A Practical Guide to Demon Summoning
Commander / EDH
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I love seeing other Apostle Decks. Honestly with Shadowborn Apostles and the demons who love them I have never found stuff like Godsend to be an issue. No one really runs it in singleton format.
The only card I noticed missing from your build that I find love would be Thrumming Stone.
December 14, 2017 11:51 a.m.
TheCatHerder says... #3
Godsend doesn't see play in commander in my experience but you make a good point about Nevermore. Maybe swap Unmake for Erase?
Thrumming Stone was one of the last cards to be cut. I want it to work so badly but at turn 5 (or 4 if you get signet) you are almost ready to combo off with Secret Salvage and win the game.
December 15, 2017 2:18 a.m.
Razia_of_Boros says... #4
Unmake would be a wise choice. I run Nevermore a lot as I see a lot of nasty combos in my meta, so a decent pick, especially if it can be cloned in some way...
December 15, 2017 5:56 a.m.
Yahh, I find that with Teysa's spirits you end up having a lot of exile creature available, could probably toss Unmake for an enchant removal.
December 15, 2017 11:01 a.m.
The new set.. Rivals of Ixalan has this card.... Vona's Hunger .. I think i will be adding it to my Shadowborn Deck :)
January 11, 2018 5:10 p.m.
Love this deck! +1 for sure
few suggestions;first off, every commander deck needs a Sol Ring, just an added little ramp, drawing sol ring first turn gives you a leg up in most instances. Door of Destinies is another good addition to this deck imo, and gives you another win con
Black Market is another good idea for a ton of ramp and if you've got it out you could probably win in just a few turns.
Athreos, God of Passage would be another idea, as would Ob Nixilis Reignited hope this helped, I might build this deck if I can scrape the money together. thanks!
January 30, 2018 2:53 a.m.
TheCatHerder says... #10
With only 3 cards in the deck that will be cast normally that take more than one generic mana I don't see sol ring being useful. I understand that this goes against most rules of commander deck building. Looking at signet I think i would rather draw Stony Silence or an extra Apostle. Atheros is a tough one, on one hand he generates a ton of value, on the other it gives my opponents the ability to keep all of my apostles out of my graveyard keeping me from casting secret salvage. Ob nixilis reignited is a kick ass card but is just too slow for this deck pretty much the same for Black Market. Door to Destinies is one that will need testing but i like it as something to play to check for counter-spells in my opponents hand.
January 30, 2018 6:19 p.m.
since you are already running white, why not run Debt to the Deathless instead/in addition to Exsanguinate
March 16, 2018 9:41 p.m.
TheCatHerder says... #12
The black mana is much more prevalent in the deck. As silly as it may seem the two white mana isn't a guaranteed thing on the turn you combo off.
March 21, 2018 1:34 p.m.
TheCatHerder says... #14
Scauldy1 I wanted thrumming stone to work too but as a 5 drop the deck is ready to search up secret salvage and combo off by the time i could play it.
April 30, 2018 11:29 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #15
This deck is so cool.
Would Silence be a good card to include? It can shut off a player when you go to combo.
I also think Dark Ritual and Cabal Ritual would be good includes. They would allow you to win the same turn you get 6 Shadowborn Apostles in play as long as you have untapped and Teysa in play. Because then you tutor Razaketh, use the 6 tokens to tutor Edgewalker, Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, Songs of the Damned, Secret Salvage, and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx. Use the B mana to cast your rituals, making 11 black mana. Then you have enough mana to cast Edgewalker, Secret Salvage, and activate Nykthos. Then of course tutor up Gary and Exsanguinate to win.
But being able to win the same turn you get 6 Apostles seems good.
May 16, 2018 12:48 p.m.
TheCatHerder says... #16
ToolmasterOfBrainerd Holy crap! this is all freaking sweet advice. +10 internets to you for showing your work too. Thanks man!
May 16, 2018 11:57 p.m.
Ya know I totally thought about using Teysa for mine... I went with Athreos instead but I think after seeing your deck I might change that...
Also @ToolmasterOfBrainerd all of the cool points too you good sir!
Razia_of_Boros says... #1
If someone locks out your ability to play a named card, ie Nevermore or Godsend you are in a spot of bother. Id suggest a bit more artifact and enchantment hate.
December 14, 2017 7:09 a.m.