Altar of the Undying

Commander / EDH

SmokeyTheFish2013

Creature (36)

• 1x Aerie Ouphes
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blood Bairn
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Bloodthrone Vampire
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Demonlord of Ashmouth
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Evernight Shade
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Healer of the Pride
• 1x Heartmender
• 1x Howlgeist
• 1x Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Kithkin Spellduster
• 1x Lingering Tormentor
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Rendclaw Trow
• 1x Restless Apparition
• 1x Safehold Elite
• 1x Sightless Ghoul
• 1x Strangleroot Geist
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Twilight Shepherd
• 1x Vengeful Vampire
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vorapede
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Young Wolf

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts
• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (39)

• 1x Brushland
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Graypelt Refuge
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 2x Plains
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Circle of Despair
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Gutter Grime
• 1x Ooze Flux
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients

Artifact (11)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Jar of Eyeballs
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Power Conduit
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*

Instant (1)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Unburial Rites

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Elvish Farmer
• 1x Korozda Gorgon
• 1x Sanctum Gargoyle
• 1x Spike Feeder

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Mind Slash

Artifact (1)

• 1x Scourglass

Instant (1)

• 1x Undying Evil

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Reprocess
• 1x Tooth and Nail

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Maybeboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Focuses on manipulating +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters from persist and undying abilities in order to create creatures that can infinitely sacrifice, resulting in :infinite power/toughness, life, mana, and certain token like ooze creatures with increasing infinite power/toughness by using Gutter Grime which has the potential to create infinite mana by ramping up Gyre Sage's evolution ability. Black removal instant, sorcery, and enchantment spells help me search for important cards like Ashnod's Altar and/or Spawning Pit. I can either end up with a surplus of one colorless mana by sacrificing a persistent creature and using one of the mana from using the alter to counteract the -1/-1 with a +1+1 counter. Or sacrifice an undying creature and gain a saproling in the process which can also be sacrificed for mana and help activate other battlefield triggers with the undying and persist . Birthing Pod and Power conduit help each other because I can tap Power Conduit to exchange the counter for either a persist or undying creature to allow a second sacrifice of the creature without losing it plus gaining the extra one of equal of higher cost and bring out more persist and undying creatures to work with. Also, If I am able to get such enchantments as Grave Pact I can indirectly force by character into a board wipe scenario plus gain all the benefits of certain triggers for my creatures dying and re-entering the battlefield.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 4 Rares 26 - 3 Uncommons 20 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts, Ooze X/X G, Saproling 1/1 G