Shirei, Death isn't permanent!

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Mono-Black Reanimator

Rainbowjuice77

Removal/Control (17)

• 1x Heap Doll
• 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Black Cat
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Fume Spitter
• 1x Mesmeric Fiend
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Yarok's Fenlurker
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Sacrifice Outlet (11)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Dark Privilege
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x High Market
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Bankrupt in Blood

Life Loss (7)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Serrated Scorpion
• 1x Sling-Gang Lieutenant
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Other (2)

• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator

Card Advantage (15)

• 1x Mindless Automaton
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Skyscanner
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Thorn of the Black Rose
• 1x Death Denied
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Bankrupt in Blood

Land (34)

• 22x Swamp
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x High Market
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Witch's Cottage
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip

Protection (5)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Dark Privilege
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Supernatural Stamina

Tutor (4)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent

Commander (1)

Ramp (15)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Blood Pet
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Myriad Landscape

Recursion (8)

• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Cadaver Imp
• 1x Witch's Cottage
• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Victimize

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Maybeboard

Card Advantage (5)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Aetherworks Marvel
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Reprocess

Removal/Control (5)

• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Burglar Rat
• 1x Royal Assassin

Other (2)

• 1x Marsh Flitter
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton

Want but don’t own yet (1)

• 1x Lifeline

Protection (5)

• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Bottle Gnomes
• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x Imp's Mischief

Sacrifice Outlet (4)

• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Thoughtpicker Witch
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Reprocess

Life Loss (1)

• 1x Tattered Mummy

Tutor (1)

• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier

Ramp (5)

• 1x Gleaming Barrier
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Bubbling Muck

Recursion (3)

• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Living Death

Infinite Turns (2)

• 1x Magistrate's Scepter
• 1x Coretapper

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This is my Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker Aristocrat Deck. Shirei was my first Commander and is still my favorite to this day! The Deck is build around gaining a lot of value sacrificing small creatures over and over again and slowly draining my opponents to death.

Why play Shirei?

• You like to play with cards that don't see play in any other deck.
• You like Aristocrats Decks, draining you opponent with Blood Artist and Co.
• You like doing stuff in your opponents Turns.

Weaknesses

One obvious weakness is the preventing of deathtriggers like Rest in Peace . (Also with Shirei Mimic Vat can prevent getting your small creatures back as well). Another weakness is that Shirei loses a lot of it's effectiveness when she isn't on the battlefield. So we try to protect her and we shouldn't play her if we can't make use of her right away. Oh, and Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite is pretty dangerous because it kills Shirei and alot of our creatures.

Synergistic plays and Combos

Fume Spitter 's and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 's -1/1- counters are great to reduce the power of other creatures so Shirei can bring them back as well. So Solemn Simulacrum can come back every turn Ramping and drawing a card! Also Gray Merchant of Asphodel will drain our opponents over and over again!

Syr Konrad, the Grim is an absolute fantastic new inclusion, he triggers when a creature dies and again when it comes back. Dealing 2 damage every turn per creatures adds up quickly.

Mindless Automaton is one of the best cards, because we just need itself with Shirei and we get card draw every trun without needing anything else then these two.

Coretapper + Magistrate's Scepter is a possibility to get infinite turns! We tap Coretapper and place a charge counter on Magistrate's Scepter and then we sacrifice him with his ability and put the other two counters on it. Tap the Scepter and take the extra turn and you can do the same thing again, plus all other shenanigans. I didn't include this because I am not to interested in infinite combos in this deck. (And it is a slow winning process where the others just have to watch)

Thank you for reading and looking over my Deck!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Coretapper + Magistrate's Scepter
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.59
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Goblin 1/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Monarch Emblem, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B