Athreos Apostle Reanimator Combo

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats Cleric Demons Reanimator Sacrifice WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (47)

• 1x Ancestor's Chosen
• 1x Angel of Glory's Rise
• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Balthor the Defiled
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Children of Korlis
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Edgewalker
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Resolute Archangel
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 30x Shadowborn Apostle
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (4)

• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thrumming Stone

Land (29)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Grimclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 5x Plains
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Remembrance

Instant (4)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Immortal Servitude
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Secret Salvage
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Wrath of God

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Sideboard

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Victimize

Land (1)

• 1x Cabal Stronghold

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Putrid Imp

Land (1)

• 1x Dakmor Salvage

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

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This is a janky ass Athreos Reanimator combo deck.

The combo focuses around Doom Whisperer using our lifepool to dump around a third of our deck into our graveyard and ideally a few Shadowborn Apostle in the process along with one of our mass graveyard recursion options: Angel of Glory's Rise for all human creatures or Balthor the Defiled for all black creatures. Ideally we've got some sort of recursion spell in hand, or we've managed to place Dread Return or Unburial Rites in our graveyard alongside those reanimation targets. These mass recursions hopefully will also have one of our finishers listed below and at least 6 apostles which means we can go tutoring for a demon for some additional support to try and end it there.

Odds are it won't be an instant win unless we're very lucky but the goal isn't to try and be some new cEDH combo. Just some mid-level reanimator fun.

Our recursion targets and support:

Demons

We have apostles so we obviously need some demons. They're probably going to end up being a win more in most cases but the apostles can also help us get our Doom Whisperer

• Archfiend of Despair is a way to greatly improve our damage if we get one of our kill outlets like blood artist, syr konrad, or zulaport cutthroat. Plus Athreos triggers will also be doubled if they're paid for. So, ordering your 6 apostle death triggers before the demon tutor to ETB resolves is a nice way to cheese out some extra damage.

• Doom Whisperer This is our graveyard engine, nuff said.

• Razaketh, the Foulblooded provides a ton of gas if we have health and extra creatures. Go get whatever X cards we need to close out the game depending on the situation.

• Rune-Scarred Demon a non-health and non-creature dependent one-shot tutor. The classic first grab off of apostles in a more normal deck.

• Vilis, Broker of Blood card draw and a large body is never bad, paired with a Doom Whisperer is a heavy draw engine.

Health Reloads

We are using a lot of HP to dump cards in our graveyard so we're going to need to get some of our health back somehow as this combo isn't that likely to instantly win the game unless we're really lucky. Doing a "partial recursion" of our graveyard and getting one of these options also allows to keep placing cards in our graveyard with the regained health.

• Children of Korlis

• Ancestor's Chosen

• Resolute Archangel

• Gray Merchant of Asphodel

• Soul's Attendant

Finishers

We have a few cards that are able to be recurred with Balthor or the Angel of Glory's Rise. All can be pulled with Balthor but only the first two can be returned with the Angel.

• Syr Konrad, the Grim

• Zulaport Cutthroat

• Blood Artist

• Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 1 Mythic Rares 25 - 1 Rares 15 - 1 Uncommons 33 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.52
Based on	Athreos' Apostle Suicide Squad Flamelord EDH