Dollar Store Izoni

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BG (Golgari) Budget Dredge Sacrifice Tokens

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Creature (45)

• 1x Acolyte of Affliction
• 1x Body Launderer
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Doom Weaver
• 1x Dreadhound
• 1x Erinis, Gloom Stalker
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fallaji Wayfarer
• 1x Fell Stinger
• 1x Foundation Breaker
• 1x Golgari Brownscale
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Outland Liberator  ^Flip
• 1x Poison-Tip Archer
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Skyfisher Spider
• 1x Smeagol, Helpful Guide
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Timeless Witness
• 1x Vile Entomber
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (38)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barad-dur
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 10x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x High Market
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl
• 1x Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x The Dross Pits
• 1x The Hunter Maze
• 1x The Shire
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Blight Mound
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Tortured Existence

Commander (1)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Blood for Bones
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Mulch
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Winding Way

Instant (3)

• 1x Gnaw to the Bone
• 1x Grapple with the Past
• 1x Grisly Salvage

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Sacrifice Package (14)

• 1x Baba Lysaga, Night Witch
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Demon's Disciple
• 1x Dockside Chef
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
• 1x Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
• 1x Shambling Ghast
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Self-Mill (10)

• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Mire Triton
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Old Rutstein
• 1x Old Stickfingers
• 1x Sewer Nemesis
• 1x Skull Prophet
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x The Mending of Dominaria
• 1x World Shaper

Reanimation Package (7)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Bonecaller Cleric
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Persist
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Unearth

Ramp (6)

• 1x Elvish Rejuvenator
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Wood Elves

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** As seen in Riley Knight's article on ChannelFireball! **

Deck Thesis and Summary

This is a graveyard value strategy built entirely of cards with NM prices less than $1, per this Scryfall filter.

Depending on where you shop and willingness to buy LP or MP cards, it's totally feasible that this can be constructed for less than $30.

After some testing, I can confidently say that the deck is powerful and operates smoothly. There is also a ton of room for upgrades, which makes this a fantastic starting point for someone looking to get in cheap then upgrade as they go.

NOTE: I will not be removing cards if they later rise above a dollar in price. What matters to me is whether it fit the criteria when it was added.

Piloting Notes and Combos

You goal when piloting this deck is similar to most any graveyard recursion deck: fill the graveyard as fast as possible, play and recur value creatures, and sacrifice the creatures for value. An important thing to note is that this deck tends to be fairly mana-hungry. You should prioritize making land-drops above most anything else. Don't be afraid of casting Izoni, Thousand-Eyed for low value if you need the card draw or board presence - it's far more important to keep up your velocity than to try and get max value every time.

Here are some combos/engines/endgame board states to be aware of:

• Golgari Thug + a sacrifice outlet +Grim Haruspex or a similar effect allows you to repeatedly recur any creature in the graveyard for 2 mana. Adding a second draw effect makes this more potent as it allows for dredging the Thug in addition to recurring the target.

• Perhaps the best endgame board this can produce consists of: Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis, a free sacrifice outlet, any combination of Blight Mound style effects, one or more Dreadhound style effects, and a stocked graveyard. With this setup, one can produce a large number of tokens by sacrificing and recasting Hogaak to drain opponents out from 40+ life. The most I've done this for is around 150 damage. but it could be higher if one has all of the possible pieces in play.

Upgrading the Deck

For someone looking to upgrade this decklist with cards outside the initial budget restriction, I would suggest the following: Life from the Loam, Golgari Grave-Troll, Eternal Witness, Phyrexian Reclamation, Hermit Druid, Blood Artist, Syr Konrad, the Grim, Craterhoof Behemoth, and land upgrades such as Overgrown Tomb, Woodland Cemetery, etc.

For those looking to customize within the budget restrictions, it may be worth trying to fit in Fleshbag Marauder effects given the number of cards that trigger off of your nontoken creatures dying. See the Maybeboard for additional ideas.

Top Ranked	Achieved #98 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #89 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #4 position in Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) 2 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	Day, Food, Goat 0/1 W, Insect 1/1 BG, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Morph 2/2 C, Night, Orc Army, Pest 1/1 BG, Rat 1/1 B, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Timeless Witness 4/4 B, Worm 1/1 BG
Folders	Awesome