'Whatcha gonna do about it?'

Commander / EDH Control Death and Taxes Enchantment Lifegain Multiplayer WB (Orzhov)

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Land (28)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 2x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Urza's Saga

Instant (10)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dispatch
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Return to Dust

Artifact (22)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mox Tantalite
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wanderer's Twig
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Gilded Lotus

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Damn
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Wrath of God
• 1x Rout
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Decree of Pain

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Sorin Markov
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Commander (1)

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Revenge of Ravens
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Fall of the Thran
• 1x Wound Reflection

Creature (11)

• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Shadrix Silverquill
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon

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Creature (2)

• 1x Phyrexian Vindicator
• 1x Ashen Rider

Enchantment (2)

• 1x The Abyss
• 1x Fall of the Thran

Artifact (1)

• 1x Tome of Legends

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An Orzhov Attrition deck that has an answer to (almost!) anything. Outvalue your opponents with card advantage, outpace your opponents with mana rocks & land destruction, beat them down with hefty efficient creatures, and wipe them out with drain effects.

This deck has efficient removal for any threat, multiple board-wipes, gain-and-drain effects for sustainability, and many 1 card game plans to adapt to every situation. This deck embodies the 2-for-1 mentality.
Most people attempt to get ahead of their opponent in order to win. This deck forces your opponent to play to your level, and then you just ensure that they will lose.

The slow drain & taxing effects make your opponents pay life to keep playing and if there's nothing they can do about it... sucks to be them
I wanted a deck that provides utility over speed to victory while still maintaining a consistent win rate. I play magic so often instant wins aren't satisfying, and like an RTS game you have to combine real time speed with build order and troop movement. I have translated this deck into a turn based representation of an RTS strategy, made to scale with the game from turn 1. AKA, it's optimized and new cards are screened in as they are released.

It's the little synergies that make this deck nuts and so fun to play

• Exquisite Blood alone in the deck makes any opponents pain your favorite thing. Purphoros, God of the Forge, Exsanguinate, Underworld Dreams effects, and swinging at your opponents make this card one of the best in the deck. No, I do not play Sanguine Bond. I play a lot of magic and instant wins are boring.
• Urza's Saga and mana artifacts, along with 6 artifact targets you can grab from the deck with the 3rd ability
• Rune-Scarred Demon with Batterskull is surprisingly effective
• Fall of the Thran is amazing for politics. It's land destruction but you can remind your opponents they get lands back, a nice reset when you have multiple mana artifacts on the field
• Rout is nuts with Obzedat, Ghost Council and Revel in Riches
• Shadrix Silverquill with any equipment
• Sun Titan with Commander's Sphere or Mind Stone or Marsh Flats
• Card advantage is important when you dump multiple artifacts in the first few turns of the game. Dark Tutelage, Necropotence, Court of Grace, Erebos, God of the Dead, Mazemind Tome, Ob Nixilis Reignited, Phyrexian Arena, Sorin, Grim Nemesis, Bloodgift Demon, Bonders' Enclave, Shadrix Silverquill

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	11 months
Exclude colors	URG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Inkling 2/1 WB, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure, Vampire Knight 1/1 B
Folders	Stuff I Need, Current (2017), Deck Inspiration, Collection Decklists