The Legend Never Dies

Commander / EDH BRG (Jund)

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Land (38)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x High Market
• 1x Molten Slagheap
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sac (8)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Stronghold Assassin

DiscardMe (5)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Squee, Goblin Nabob

Mill (3)

• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder

Recur (2)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Life from the Loam

Interaction (13)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Reckless Spite
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Sylvok Replica
• 1x Vengeful Rebel

SacMe (11)

• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Granger

Discard (8)

• 1x Borderland Explorer
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Stronghold Rats

Tutor (6)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier

Haste (3)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Ogre Battledriver

WinCon (3)

• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Twilight's Call

Commander (1)

Mana (12)

• 1x Borderland Explorer
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Werebear
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Granger

Draw (9)

• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smothering Abomination

Fat (6)

• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Kaervek the Merciless
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon

Reanimate (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Victimize

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Other (16)

• 1x Angrath's Marauders
• 1x Borderland Explorer
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Driven / Despair
• 1x Duskwatch Recruiter  ^Flip
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Filth
• 1x Insolent Neonate
• 1x Krovikan Horror
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Mouth / Feed
• 1x Primeval Protector
• 1x Vengeful Rebel
• 1x Vicious Shadows
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

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"Karplusan legends tell of an orc so cruel that he burned his own followers in rage - yet so revered that they rose from their pyres to serve him." In simpler terms you might understand, sacrifice your creatures for the glory of Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper , and then bring them back with a massive Living Death to blast your opponents to pieces in one fell swoop.

Why play Sek'Kuar over other Jund commanders? Really, he is a less-imposing Shattergang Brothers or Prossh, Skyraider of Kher. There are a few cards that go great with him though - red and black 3/1s go great with Garruk's Packleader, Greater Good, and Lyzolda, the Blood Witch to draw a ton of cards.

Themes and synergies:

Power matters - Reiterating the previous topic Greater Good lets me draw lots of cards off big guys. Ogre Battledriver helps make all these cards better.

Living Death - the real victory condition of the deck. Most games I try to play to set this up with Flayer of the Hatebound and and as many creatures as I can into the graveyard. Then a big Living Death or Twilight's Call returns 50+ power (see why power matters?) dealing 50+ damage to my opponents. An example weird play I often make to make that turn better - I always let Sek'Kuar go to my graveyard. He's more valuable to me there as an eventual 4 damage and a body than a general I might not cast.

How do cards get into the graveyard? There are a lot of tutors for specifically that - Buried Alive, Jarad's Order, Entomb.. but another good way is just to draw a lot of cards and discard them. Grim Haruspex, Skullclamp, Fauna Shaman, or Birthing Pod can turn a Bloodghast or Squee, Goblin Nabob into an engine. I don't play Reliquary Tower in this deck for a reason though - I'd rather fill my yard than keep things bottled up!

Again, I usually don't have a big hand; however, the people I'm playing with generally don't either. I run a lot of mutual discard like Liliana of the Veil, and Stronghold Rats help keep opponents hands low while you discard Reassembling Skeletons, Anger, and Reanimate targets. Mindslicer/Sire Of Insanity and Sadistic Hypnotist are the ones that truly shred opponents' hopes and dreams though.

Other disruption is light, but effective. Reckless Spite is an overlooked EDH card, and Blasphemous Act is the true board wipe.

Aside from putting lots of cards in the graveyard and hitting the Living Death I win button, the deck has a lot of solid back up plans that come from playing some of the best Jund cards. Reanimator + Ramp can land an Inferno Titan or Kaervek the Merciless early. Priest of Titania usually makes 2+ mana, the always good Sakura-Tribe Elder does a lot of work in this deck. Bearer of the Heavens + Life from the Loam and a couple lands or a Reanimate in hand is a very grindy, but effective way to win as well.

Many effects in the decks are creatures rather than spells, since those lead to better Living Death s and more triggers for Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper . Suggestions are welcome (and money isn't too big of an issue), but please spend a little time justifying the choice. Cards in maybe I'm thinking about/looking for.

May the legend never die!

Date added	12 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.60
Tokens	Copy Clone, Graveborn 3/1 BR, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	EDH, Interesante EDH decks, Cool Decks!