Sidisi's Undead Horde

Commander / EDH

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Creature (31)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Apocalypse Demon
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Gravespawn Sovereign
• 1x Gurmag Drowner
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Kederekt Leviathan
• 1x Krosan Restorer
• 1x Loaming Shaman
• 1x Nullmage Shepherd
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Offalsnout
• 1x Phenax, God of Deception
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Scourge of Nel Toth
• 1x Sewer Nemesis
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x Undead Alchemist
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Wonder

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths
• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty

Land (35)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 6x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 4x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sequestered Stash
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Contingency Plan
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Gaea's Blessing
• 1x Strategic Planning
• 1x Taigam's Scheming
• 1x Victimize

Instant (5)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Sudden Reclamation

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Embalmer's Tools
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Opposition
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Sultai Ascendancy

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Idea

This is a Sidisi commander deck which enjoys dumping creatures into its graveyard to create zombie tokens, and then reanimating creatures from the graveyard. This deck has creatures that have value effects (like Acidic Slime, Birds of Paradise, and Gurmag Drowner) and creatures that win the game if reanimated (like Craterhoof Behemoth, Razaketh, the Foulblooded, and Sheoldred, Whispering One). Note that this deck includes Gaea's Blessing and Loaming Shaman (as budget alternatives to the OG Eldrazi Titans) to prevent running out of cards to mill.

Inspiration

Some of this deck list, especially the lower number of creatures and higher number of Strategic Planning-like effects, was inspired by reading this primer on competitive Sidisi EDH: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/571213-sidisi-brood-tyrant-zombie-horde-and-shenanigans

Notable departures from this list include the lack of Life from Loam and Mesmeric Orb, the former due to budget (and pipe dreams of that card seeing a reprint) and the latter because I choose not to run the Mesmeric Orb + Kiora's Follower + Fatestitcher + Vizier of Tumbling Sands combo. That list focuses much more on generating tokens, whereas this one includes reanimation of creatures.

Winning the game

• Overwhelming the board with tokens. Bonus points if Wonder is in your graveyard.
• Reanimating Craterhoof Behemoth and killing with tokens.
• Reanimating Apocalypse Demon and killing with a huge flyer.
• Reanimating Sheoldred, Whispering One and keeping it around long enough to wipe the field.
• Locking the board down with tokens and Opposition.
• A well-timed Cyclonic Rift.
• Combos (see below), some of which can be tutored at instant speed after reanimating Razaketh, the Foulblooded.

Combos

• Intruder Alarm + Phenax, God of Deception or Embalmer's Tools + Intruder Alarm can spit out an indefinite number of zombie tokens at instant speed IF Sidisi, Brood Tyrant is on the field and you have some zombies on the field already. Tap your creatures to mill your own library and as soon as a creature is put into your graveyard all of your creatures untap.
• Path of Discovery + Sidisi, Brood Tyrant can very explosive as each zombie token now Explores and can create an additional zombie token, which will in turn Explore and so forth.
• Altar of the Brood + Undead Alchemist has the potential to mill out the table in multiplayer. As soon as an opponent mills a creature, you create a zombie. All opponents then mill another card and if someone hits a creature, rinse and repeat. Altar of Dementia kicks this combo up another notch.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WR
Key combos	Altar of the Brood + Undead Alchemist Path of Discovery + Sidisi, Brood Tyrant Intruder Alarm + Phenax, God of Deception Embalmer's Tools + Intruder Alarm
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.52
Tokens	Emblem Kiora, Master of the Depths, Octopus 8/8 U, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	SBT