All Will Bow Before Athreos

Commander / EDH

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Creature (29)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodthrone Vampire
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Bygone Bishop
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 7x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Strip Mine
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Immortal Servitude
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Artifact (9)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist

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This has been a reinvigoration of my first EDH deck I ever built.

The original commander was Obzedat, Ghost Council. Strongly based around lifegain, removal and the best white and black spells I could find. It then got turned into Oloro once the Commander 2013 product was released. Staying with the life gain theme and adding some pillow fort and control elements this deck would become one of my favourite to play and a main stay in my constant rotation of decks. It would stay in this form for few years before I finally decided to take it apart about a year ago to make Brago, King Eternal. With what was left after I made Brago I wanted to make a new refreshing Orzhov deck.

Enter in Athreos. The deck started out as a Cleric/Human/Demon Tribal. I quickly realized how powerful he would be if I made it into a more serious aristocrat style build. Thus the molding of what you see before you begun. I always liked token decks and I really liked how they synergized with cards like Blood Artist. Unfortunately tokens don't get the benefit off of Athreos' trigger unless our opponents really want to pay 3 life however they do get to benefit from Blood Artist's trigger and because we are going for the aristocrat style build I added in some good token producers. Finally and most recently I added Stoneforge Mystic and an equipment package to really help out the deck with ramping, card draw and over all damage output.

So now the deck is a token/aristrocrat build with a lot of good removal/boardwipes and card draw. I am currently in the process of foiling it out. I hope that you enjoy my list as much as I do and that this deck gives you inspiration I got when I saw Athreos.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Clue, Demon 5/5 B, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B