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Commander / EDH* Aggro BRG (Jund) Discard Dredge Reanimator Tokens

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Creature (35)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Azra Oddsmaker
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Cunning Lethemancer
• 1x Dark-Dweller Oracle
• 1x Deal Broker
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Giant Adephage
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Grim Flayer
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rummaging Goblin
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Granger

Land (37)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 4x Forest
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Mountain Valley
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Twilight Mire

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Worm Harvest

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Crawling Sensation
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Shifting Shadow
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (8)

• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Instant (3)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Gnaw to the Bone
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

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Sideboard

Creature (14)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Mad Prophet
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Sewer Nemesis
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Thought Gorger
• 1x Thundermare
• 1x Timbermare
• 1x Underrealm Lich

Artifact (5)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Ooze Garden
• 1x Pain Magnification

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Spider Spawning

Instant (1)

• 1x Grisly Salvage

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Maybeboard

Creature (17)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Chancellor of the Forge
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Golgari Findbroker
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Kessig Cagebreakers
• 1x Lotleth Giant
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Tomb Robber
• 1x Undead Gladiator
• 1x World Shaper
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Collective Defiance
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Victimize

Artifact (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Skullclamp

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Tortured Existence

Instant (1)

• 1x Fateful Showdown

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To be quite honest, I went into building this deck with the preconception that I was going to make four cards work as win cons: Avenger of Zendikar, Worm Harvest, Spider Spawning, and Izoni, Thousand-Eyed. I ended up sending myself on a mission to include as many creature cards as possible in the deck, and forgot that taking out Izoni (I already removed spider spawning) would easily allow greater flexibility. I will likely be constructing a different deck with is in mind in the future. That being said, here's what you need to know.

The deck has 3 main goals: Fill the graveyard, reanimate with Gyrus, set up a combat win. The main issue with the deck is not getting cards in the yard early enough; it is necessary to keep a hand with a discard outlet, otherwise you will be reliant on drawing one or waiting for the gradual mill to hit, neither of which are fast enough.

In this iteration of Gyrus, the two methods of winning are... 1. Flooding the board with tokens and recurring Craterhoof or Thunderfoot Baloth to buff the small dudes 2. Beating face with Multani (An important note is that Multani's ability is also incredibly handy for Worm Harvest fodder; being available at instant speed is just icing on the cake)

Creatures are separated into two categories: Graveyard and Hand (some have value in both). 1. Graveyard: These creatures are mostly dead cards in your hand and are clearly meant to be part of the vast majority of cards in your graveyard. Master of Cruelties is a great example of the kind of creature you don't want to hard cast; the only utility it has is as a one-time KO threat. 2. Hand: These creatures are not meant to be a part of the one-and-done package. Multani, for instance, has moderate utility as a reanimation target, but being resilient to removal and a significant boon to Worm Harvest, this is mostly something you cast.

A common misconception held among us Gyrus enthusiasts is that we should include more sac outlets to take advantage of the token that will be exiled anyway. Although this is an excellent idea, don't include sac outlets for the sake of sacrificing to get value so the token doesn't go to waste. Run outlets that have a desirable and worth wile effects.

Do not be afraid to resort to sacrificing Gyrus if you need to power him up.

Confusing Interactions: - Sundial of the Infinite: You can keep the token if you end the turn while still in combat, though you do lose your 2nd main phase. - Gyrus, Corpse Waker: Gyrus does not trigger "when this creature attacks" effects. Additionally, the tokens are not forced to attack the same player as Gyrus. - Token Doublers: If you attack with Gyrus, the token is copied, is also tapped and attacking, and will also be exiled at end of combat (each token can choose where to attack individually).

Synergies: - Token doubler + Avenger/Izoni: Since Gyrus makes tokens of every creature it reanimates, Avenger will be copied, but so will both Avenger's tokens (5 lands=20 plants). Similarly, if you reanimate Izoni with a token doubler and there are 13 creatures in the graveyard, you will have a board of 52 bugs (you will have to sac one of the Izonis due to the legend rule however). - Token doubler + Phyrexian Delver + Avenger/Izoni + Craterhoof: Attacking with Gyrus and targeting Delver with a token doubler on the field will put two on the field, allowing you to reanimate Craterhoof and Avenger/Izoni, which will likely result in a win. - Master of Cruelties: Reanimating the Master already tapped and attacking bypasses its requirement to attack alone. Master hits for first strike damage, bringing the opponent to 1, and then Gyrus hits for normal damage, killing them. Against a player with no blockers this is an insta-kill.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 3 Mythic Rares 47 - 15 Rares 19 - 7 Uncommons 10 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Insect 1/1 BG, Insect 1/1 G, Ooze */* G, Plant 0/1 G, Spider 1/2 G, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B