Djmentia Unchained

Commander / EDH Mono-Black Reanimator Sacrifice

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Creature (30)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Junk Diver
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Oriq Loremage
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (15)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Land (38)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 32x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (4)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Village Rites

Commander (1)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unmarked Grave

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena

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Maybeboard

Land (5)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Creature (3)

• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Viscera Seer

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Instant (3)

• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Withering Boon

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{B} Overview {B}

This deck revolves around sacrificing and reanimating creatures. Wins come primarily through life drain combos, but mill and attacking with a mass of tokens are also options. Wins should come by turns 5-7.

This Chainer, Dementia Master build differs slightly from others in that it is more line-of-play focused with substantial redundancy. Whereas other builds tend to incorporate stax elements, toolbox options, and a degree of life gain, I've found more success with a 'the best defence is a good offence' approach (i.e. keep threatening to close out the game and see if other players can answer, rather than try and answer their threats).

A full list of combos appears at the end of the page, however the main winning combos with infinite life drain are:

• Chainer, Dementia Master + Phyrexian Altar + Abhorrent Overlord/Grave Titan/Wurmcoil Engine + Ayara, First of Locthwain/Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat
• Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Abhorrent Overlord/Grave Titan/Wurmcoil Engine + Ayara, First of Locthwain/Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat
• Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Geralf's Messenger
• Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Gray Merchant of Asphodel/Kokusho, the Evening Star

High mana cost creatures are typically brought into play via the graveyard, and lower cost artifacts etc played from hand.

{B} Card breakdown {B}

Creatures:

• Abhorrent Overlord: Incredible in this deck. It will always generate a minimum of two tokens, which along with Abhorrent Overlord can be sacked to Phyrexian Altar to pay the mana cost in Chainer, Dementia Master's ability. With Chainer, Dementia Master in play you'll be netting an additional two tokens each time, which can then be sacked for more mana or left to build a token army {see also Grave Titan and Wurmcoil Engine}.
• Ayara, First of Locthwain: Used in the cycling combos for life drain and life gain, allowing Chainer, Dementia Master to go infinite {see also Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat}.
• Blood Artist: Used in the cycling combos for life drain and life gain, allowing Chainer, Dementia Master to go infinite {see also Ayara, First of Locthwain and Zulaport Cutthroat}.
• Bloodghast: Useful because of low mana cost and easy graveyard return. Can be sacked to an altar for mana, used to pay for such costs as Diabolic Intent, or combined with Skullclamp to draw two additional cards each turn {see also Gravecrawler and Priest of Gix}.
• Corpse Connoisseur: Quite good graveyard tutor. Only works for creatures but it's mostly only creatures we want in the graveyard anyway {see also Oriq Loremage and Gravebreaker Lamia}.
• Crypt Ghast: Relatively cheap way to double mana production. Also draws some attention and can encourgage other players to 'waste' spot removal {see also Nirkana Revenant}.
• Dread Presence: A new addition and not sure if it will stay. In there just to draw cards if things are looking bad at turn 4.
• Geralf's Messenger: Built-in life drain and graveyard return; just what this deck likes.
• Grave Titan: Another token generator that can be sacked to pay for Chainer, Dementia Master's ability. Not as good as Abhorrent Overlord because tokens are set at two rather than determined by devotion {see also Abhorrent Overlord and Wurmcoil Engine}.
• Gravebreaker Lamia: Another graveyard tutor, slightly better than Corpse Connoisseur as it can target non-creature cards {see also Corpse Connoisseur and Oriq Loremage}.
• Gravecrawler: Another low cost sac target with relatively easy graveyard return {see also Bloodghast and Priest of Gix}. Also part of an infinite loop.
• Gray Merchant of Asphodel: In every Chainer, Dementia Master deck. Can go infinite but also capable of finishing the game alone with enough mana available {see also Kokusho, the Evening Star}.
• Junk Diver: Altar artifacts are important in this deck and Junk Diver gives you a chance of keeping them in play {see also Myr Retriever}.
• Kokusho, the Evening Star: Can go infinite or close out alone {see also Gray Merchant of Asphodel}.
• K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: A really fantastic card. This deck doesn't care how much life you spend as the only goal is to get a combo rolling within a given turn, so this card essentially says 'ignore all black mana costs'.
• Massacre Wurm: Leftover from when this was a toolbox build and probably should go, but always enjoyable to watch someone get taken out by their own token army.
• Meteor Golem: Goes against the focused line-of-play mentality, but is the only spot removal in the deck.
• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed: Useful in some combos or just to get a second hit from the many ETB/LTB in the deck (NB: I don't run any combos that only involve Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and one other card, as then it then just starts feeling like a Mikaeus deck).
• Mindslicer: Somewhat leftover from a previous build but can still be useful to slow the game down if no early win comes about.
• Myr Retriever: Another way to retrieve altars from the graveyard {see also Junk Diver}.
• Nirkana Revenant: Another mana doubler {see also Crypt Ghast}. Not as good as Crypt Ghast due to higher cost.
• Oriq Loremage: Another graveyard tutor {see also Corpse Connoisseur and Gravebreaker Lamia}. Lower cost than the other two options but not an ETB effect, so probably the worst of the three.
• Priest of Gix: Another low cost sac target as it essentially pays for itself {see also Bloodghast and Gravecrawler}. Also forms part of a cycling combo.
• Rune-Scarred Demon: Very useful as a repeatable tutor {see also Sidisi, Undead Vizier}.
• Sidisi, Undead Vizier: Another repeatable tutor {see also Rune-Scarred Demon}. Maybe the better of the two as it can exploit itself and doesn't need a sac outlet to keep going back to the graveyard
• Soldevi Adnate: Can be excellent at getting enough mana open to start a combo (e.g. use Soldevi Adnate's ability on Abhorrent Overlord and sac one token to Phyrexian Altar to bring out Chainer, Dementia Master and pay for his ability to start cycling Abhorrent Overlord).
• Solemn Simulacrum: Not amazing but an extra land on turn 4 if nothing else is happening isn't terrible.
• Wurmcoil Engine: Another token generator {see also Abhorrent Overlord and Grave Titan}.
• Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed: Nice way of pulling things back out of the graveyard.
• Zulaport Cutthroat: Used in the cycling combos for life drain and life gain {see also Ayara, First of Locthwain and Blood Artist}.

