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Commander / EDH* Budget Control UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (35)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Alloy Myr
• 1x Augury Owl
• 1x Bloodfray Giant
• 1x Cruel Sadist
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Helium Squirter
• 1x Hissing Iguanar
• 1x Ignition Team
• 1x Kozilek's Channeler
• 1x Mer-Ek Nightblade
• 1x Moriok Replica
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Opaline Unicorn
• 1x Phyrexian Rager
• 1x Profaner of the Dead
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Splatter Thug
• 1x Stingmoggie
• 1x Thrill-Kill Assassin
• 1x Tower Geist
• 1x Vesper Ghoul
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip
• 1x Vulturous Aven

Land (38)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 5x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Wandering Fumarole

Artifact (5)

• 1x Cultivator's Caravan
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Obelisk of Grixis
• 1x Prophetic Prism

Instant (5)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Murder
• 1x Subtle Strike
• 1x Undying Evil

Commander (1)

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Greed
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Mirror Mockery
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bone Splinters
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Firebolt
• 1x Infest
• 1x Languish
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Read the Bones

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Sideboard

Creature (12)

• 1x Chancellor of the Spires
• 1x Dead Reveler
• 1x Geralf's Mindcrusher
• 1x Hellhole Flailer
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Insolent Neonate
• 1x Kathari Bomber
• 1x Malakir Cullblade
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Singe-Mind Ogre
• 1x Sparkmage Apprentice
• 1x Spawn of Rix Maadi

Artifact (2)

• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Ring of Valkas

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring

Instant (1)

• 1x Volt Charge

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Spoils of War

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Phyrexian Gargantua
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Ichor Slick
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Ion Storm

Instant (1)

• 1x Tainted Pact

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This was my first ever commander deck. I built it with the cards in my collection and about $20. Over the years, I've added a card here and there, but it's largely stayed the same. All the while, my other decks got more expensive, more competitive, and more fun. This deck languished unplayed for years, but a recent "$50 budget" tournament gave me a good reason to bring this back. I changed a few cards (notably removing River Kelpie and a few other budget-breaking cards in favor of common sense cards like Mulldrifter), but it ultimately still feels tight.

The general idea of the deck is to play as many creatures as possible with +1/+1 counters, get Marchesa on the field (if possible, this should be done only when there is way to give her a counter, such as a Helium Squirter, Opal Palace, or Unspeakable Symbol), and then let the creatures enter and leave the battlefield at will. The deck is designed to survive board wipes and to even capitalize on them.

I will keep this deck in my collection and do my best to keep it at or around $50 for future tournaments.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 22 - 7 Rares 22 - 3 Uncommons 33 - 7 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Goblin 1/1 R, Harpy 1/1 B, Morph 2/2 C