Chainer, Bae Master

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Infinite Combo Mono-Black Reanimator Value Engine

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Creature (25)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dread Presence *f-pre*
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Marionette Master
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One *f-pre*
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine *f-pre*
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

Artifact (16)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 24x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Commander (1)

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Pox
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Instant (2)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Go for the Throat

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood

Land (1)

• 1x Cabal Stronghold

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Painful Quandary

Artifact (1)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Sign in Blood

Instant (1)

• 1x Supernatural Stamina

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Chainer is the best mono black general without a doubt!

Combos

This deck will usually go for a quick combo enabled by Chainer. With chained, you can leverage your graveyard as a second hand and cheat out the creature parts of the combo. Buried Alive is the MVP of tutors, as getting Yahenni + K'rrik + Gary in the bin will usually result in a win with the big mana package.

K'rrik + Gary + sac outlet K'rrik + Kokusho + sac outlet Ashnod's Altar + Marionette Master + Nim Deathmantle Marionette Master + Nim Deathmantle + Phyrexian Altar Ashnod's Alter + Nim Deathmantle + Grave titan + Torment of Hailfire Mikeaus the unhallowed + Walking Ballista + sac outlet

Long Game

If the combo route is not your bag, a piece gets exiled, or you want to get really grinds with it, Chainer can go for the VERY long game.

There is a big daddy black pack with you mana, with coffers, mana doublers, and a fun Crucible of Worlds + Lake of the Dead combo! With creatures like sheoldred and Mikeaus you can extend the game and deny the board their creature resources as you spool up for a big swing with your top end or a combo.

No Mercy is a personal tech choice as I play in a meta where creatures will be beating down early and often, and No Mercy can stave them off as you prepare for a wipe.

Unsung Heros

Altar of Dementia will let you suicide mill with your fatties to churn through your deck and get those valuable combo pieces in your bin. Milling yourself for 12 with a Wurmcoil Engine over and over with chained can make quick work of your library and get you there. milling opponents is very fun too to play their sweet creatures or just killing the overzealous drawer.

Spawning Pit When combo with a Grave Pact or Dictate of Erebos can be a renewable board wipe and really oppress your opponent's boards.

Sangromancer will gain you hoards of life and help extend you deeper into the game. While it is a slower value card, if you are not drawing your tutors or want to avoid a quick combo kill.

Pox Pox is a pet card of mine and can really do some work. With our reanimation package and Crucible, it can really help break the parity when the green play is ramping out of control or the beatdown deck has a gigantic boar of dorks and mid range threats. the lifeless can hurt and potentially put you in a precarious position, so use this one with caution if you have drawn the ire of the table and are easy pickings for a full table crackback.

Tune downs

If you would like to play chained for more value and remove the tutors or combo kills, Chainer can offer a fantastic experience playing the cards in your opponents graveyards and can be tuned down for tons of fun in a more casual meta.

Tune Downs Vampiric Tutor , Demonic Tutor , Buried Alive , Diabolic Intent , K'rrik, Walking Ballista , and Nim Deathmantle are all the huge enablers of the combo strategy and can make games feel very linear. The cards in my sideboard are the ones that I rotate into these slots to adjust to the meta I am playing in!

Budget Options

If you are balling on a budget, you have some great options as well for an enriching game play experience!

In Garruk's Wake I a very affordable board wipe. the 9 mana cost an be intimidating but in big daddy black that holds almost no bar on the ability to cast it. great swap for Deluge or Damnation.

Geth, Lord of the Vault is a fun mill and reanimation card that got its price slashed in the reprint.

Butcher of Malaria is an affordable, and repeatable, replacement for Grave Pact and/or Dictate.

Discard outlets like Oppression , painful quandry, and Necrogen Mists are fun ways to fill opponents graveyard to play with their toys!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Ashnod's Altar + Marionette Master + Nim Deathmantle Crucible of Worlds + Lake of the Dead Marionette Master + Nim Deathmantle + Phyrexian Altar
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 2 Mythic Rares 43 - 9 Rares 19 - 2 Uncommons 7 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Servo 1/1 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B