Artifacts:

• Altar of the Brood: Rarely sees play, but gives the option to mill opponents if they have life drain protection.
• Arcane Signet: Just a good ol' mana rock {see also Gilded Lotus and Sol Ring}.
• Ashnod's Altar: One of the most important sac outlets in the deck and combines excellently with Nim Deathmantle {see also Phyrexian Altar}.
• Bolas's Citadel: Works well as a hail mary card if a win as come about - spend all your life playing top decks and see what happens.
• Desecrated Tomb: Helps generate some extra tokens for sacs and also fetaures in a few combos.
• Expedition Map: Not amazing but gets Cabal Coffers in hand.
• Gilded Lotus: Another mana rock {see also Arcane Signet and Sol Ring}. High cost but it does cover one activation of Chainer, Dementia Master.
• Jet Medallion: Pretty solid way to reduce mana costs in any mono black deck.
• Nim Deathmantle: Excellent repeatable reanimator that means you're not solely reliant on Chainer, Dementia Master.
• Phyrexian Altar: Another very important sac outlet that features in many combos {see also Ashnod's Altar}.
• Rings of Brighthearth:
• Sensei's Divining Top:
• Skullclamp:
• Sol Ring:
• Wayfarer's Bauble:

{B} Sacs {B}

• Sac targets - Easy graveyard return: Gravecrawler
• Sac targets - Token generators: Wurmcoil Engine, Abhorrent Overlord
• Sac targets - ETB/LTB: Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Solemn Simulacrum, Sidisi, Undead Vizier, Rune-Scarred Demon, Corpse Connoisseur, Plaguecrafter, Massacre Wurm, Wurmcoil Engine, Abhorrent Overlord, Junk Diver, Myr Retriever, Priest of Gix, Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed, Vampire Hexmage, Geralf's Messenger, Kokusho, the Evening Star, Meteor Golem
• Sac outlets: Ashnod's Altar, Phyrexian Altar, Gate to Phyrexia, High Market, Diabolic Intent, Fleshbag Marauder, Abhorrent Overlord
• Sac synergy: Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Grave Pact, Bitter Ordeal, Altar of the Brood
• Recursion - Creature: Chainer, Dementia Master, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Reanimate, Animate Dead, Nim Deathmantle, Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
• Recursion - Artifacts: Junk Diver, Myr Retriever

{B} Misc. {B}

• Mana - Rocks:Arcane Signet, Gilded Lotus, Sol Ring
• Mana - Ramp: Solemn Simulacrum, Wayfarer's Bauble, Myriad Landscape, Jet Medallion
• Mana - Multipliers: Crypt Ghast, Nirkana Revenant, Cabal Coffers, Cabal Stronghold, Caged Sun, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• Card draw: Solemn Simulacrum, Necropotence, Phyrexian Arena, Skullclamp, Bolas's Citadel, Sign in Blood, Dread Presence
• Tutor: Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Diabolic Intent, Sidisi, Undead Vizier, Rune-Scarred Demon, Buried Alive, Entomb, Corpse Connoisseur, Expedition Map
• Life gain: Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Exsanguinate, Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• Life drain: Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Exsanguinate, Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• Wrath: Damnation, Oblivion Stone, Toxic Deluge, Massacre Wurm
• Spot removal: Hero's Downfall, Gate to Phyrexia, Sudden Spoiling
• Graveyard hate: Bojuka Bog, Withered Wretch
• Mill: Altar of the Brood, Bitter Ordeal
• Discard: Myojin of Night's Reach, Mindslicer

{B} Combos & WinCons {B}

• Infinite black mana: Cabal Coffers + Rings of Brighthearth + Deserted Temple + 4 swamps
• Infinite sacs, recursion: Phyrexian Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Priest of Gix
• Infinite sacs, recursion: Phyrexian Altar + Gravecrawler + Zombie
• Infinite sacs, recursion: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + any non-human creature
• Infinite sacs, recursion, black mana: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Priest of Gix
• Infinite sacs, recursion, life drain: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Geralf's Messenger
• Infinite sacs, recursion, tokens and colorless mana: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Abhorrent Overlord/Wurmcoil Engine
• Infinite sacs, recursion, life drain/gain: Chainer, Dementia Master + Phyrexian Altar + Abhorrent Overlord + Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• Infinite sacs, recursion, life drain/gain: Chainer, Dementia Master + Phyrexian Altar + Abhorrent Overlord/Wurmcoil Engine + Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat
• *For any sac/recursion loops, add Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat for life drain/gain, Altar of the Brood/Bitter Ordeal for mill, Grave Pact to clear the board

Date added	8 years
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.27
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Harpy 1/1 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B