EDH Oh Belbe Belbe

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Eldrazi

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Creature (29)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Bane of Bala Ged
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Keen Duelist
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Loyal Subordinate
• 1x Maelstrom Colossus
• 1x Mardu Shadowspear
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Night Market Lookout
• 1x Oblivion Sower
• 1x Pulse Tracker
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Sandstone Oracle
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x Spawn of Mayhem
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thornbow Archer
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Vicious Conquistador
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip
• 1x World Breaker
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Instant (7)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Baleful Mastery
• 1x Crushing Disappointment
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Once Upon a Time
• 1x Rushed Rebirth
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Land (32)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Eldrazi Temple
• 1x Eye of Ugin
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 4x Forest
• 1x Hashep Oasis
• 1x Hive of the Eye Tyrant
• 1x Ifnir Deadlands
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Culling Ritual
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Hurricane
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Vicious Rumors

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Cryptolith Fragment  ^Flip
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Statue
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Kaldra Compleat
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Deck of Many Things
• 1x Whirling Catapult

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x From Beyond
• 1x Ill-Gotten Inheritance
• 1x Lim-Dul's Hex
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Retreat to Hagra
• 1x Sanctum of Stone Fangs
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

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So, Commander Legends brought us a new Golgari commander in Belbe, Corrupted Observer. My brain immediately went to the Britney Spears classic "Belbe One More Time". You know, with lyrics like "Oh Belbe Belbe, How Was I Supposed to Know". Brilliant song, would like to erase it from my mind.

Since I had a bunch of Eldrazi lying around I decided to go ahead and build the deck, if only to make the voices in my head go away. This is also a good excuse to use brilliant old school stuff like Dry Spell from Homelands (edit: now removed from the deck), Whirling Catapult from Alliances and Lim-Dul's Hex from Ice Age. I have had a soft spot for Cryptolith Fragment   ever since I opened one in the prerelease and won a tight race with the 1/4 creature side, so the fact that it's actually really good in the deck is definitely a bonus. Most of the standard Belbe pingers (Mardu Shadowspear, Night Market Lookout) are in, as well as the slower stuff like Sanctum of Stone Fangs and a bunch of 4 drops (Triskaidekaphobia, Court of Ambition etc).

The challenge with Belbe seems to be in balancing the enablers and payoffs, and making sure the deck works even without an explosive Belbe start. So this is a sort of an GB Eldrazi deck, with all the usual suspects (Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, Eye of Ugin etc.). And to go with that there's the Evil Belbe -side of the deck, with the drain and the possibility of a turn 2 six-drop or turn 3 Karn that makes you the archenemy. Once Upon a Time is often the thing that really ties an explosive hand together, either by making sure you find the appropriate lands or a real payoff. And it's a free spell, so hey.

I'm trying to keep the deck fun and casual instead of going full stax. Never go full stax.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Eldrazi 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.32
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Demon 5/5 B, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Spirit 2/2 C, Monarch Emblem, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Wurm 5/5 G
Folders	Decks for tts