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Send them off into exile. You have been banished.

Utilizing Teysa, Orzhov Scion's ability to exile creatures and the many reanimate spells offered to black and white this deck not only cheats death, but makes your opponents permanents something of an afterthought. While a lot of people have pointed out that Ashen Rider is the real threat in the deck, I've found that Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Massacre Wurm are so much more deadly.

This deck is a reworking on a previous build I had that focused heavily on reanimate, but lacked draw power and speed. This iteration has added in more bounce abilities like Flickerwisp and Panharmonicon and a few others to make the remaining ETB abilities even more devastating. Draw power has also been increased by adding in Ob Nixilis Reignited and Phyrexian Arena among others. All the interactions are pretty straight forward, and though this deck doesn't focus on going infinite with Darkest Hour, it competes well against other tuned decks because of it's versatility and threat removal ability.

Only downsides so far are storm style combo decks, or anything that relies on direct damage combos since the deck doesn't have many life-gain or counterspell options. I've definitely thought about putting something in that would combat those decks, but didn't think sacrificing so many card slots with situational counterspells would really solve the issue. Better to lock them down in other ways and take those players out early.

  • Ashen Rider + any sac outlet or bounce effect - it's just so damn powerful
  • Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim - good exile mechanic once you get enough life gained. Not too hard to do when you can abuse Gray Merchant of Asphodel easily
  • Archon of Justice + any sac outlet - useful spot removal
  • Angel of Finality + any bounce effect - graveyard removal at any time
  • Sin Collector + bounce effect - main use to counter blue/red decks
  • Teysa, Orzhov Scion - the deck generates tokens and has enough white targets to make use of her ability on a consistent basis
  • Mindslicer + any sac outlet - have to be careful with this one, but can help against blue/red decks
  • False Prophet + any sac outlet - same with this one, good deterrence card, but can devastate your own deck if misused
  • The graveyard should be considered part of your hand with this deck.

  • Baleful Force + recursion - good discard target for Trading Post, and then cheat in with Apprentice Necromancer
  • Corpse Connoisseur, Oriq Loremage, Buried Alive and Entomb - card search and graveyard drop for cheating into play
  • Wall of Omens + Sun Titan + any sac outlet - simple card draw while Wall of Omens becomes a sacrifice target
  • Kaya, Ghost Assassin and Ob Nixilis Reignited - supplemental card draw
  • Skullclamp + any token - pretty self explanatory here
  • Yosei, the Morning Star + any sac outlet + recursion - temporarily lock down a player (this used to be more permanent with Sheoldred, Whispering One, but wan't fun for anyone)
  • Kor Cartographer + Emeria Shepherd - search for a land and cheat a creature into play
  • Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed + Victimize - bring whatever creatures you want back to play (lots of shenanigans here)
  • Any comments or +1's welcome. I'm always looking to make this deck more tuned, so feel free to mention anything that you think is weak in the deck or has a better replacement. This deck has been tuned over and over to make the game playable for others as well as have some interesting plays. I've removed some of the oppression and lock out mechanics from it, and avoided infinite combos (mostly). Reveillark + Karmic Guide is in the deck, but I only usually use them for their individual abilities. We all just want to play and have a fun game in the end.

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    92% Casual

    Competitive

    Date added 11 years
    Last updated 11 months
    Exclude colors URG
    Legality

    This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

    Rarity (main - side)

    8 - 0 Mythic Rares

    50 - 0 Rares

    20 - 0 Uncommons

    5 - 0 Commons

    Cards 100
    Avg. CMC 3.74
    Tokens Citizen 1/1 W, Copy Clone, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Goat 0/1 W, Serf 0/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
    Folders EDH, EDH Orzhov, Den, EDH, bootylicious, inspo, EDH Ideas, Fun EDH, reanimate, Black EDH
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