Athreos, God of the Shadowborn, Servant to None

Commander / EDH* Demons WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (53)

• 1x Angel of Glory's Rise
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Champion of Stray Souls
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Edgewalker
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Rotlung Reanimator
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 33x Shadowborn Apostle
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Spirit of the Night
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Xathrid Necromancer

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 7x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Starlit Sanctum
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Oversold Cemetery

Artifact (3)

• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thrumming Stone

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Immortal Servitude
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Merciless Eviction

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Griselbrand

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Maybeboard

Creature (16)

• 1x Dark Supplicant
• 1x Demon of Death's Gate
• 1x Fell Shepherd
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Lord of the Pit
• 1x Mortician Beetle
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1x Ravenous Demon  ^Flip
• 1x Reiver Demon
• 1x Requiem Angel
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion
• 1x Twilight Shepherd
• 1x Xathrid Demon

Land (1)

• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Field of Souls
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Mortal Combat
• 1x No Rest for the Wicked
• 1x Remembrance
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Underworld Connections

Artifact (6)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Instant (3)

• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Second Sunrise
• 1x Utter End

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Devout Invocation
• 1x End Hostilities
• 1x Kirtar's Wrath
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Profane Prayers
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Vindicate

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This is such a brilliant interaction, I couldnt pass it up. The main dies behind all this is to use my legion of loyal Shadowborn Apostles to sacrifice themselves to summon demons from the depths of my library, who will then proceed to beat face. I then use my commander, Athreos, God of Passage to either make my opponent pay life to send my minions to the afterlife, or have them come back to hand, to summon more devious demons. As a twist, I have several ways to recur the fervent apostles back to the battlefield, such as Immortal Servitude and Angel of Glory's Rise. Furthermore, with each death of these followers, they are replaced on the battlefield with zombies curtesy of Xathrid Necromancer and Rotlung Reanimator. Other fun and neat interactions include Door of Destinies to create huge beaters, who I can then sacrifice to Starlit Sanctum to do huge damage. Or I can just go off with Thrumming Stone and cast everysingle one of my apostles. In my first playtest on here, I got every single apostle out on turn 4 with the help of a Sol Ring and Thrumming Stone! Edgewalker ensures that I no longer have to pay B to cast a cleric ever again! And Dictate of Erebos/Grave Pact ensure Im not the only one sacrificing creatures!! There are so many interactions and combos, this is looking to be an amazing deck.

I have Griselbrand sideboarded because Im tempted to make a conversion sideboard to switch between standard EDH and French EDH. So since hes not banned in french, I would love to add him in as a guy to tutor for. Upvotes and suggestions appreciated!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 1 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 7 - 0 Uncommons 37 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	2.94
Tokens	Demon 5/5 B, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	edh, EDH, Maybes