When Hel freezes over (27/12/22 major update)

Commander / EDH Snow Spellslinger Tokens UB (Dimir) Wizards Zombie

Phion

Instant (20)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Change of Plans
• 1x Compelling Deterrence
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Empty the Pits
• 1x Lazotep Plating
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Negate
• 1x Occult Epiphany
• 1x Otherworldly Gaze
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Quicken
• 1x Read the Runes
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Rotten Reunion
• 1x Wash Away

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Graf Harvest
• 1x Haunted One
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x The Meathook Massacre

Creature (14)

• 1x Avalanche Caller
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Headless Rider
• 1x Master of Death
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Poppet Stitcher  ^Flip
• 1x Prized Amalgam
• 1x Tainted Adversary
• 1x Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

Artifact (10)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Arcum's Astrolabe
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Wand of Orcus

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Blood on the Snow
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x Dead of Winter
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Moan of the Unhallowed
• 1x Pact of the Serpent
• 1x Rise from the Tides
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Land (37)

• 1x Frost Marsh
• 1x Ice Tunnel
• 1x Scrying Sheets
• 1x Shimmerdrift Vale
• 13x Snow-Covered Island
• 20x Snow-Covered Swamp

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Enchantment (2)

• 1x Rooftop Storm
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip

Land (1)

• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium

Artifact (2)

• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Runechanter's Pike

Creature (1)

• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel

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First #1 tapped out deck that I have had for a day, thanks to those who upvoted.

Deck name is a reference to norse mythology and of course the fact that snow permanents are a focus of deck. Snow lands and spellslinger theme have been used, again because I wanted to make use of Narfi's bottom ability and it is simply fun. Dead of Winter and Blood on the Snow are going to put out a lot of work. Avalanche Caller as my 1 snow creature card can add 7 power on board with a single 2 mana sink and land creature used (provided Narfi is on field).

This is a zombies/snow EDH that focuses on creating tokens of zombies via instants+ sorceries, this is done so cards such as Empty the Pits can delve or Rise from the Tides can create a lot of zombies; I wanted a different angle than the usual best value zombie creature cards with grave recursion. Originally the deck was on a budget, but I have since added a few more staples to make the deck a little more competitive/ able to deal with faster deck. The deck has won more games than it has lost so far, however budget has been increased with control cards such as Cyclonic Rift and Damnation to help prevent a number of decks getting too far ahead if they started off with a sol ring and similar scenarios. See update section below to see what has been added.

Narfi, betrayer king is a fun little commander who is tough to remove and can make those tokens lethal. He would have made a interesting Voltron commander perhaps, but I do feel that making zombie tokens is more fun. If I have a creature card at all, it is a zombie lord who buffs the entire board.

2 easy Infinite combo's added being

1.Phyrexian Altar + Gravecrawler + any card that causes life loss when a zombie dies i.e. Bastion of Remembrance

2.Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver + Poppet Stitcher   transformed to artifact side + any repeatable sac outlet to constantly make more zombies i.e. Altar of Dementia to mill someone to death.

These combo's are not needed to win and the deck works perfectly without them, however if you play against a competitive group this will help to keep up with such decks. This deck thrives on its ability to stay relevant at all stages of any game outside of being unlucky which can happen to anyone and any deck i.e. mana screwed.

27/12/22 updates

A number of changes have occured within the deck since latest innistrad block. The budget on this deck has been increased to provide it some strictly better staple cards to help it keep up with more refined/ pushed decks. These cards include

-Phyrexian Altar infinite loop with Gravecrawler and a number of enchantments and creatures such as Bastion of Remembrance and Plague Belcher .

-Occult Epiphany filters through deck, adds cards to benefit Empty the Pits / Rise from the Tides makes in the grave and provides a few flying blockers/attackers.

-Change of Plans filters through deck, adds cards to graveyard, protects creatures and potentially gives a small boost to power/ toughness

-Killing Wave punishes a go wide strategy, due to cards such as Bastion of Remembrance losing own side of board is an acceptable cost and in fact having additional method so sacrifice creatures works to decks favour.

-Haunted One Narfi will typically be tapped down for one reason or another giving every creature (as everything else is a wizard) a boost to power. Undying added bonus despite not benefitting tokens.

-Headless Rider A number of ways to sacrifice and bring zombies back from grave is a consistent way to generate tokens.

-Plunge into Darkness A quick life fix which is useful in response to board wipe. Can pay large amount of life to find specific card or entwine and pay 1 life to essentially just cantrip while adding another instant to graveyard.

-Mana Drain a strong counter spell that can slow opponents while accelerating my own decks speed. Has enabled a quicker Army of the Damned leading to a quick victory.

-Plague Belcher bringing extra life lose to opponents by punishing a boardwipe and also part of an infinite combo

-Bastion of Remembrance same as plague belcher, in addition life gain which is an important source

-Robe of the Archmagi Leaning more into voltron element of deck, very handy for card draw and cheap to attach to commander

-Rhystic Study More card draw that is hard to remove to keep hand fuelled

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.62
Tokens	Foretell, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Army 0/0 B, Zombie Berserker 2/2 B, Zombie */* U
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