows of the Past
• 1x Sigil of the New Dawn
• 1x Spirit Bonds

Artifact (10)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Instant (9)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Argivian Find
• 1x Batwing Brume
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Murder
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld
• 1x Silence
• 1x Unmake
• 1x Utter End

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Angelic Purge
• 1x Bone Splinters
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Disturbed Burial
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Necromantic Summons
• 1x Recover
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion

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DISCLAIMER: This is my first attempt at an EDH deck that is not based around a pre-built commander deck. This deck is also designed with a budget in mind.

The idea, as you can probably see from the cards (if you looked at them), revolves around sacrificing creatures you have in order to empower other actions and/or provide an arsenal. Teysa, Orzhov Scion will provide several tokens for that sacrifice to be possible while still being able to use them to remove deadly threads on the board.

Although your life total is an important resource and can be fairly expendable in most W/B decks, this deck doesn't revolve around focusing on your life as a resource. A few cards may say otherwise, but they themselves are not key towards this deck's designed strategy, although other methods of victory (which may include life siphon) are possible.

Sanguine Bond and Exquisite Blood were both originally considered for this deck and can be used if you choose to add them. Most of the players I play against will see one and know that the other exists as a threat for an infinite combo. They are good for this deck, I agree, but I chose not to add them so that this deck seems less of a target.

The biggest problem I saw when building this deck is ensuring that the creatures (tokens and originals) remain on the board long enough for the engine to progress forward. There are a few cards to allow you to bring them back, but since most of these creatures lost are tokens, they can be replenished fairly simply so long as Teysa remains.

As this is my first deck, I would very much like input on how to improve this deck (while keeping in my budget).

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 1 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	Goat 0/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W