What the Hell Are Graveborn?

Commander / EDH* BRG (Jund)

harbingerofduh

Creature (40)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Catacomb Sifter
• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dread
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Lord of Extinction
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Moldgraf Monstrosity
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nezumi Graverobber  ^Flip
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
• 1x Scrapheap Scrounger
• 1x Shattergang Brothers
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Skullmulcher
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stalking Vengeance
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Land (37)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 6x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (4)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Word of Seizing

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Vicious Shadows

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Creature (5)

• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Viridian Emissary
• 1x Wood Elves

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Gutter Grime
• 1x Oversold Cemetery

Instant (1)

• 1x Natural Affinity

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Play creatures, sacrifice them to get Graveborn. Simple enough, but the joy of this deck lies in the crazy hail-Mary plays it's capable of.

• Cast the Life half of Life // Death, devour all your lands with Mycoloth, swarm your opponents with hasty 3/1s.

• Getting Sek'Kuar, Ashnod's Altar, Nim Deathmantle, and pretty much any other creature lets you do nutty stuff like search all your basics out of your library (Farhaven Elf), machine-gun the table (Deathbringer Thoctar), or blow up all noncreatures and make infinite Graveborn (Woodfall Primus).

Most of the time, though, this plays very much like a Rock deck that grinds out card advantage by sacrificing creatures and finding new interactions.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	WU
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.95
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Graveborn 3/1 BR, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B