Polukranos Unchained

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari)

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Creature (24)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Grave-Shell Scarab
• 1x Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Lord of Extinction
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 1x Vhati il-Dal
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Yavimaya Granger

Instant (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Grapple with the Past
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Status / Statue

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Casualties of War
• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Mulch
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Praetor's Counsel
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Traverse the Outlands

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Feed the Pack
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Primal Vigor

Artifact (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Land (39)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 15x Forest
• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood

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This is my take on Polukranos, Unchained.

It's a - typical for Golgari - graveyard oriented deck. There are several lines of play included:

a) grow Polukranos with all those +1 counter doublers and go to town (giving it trample with Warhammer or Shadowspear)

b) mill people out with a ginormous Polukranos over and over again, using Altar of Dementia and its escape ability

c) throw a huge Lord of Extinction into people's face with Jarad

d) get insane amounts of tokens with Feed the Pack or Ghoulcaller Gisa, saccing either Polukranos or Hogaak over and over again... Especially Hogaak is crazy because you can sacc it to get 8 Zombies and tap them to immediately get Hogaak back to the field (if you have used Gisa for that)

e) fight your opponents' creatures all day long with Polukranos and Vigor

f) sacc your stuff for value with Reyhan or Death's Presence out to create HUGE creatures ==> this also relates back to point c) ==> with one of the affore mentioned cards out, some open mana and a Jarad, it's no big deal to close out the game in an instant!!!! I've done it many times and it often catches people off guard

The deck runs no tutors or mana rocks like Sol Ring etc. on purpose. I have a rather casual oriented group that also always keeps budget in mind... I know that some of the cards are pretty strong and kind of expensive, but not including tutors or the possibility to ramp into them super fast balances this out...

The deck is a blast to play and pilot, but it needs time to set up... but once it gets going, it's brutal!

And - as basically every grave-based deck - it is VERY dependent on the graveyard being full... So, a single Bojuka Bog can wreck your plans entirely.... but that's a calculated risk that also keeps the power in check.

If you have any recommendations, just let me know.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.79
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Human 2/2 G, Wolf 2/2 G, Zombie 2/2 B