Anafenza "Raz-Bear-y" Jam

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo Competitive Hatebears Stax

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Creature (36)

• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hushbringer
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Archon of Emeria
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Loyal Retainers
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Skyclave Apparition
• 1x Tymna the Weaver *f-etch*
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Oakhame Adversary
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Tendershoot Dryad
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Land (30)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Wild Growth
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Defense of the Heart

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Brought Back
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Chord of Calling

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Final Parting

Artifact (3)

• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sol Ring

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Sorcery (2)

• 1x Altar of Bone
• 1x Jarad's Orders

Instant (1)

• 1x Force of Vigor

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cEDH Anti-Meta deck with the goal to get Anafenza into play on turn 2, then start slamming stax pieces.

Note: Ever since the banning of Flash this deck has lost it's primary reason for exiting. Now having an asymmetrical rest in peace type effect is less impactful than playing with a card advantage engine in the command zone (i.e. Tymna). I've updated this list up to commander legends because some people still seem to like it but I've personally moved on to Tymna variations of the core raz-bear-y jam shell.

The deck has 2 routes to victory:

1) Out grind your opponents by first shutting down their combos with stax and then closing out the game through beats using Ana / Tendershoot / Elesh Norn.

2) Combo using Razakats lines.

Basic Combo Line

Reanimate Razaketh

Sac a creature to find LED

play LED and crack it to add GGG

Sac a creature to find E Wit

Play E Wit returning LED

Play LED and crack it for WWW

Sac E Wit to find Brought Back

Cast Brought Back returning E Wit and LED

E Wit ETB Targets Brought Back, Before ETB Resolves, Crack LED for WWW

Let E Wit ETB Resolve

Sac E Wit to find Children of Korlis

Play and Sac Children of Korlis

You can now repeat the LED + E Wit + Brought Back loop and every two iterations you will net WW. This means you dont need to bring back LED and can instead return Children of Korlis to make infinite life. With Infinite Life you can then make an unbounded amount of mana of any color using the LED loop. Note that since you can't fail to find with Raza's ability while executing the loop you will have to tutor a card and then be forced to discard it to LED. So after making unbounded mana your deck will be in the graveyard.

To go from this state into a kill use brought back to return e Wit. Use E Wit etb to return a reanimation enchantment to hand. Sac the Ewit and then use the reanimation enchantment to bring back E Wit. Now the E Wit trigger can return brought back. What this accomplishes is allowing us to return one of the reanimation enchantments to play with brought back. So now we sac E wit, cast brought back targeting E Wit and the reanimation enchantment. E Wit Etb Returns brought back and the reanimation enchantment returns any creature to play. You can then sacrifice them both and repeat this step so that you can then return each creature from your graveyard into play using brought back. Once you have all the creatures you want in play return E Wit, which in turn will return Finale of Devastation. With your infinite mana you can can cast an arbitrarily large finale and kill your opponents through combat damage with massive hasty creatures.

Alternatively, if your trying to combo post combat you can use the animate dead trick to allow yourself to return DRS (Deathrite Shaman) with brought back letting you perform the following loop:

Cast Brought Back returning Ewit and DRS

EWit Returns Finale

Sac EWIT

Cast Finale for X=10 (this gives DRS haste) returning EWIT

EWIT returns Brought Back

Activate DRS exiling a spell from yours or your opponents grave to make each opponent lose 2 life

Sac DRS

Cast Brought Back returning Ewit and DRS...

Continue this until your opponents are dead.

Note: The basic combo line I just described requires 2 creatures in play to sac after reanimating raza but requires no other initial mana. This can also be done with only 1 creature but will require you to sac that creature to tutor for life//death. By casting the Life half you can then get 1 tutor for each land you control which so long as you have at least 2 allows you to combo off.

Top Ranked	Achieved #22 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #16 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Competitive 4 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 60 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.19
Tokens	City's Blessing, Illusion */* U, Saproling 1/1 G, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	deck to buy ??, Competitive Commader, Commander, EDH, Neat, Abzan, cEDH Recs, Potential decks to build, Commander, Decks I Like