Chainer

Commander / EDH

ItsWatson

Creature (32)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bog Witch
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Magus of the Coffers
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Victimize

Artifact (10)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Underworld Connections

Land (39)

• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x High Market
• 37x Swamp

Instant (1)

• 1x Scour from Existence

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Chainer reanimator. Main win cons are typically loops with Gary or Kokusho.

Win cons:

Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Kokusho, the Evening Star, Exsanguinate, Torment of Hailfire, Rise of the Dark Realms, Revel in Riches

The deck tends to very reliably get Gary and Kokusho into the yard or hand with Buried Alive, Sidisi, Undead Vizier, Diabolic Tutor, Rune-Scarred Demon, Razaketh, the Foulblooded, and Corpse Connoisseur. I'm running several mana doublers ( Caged Sun, Extraplanar Lens, Crypt Ghast ) to make Exsanguinate and Torment of Hailfire solid threats, but I've found I almost always end up doing Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Kokusho, the Evening Star loops because of how consistently they wind up in the graveyard. The backup win conditions are solid in a meta with some graveyard hate and library theft (GTomonti, Grenzo) in case some pieces end up getting exiled.

Potential additions:

Pitiless Plunderer - Makes Chainer loops cost 1 less. The poor person's version of Phyrexian Altar

Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth - Expensive, but eventual additions

Ravenous Chupacabra - Recurring removal. Not sure if it's worth running over Fleshbag Marauder, Merciless Executioner and Dictate of Erebos

Mindslicer - Very solid in Chainer, but I also like having friends.

Disciple of Bolas - Solid draw, might not be a bad addition to make the deck more consistent

Entomb - A key reanimator card, I just don't own one yet. This will eventually make it into the deck.

Reanimate - See above notes for Entomb.

Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed - See above. Amazing card for Chainer with an unfortunately large price tag.

Demonic Tutor - Straight upgrade when I want to spring for another one

Phyrexian Altar - $$$

Rings of Brighthearth - $$$

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.90
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B