Shirei, Improv Caretaker

Commander / EDH Budget Combo Mono-Black Reanimator Suicide Black

Aemitis

Other (28)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Defile
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x High Market
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sling-Gang Lieutenant
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Witch's Cottage
• 1x Yarok's Fenlurker
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Wincon (3)

• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Lightning Coils
• 1x Revel in Riches

Lands (29)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Strip Mine
• 21x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Draw (8)

• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Mindless Automaton
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Viscera Seer

Removal (5)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Tragic Slip

Protect (4)

• 1x Dark Privilege
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sacrifice (3)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bloodthrone Vampire
• 1x Carrion Feeder

Reanimate (1)

• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

Ramp (7)

• 1x Basal Thrull
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Blood Pet
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Combo (4)

• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Pili-Pala

Life (4)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bottle Gnomes
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Utility (3)

• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Weaponcraft Enthusiast

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Maybeboard

Other (19)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Citanul Flute
• 1x Coretapper
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Epic Downfall
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gleaming Barrier
• 1x Guiltfeeder
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Magistrate's Scepter
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Withering Boon

Utility (6)

• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Doomed Dissenter
• 1x Marsh Flitter
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Temporal Extortion

Improv (2)

• 1x Herald of Anguish
• 1x Inspiring Statuary

Wincon (1)

• 1x Mortal Combat

Removal (13)

• 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Bone Splinters
• 1x Burglar Rat
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Disciple of Phenax
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Fume Spitter
• 1x Orzhov Enforcer
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah

Reanimate (7)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Bone Harvest
• 1x Cadaver Imp
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton

Ramp (5)

• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Liliana's Shade
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Skittering Surveyor

Protect (1)

• 1x Lightning Greaves

Draw (8)

• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Skyscanner
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Life (7)

• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Death Cultist
• 1x Deathgreeter
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Tattered Mummy
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Triskelion

Combo (6)

• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Sword of the Paruns
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Lands (3)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse

Sacrifice (1)

• 1x Fallen Ideal

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This is my first EDH deck. Black is my favorite MTG color and I love japanese culture and horror, so when searching for a cool black commander, Shirei really spoke to me. The reanimation of small creatures ability, where you can use mostly common and uncommon cards, also helped since I could start building the deck on a budget and use some of my old cards (I’ve played MTG when I was a teen, 20 years ago, and just started playing it again). Since a lot of Shirei’s abilities have a combo-ish feel to it, I’ve added a few cool combos to increase the deck’s power/interest and make it less dependent on Shirei being in the battlefield. This is not meant to be a competitive deck; its goal is just to do some interesting and twisted stuff (maybe even win!). As a personal note, I’ve added some cards with “improvise” since I actually improvise/act for a living. And as any improviser, I love getting suggestions, so feel free to help me out and get the deck to a balanced and fun place. I have a lot of cards in my maybeboard... 100 don't seem enough for this deck!

Here some of the combos I've considered: Exsanguinate + Magus of the Coffers + Umbral Mantle with 5 swamps in play / Exsanguinate + Magus of the Coffers + Sword of the Paruns with 5 swamps in play / Magus of the Coffers + Torment of Hailfire + Umbral Mantle with 5 swamps in play / Magus of the Coffers + Sword of the Paruns + Torment of Hailfire with 5 swamps in play = Infinite mana, infinitely large Magus of the Coffers and infinite drain of opponents.

Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void = Mill entire deck for 1 mana.

Necrotic Ooze + Phyrexian Devourer + Triskelion = Mill yourself and damage opponents with mana cost of cards.

Necrotic Ooze + Palladium Myr + Pili-Pala = Infinite mana

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Necrotic Ooze + Phyrexian Devourer + Triskelion Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void Magus of the Coffers + Torment of Hailfire + Umbral Mantle Necrotic Ooze + Palladium Myr + Pili-Pala Exsanguinate + Magus of the Coffers + Umbral Mantle Exsanguinate + Magus of the Coffers + Sword of the Paruns Magus of the Coffers + Sword of the Paruns + Torment of Hailfire
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 3/1 R, Goblin 1/1 R, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Servo 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Final Decks