Essential Workers

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Midrange Mono-Black Multiplayer Reanimator Sacrifice Tokens

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Creature (37)

• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bog Witch
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Bushmeat Poacher
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Fallen Angel
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Initiates of the Ebon Hand
• 1x Lampad of Death's Vigil
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Skirk Ridge Exhumer
• 1x Skirsdag High Priest
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soulreaper of Mogis
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Thopter Squadron
• 1x Treasure Keeper
• 1x Undercity Necrolisk
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip
• 1x Woe Strider

Artifact (11)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Life Chisel
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Witch's Oven

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Conspiracy
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Infernal Tribute
• 1x Shadows of the Past
• 1x The Abyss
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Instant (1)

• 1x Scour from Existence

Commander (1)

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Razaketh's Rite
• 1x Soul Exchange
• 1x Victimize

Land (35)

• 1x City of Shadows
• 33x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Witch's Cottage

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Maybeboard

Artifact (102)

• 2x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 2x Extraplanar Lens
• 2x Grim Monolith
• 2x Mana Crypt
• 2x Mana Vault
• 2x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 86x Witch's Oven

Creature (434)

• 86x Bog Witch
• 86x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 86x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 86x Skirk Ridge Exhumer
• 2x Soldevi Adnate
• 86x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Sorcery (175)

• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 2x Grim Tutor
• 86x Soul Exchange
• 86x Victimize

Instant (3)

• 1x Culling the Weak
• 2x Dark Ritual

Enchantment (86)

• 86x Infernal Tribute

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Essential Workers Thrulls, must be sacrificed in order to restart the economy...

With the aid of underhanded tactics, engineers, and consultants: Brainspoil, Dimir House Guard, Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Tutor, Increasing Ambition, and Razaketh's Rite, will make the first priority of building the Ashnod's Altar, an effortless task.

Next we set into motion the Thopter Squadron Conspiracy. After having stripped the identity away from the Thrull stock, effectively making them all into surveillance drones with the help of our specialist: Woe Strider, Viscera Seer, and Shadows of the Past. And with the sacrifice of many of the Thrull stock, we will have an unhindered information gathering task force (AKA, Operation: Draw some Cards): Skullclamp, Priest of Forgotten Gods, Smothering Abomination, Soulreaper of Mogis, and Species Specialist.. Some have even specialized in Vampiric Rites, draining opponents life away with their death magic: Blood Artist, Ayara, First of Locthwain, Falkenrath Noble, Bushmeat Poacher, Lampad of Death's Vigil, Syr Konrad, the Grim, Vindictive Vampire, and Bastion of Remembrance.

Once enough information has been gathered to establish the Initiates of the Ebon Hand, the black mana will flow without restriction, allowing the playing of the entire deck, and the draining of all opponents life.

However, this Grave Pact with Butcher of Malakir, isn't without aid (more sac outlets): Life Chisel, Witch's Oven, Victimize, Soul Exchange, The Abyss, Carrion Feeder, Dimir House Guard, Fallen Angel, Flesh Carver, Hell's Caretaker, Undercity Necrolisk, Voldaren Pariah  , and Infernal Tribute

And if that removal isn't enough, there is Bone Shredder, Brainspoil, and Scour from Existence

Ramp has many forms, both in mana, and in force: Black Market, Bog Witch, Priest of Gix, Sengir Autocrat, Skirk Ridge Exhumer, Skirsdag High Priest, Coat of Arms, Heraldic Banner, Solemn Simulacrum, Treasure Keeper, Pitiless Plunderer, and various mana rocks.

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To sum it all up:

Ashnod's Altar + Initiates of the Ebon Hand + Something to repeatedly draw cards + Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder + Something that does a damage when things die = Win

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Planning to add a Phyrexian Altar when I get one

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There is a method to my “Maybe Board” madness:

x86 = Already listed in my deck, and I plan to remove later on.

x2 = Plan to add to deck, in place of an “x86”

x1 = Maybe...

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.42
Tokens	1/1 B Token Creature Zombie Goblin, Demon 5/5 B, Food, Goat 0/1 W, Horror */* B, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Serf 0/1 B, Thopter 1/1 C, Thrull 1/1 B, Treasure