Universal Awakening

Commander / EDH* Combo Cruel Control Midrange Mono-Black Ramp Voltron

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Creature (21)

• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dread
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Hollow Specter
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Myojin of Night's Reach
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Spawnsire of Ulamog
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Sorin Markov

Land (35)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Eye of Ugin
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 21x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Eldrazi Conscription
• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Wound Reflection

Artifact (18)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Empyrial Plate
• 1x Eon Hub
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine

Instant (5)

• 1x Hatred
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Consume Spirit
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Profane Command

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Vow of Malice

Artifact (1)

• 1x Torpor Orb

Sorcery (4)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Mind Twist
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Unmask

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Myr Battlesphere

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Karn Liberated

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Contamination
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Yawgmoth's Agenda

Artifact (5)

• 1x Grafted Wargear
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Dregs of Sorrow

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Remember brother's and sisters, death is only the beginning.Unity is Forever. One Mind, One Soul, One Flesh.Ulamog be praised.

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The plane of Ishmordika was once a bright and shining crossroads between the various planes of the multiverse, a hub from which planewalker's and adventurers alike could cross safely from one plane to another, but as millenia have past, it has become little more than a shell of it's former glory.

The plane Ishmordika is now an all but dead universe. All that remains is a tenacious civilization of Humans based on the planet Terra. This swelling civilization, starving for resources, has stretched it's arms across the vasts spaces of Ishmordika, spreading to the stars and beyond, having turned to industry and the mining of other planets to sustain itself.

It is only now that these intergalactic travelers have discovered a small iced over planet barely able to sustain life known as Leiven, harsh but filled with vast resources. As the mining of the planet began though, their minds began to unravel. Expecting to find little more than raw minerals, what the mine workers discovered was far more sinister; buried under Leiven's surface was a built up and concentrated darkness. crypts and artifacts filled with black speech dotted the terrain under the snow. After the madness set in, and the resulting violence could no longer be controlled, the mining operation was ended, and the settlers quickly fled. But on the frozen sheets of Leiven some hid away and stayed behind.

Having refused to leave, these remaining humans were drawn to the vile artifacts and crypts that stirred under the snow. They worshipped these artifacts, prayed to them and preformed rituals. From the various planes these cultists summoned dark creatures and spirits to fill themselves with power, but their true goal has yet to rear it's ugly head. Determined to awaken the plane of Ishmordika, the cultists use the power of their enslaved extra-planer creatures to continue to try and revive their god. With his rebirth, Ishmordika, it is said, will awaken and once again spread it's tendrils across the multiverse, uniting the multiverse as one. But one peice is missing, one peice left to find, what will be found beneath the ice?

Sorin Markov must now Travel to Ishmordika to put a stop to this vile ritual, but will Sorin survive? or will he become a mere pawn of the church?

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Combos:

(Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith): Infinite Colorless Mana. To those who don't understand how this works, the Rings copy the Monolith's untap ability; you can tap it again for mana before the second copy of the untap ability resolves. You rinse and repeat resulting in Infinite Colorless Mana.

(Eon Hub + Infernal Darkness): Lock non-black non-artifact decks out of colored mana indefinitely. It's notably useless against this deck : p

(Eon Hub + Glacial Chasm): You can't take damage. Be careful, this wall can be torn down with the right removal spells, and you can still lose life, just not via damage.

(Mirri the Cursed + Hatred): Swing and then if your opponent declares no blockers cast Hatred to set your commander damage to 21. If you're playing against control this can be risky.

(Wound Reflection + Sorin Markov): Kill an opponent with over 20 life.

(Wound Reflection + Quietus Spike + Creature with evasion): Swing for lethal damage. Mirri the Cursed is an excellent choice for equipping Quietus Spike.

(Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith + Exsanguinate): Win.

(Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith + Profane Command): Kill a player and get any creature from your graveyard, destroy any creature, or give all of your creatures evasion.

(Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion): Win. For those of you who don't know how this works, you shoot off Triskelion's +1/+1 counters at your opponents, but have him save two bullets for himself (He'll be a 2/2 thanks to Mikaeus), have him kill himself and return because of undying with 4 +1/+1 counters, fire them all off, have him kill himself and return with 4 again. Just rinse and repeat until your opponents are dead. Undying relies on whether or not the target creature had a +1/+1 count on it when it died, Triskelion pulls all of it's +1/+1 counters off before it dies.

(Dark Depths + Vampire Hexmage): Marit Lage as early as turn 3, turn 2 if you throw in Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth.

(Cavern of Souls + Myojin of Night's Reach): An anti control combo, your opponent can't counter Myojin, and cannot destroy him until he's already wiped their hand. Once their hand is wiped you can play your big creatures without fear of counterspells.

Strong Synergies:

Mirri the Cursed + Quietus Spike: Mirri has evasion allowing her to land hits with Quietus Spike, she also gains deathstrike allowing her to kill almost any creature that blocks her.

Empyrial Plate + Mirri the Cursed: gives a bad hand a purpose: accelerating your commander damage.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 3 Mythic Rares 51 - 5 Rares 14 - 2 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.97
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Marit Lage, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	swoop, Checklist, EDH, Decks I Like, black, commander decks of interest