BURAKOS STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM

Commander / EDH Mono-Black

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Utility (17)

• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Coveted Prize
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Illicit Shipment
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Ruthless Technomancer
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Thwart the Grave
• 1x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Card Advantage (10)

• 1x Cut of the Profits
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Village Rites

Sac Fodder (7)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Gutterbones
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Tenacious Underdog
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Vindictive Lich

Lands (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x High Market
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Roadside Reliquary
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Survivors' Encampment
• 20x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x War Room
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Control (12)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Bone Shards
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Defile
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Graf Reaver
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Tragic Slip

Win Cons (7)

• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Dire Fleet Ravager
• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Malakir Blood-Priest
• 1x Nadier's Nightblade
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Commanders (2)

Ramp (7)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Zhentarim Bandit

Sac Outlets (3)

• 1x Fallen Ideal
• 1x Vampire Aristocrat
• 1x Viscera Seer

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Maybeboard

Utility (20)

• 1x Activated Sleeper
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Blood for Bones
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Footsteps of the Goryo
• 1x Goryo's Vengeance
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Persist
• 1x Relic Vial
• 1x Solemn Doomguide
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Voltorn (6)

• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x Multiclass Baldric
• 1x Obsidian Battle-Axe
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork

Card Advantage (11)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Body Count
• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Guildsworn Prowler
• 1x Nikara, Lair Scavenger
• 1x Reckoner's Bargain
• 1x Reprocess
• 1x Shakedown Heavy
• 1x Tallyman of Nurgle
• 1x Xander's Pact

Sac Fodder (9)

• 1x Archfiend's Vessel
• 1x Elderfang Disciple
• 1x Mardu Strike Leader
• 1x Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Priest of the Blood Rite
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Tenacious Dead
• 1x Vengeful Strangler  ^Flip

Lands (4)

• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Guildless Commons
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Value (2)

• 1x Dreamstealer
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest

Sac Outlets (10)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Culling Dais
• 1x Dark Supplicant
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Thoughtpicker Witch
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Control (9)

• 1x Banewhip Punisher
• 1x Blind Zealot
• 1x Blood Money
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Demon's Disciple
• 1x Eaten Alive
• 1x Kuon, Ogre Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Priest of the Haunted Edge
• 1x Ritual of the Machine

Ramp (4)

• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Hoard Robber
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Soldevi Adnate

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The goal is to ramp into Burakos, Party Leader and Haunted One ASAP, ideally with 1-2 low cost party members before you swing with Burakos. Finally there's an alternate use for all the sacrifice fodder like Bitterblossom, Tenacious Underdog or Bloodsoaked Champion! You can just run them nilly willy into your opponent's faces. Weenies who've skipped butt day with 3,4, or even 5 power and have no disregard for their own well-being are nothing to snort at.

The deck can ramp deceptively fast with Burakos, easily producing 4 treasures a turn with a full Party as long as you can keep him in play and swinging. This lets you play Casualty bombs like Illicit Shipment and Cut of the Profits with even more upside if you're sacrificing stuff like Vindictive Lich or Gonti, Lord of Luxury.

If Aggro isn't doing the trick you can easily pivot into an Aristocrats game plan with Nadier's Nightblade, Disciple of the Vault, Agent of the Iron Throne or Zulaport Cutthroat. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed plays backup if Burakos gets too expensive to cast.

This is a pretty casual list with no fast mana rocks (and no sol ring), efficient tutors, or infinite combos. Increasing the power level should be no issue however, just swap out the slower/fairer pieces.

Let me know if there's any spice that I missed! There are some cute cards in the Maybelist but they just weren't good enough to make the cut :/

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.71
Tokens	Copy Clone, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Maybe