Grave Robbery [Tariel EDH]

Commander / EDH Angels Combo Control RBW (Mardu) Reanimator

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Creature (17)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Angel of Despair
• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Wall of Omens

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (34)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 3x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Spawning Pool
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Fanatical Devotion
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Underworld Connections

Artifact (14)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (10)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Ghostway
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wing Shards

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Catastrophe
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Illicit Auction
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Promise of Power
• 1x Rout
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Unknown (1)

• 1x mistveil plain

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Reya Dawnbringer
• 1x Sunblast Angel

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Angelic Renewal
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Sneak Attack

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mimic Vat

Instant (2)

• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Moonlight Bargain

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Death or Glory
• 1x Entreat the Angels
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Anger

Land (1)

• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Marshal's Anthem

Artifact (2)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow

Instant (2)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Miraculous Recovery

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Defy Death
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Victimize

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Who doesn't like beating people to death with their own dead creatures? Tariel is a slow, seemingly unthreatening commander who doesn't draw much attention. However, late-game, she provides you with nothing but value due to her graveyard-based shenanigans.

The goal of the deck is to be as non-threatening/unappetizing of a target as possible early game, then control the board mid to late-game, and finally take over the game with recursion engines and plethora of hyper-synergestic creatures/spells. Tariel, Reckoner of Souls is almost a back-up plan, and she gets out of hand if people don't focus on keeping everyone's graveyards under control.

This deck is fairly well tested. But as always, any suggestions, comments, thoughts, or concerns are more than welcome!

Please note: This is a pretty casual list. I'd love to hear really competitive suggestions, but chances are that I might not put them in the mainboard.

To this end, I run very little mass LD and next to no instant-win combos.

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Combos/Synergies (WIP)

Tariel + Thornbite Staff + Sac Outlet = Infinite ETB/LTB effects from your any/all of your opponents' dead creatures. -- For example, I just recently had the opportunity to accidentally combo off on Sylvan Primordial and destroy all of my opponents' non-creature permanents.

Tariel + Indestructibility (or Fanatical Devotion ) + Thornbite Staff + Board Wipe = Reanimate X creatures, where X equals the number of creatures that died. So, it's kinda-sorta a permanent pseudo-Insurrection.

Tariel + Extra Combat Phases = In addition to the extra combat phase (which is already great), you can tap Tariel for an extra creature each time she attacks.

Karmic Guide + Reveillark = Pseudo-Unkillable duo. Add in Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and that's up to 4 unkillable creatures. Add in a Sac Outlet, and you can reanimate your entire graveyard, and it nets you infine ETB/LTB effects from any of your creatures in your graveyard.

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Tech

Sunforger Package: With Sunforger, you have a fantastic toolbox to work from. Creature removal, countering counterspells, dodging board wipes, permanent removal/burying, mana fix... and you can even tutor for artifacts or enchantments. Everything is reusable, too, due to Mistveil Plains which, yes, you can fetch with Tithe.

Reveillark/Sun Titan Packages: Most creatures synergize very well with these two recursion engines. It gets particularly nasty when combined with the Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Karmic Guide engine which brings all your larger bombs back, too.

Godo, Bandit Warlord: Godo allows any creature with Vigilance to attack during his extra combat phase. This means that in addition to his equipment tutoring, he's basically a second copy of Aurelia, the Warleader for anything with Vigilance (which is a large part of the deck). Also great even when just pulling out Batterskull.

Memory Jar -- Card Advantage + Fills your opponent's graveyards for Tariel to reanimate.

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Chaos

In every EDH deck I make, I add one generally fun, noncompetitive, chaotic card. To me, that's what EDH is all about: A fun, less serious break from more competitive formats.

For this deck, I've settled on Illicit Auction. Neat, huh? Sure it's kinda like removal, but more importantly, it's weird, fun, everyone enjoys seeing it played.

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Cards to Consider

On the Chopping Block: Mother of Runes, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, and Illicit Auction (For another chaos card, of course)

Seriously Considering: Merciless Eviction

Idly Considering: Wave of Reckoning , Pulsemage Advocate , Kor Cartographer , Rain of Gore, Weathered Wayfarer, Ambition's Cost, Withered Wretch, Ashnod's Altar, Aggravated Assault, No Mercy, Debtors' Knell, Debt of Loyalty, Glacial Chasm, Shred Memory, Peacekeeper

Expensive Upgrades: Mana Crypt, Imperial Recruiter, Umezawa's Jitte

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Competitive Mode

I prefer to play casually, but I've got a more competitive EDH tournament coming up later this year, so I figure that I better start planning.

Add: Village Bell-Ringer, Devastation, Debt to the Deathless, Magus of the Moon, Blood Moon, Cataclysm ,

Considering: Restoration Angel, Worldslayer, Razia's Purification

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(Note to Self: Obtain an extra Cavern of Souls.)

Top Ranked	Achieved #55 position overall 12 years ago
Date added	12 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 2 Mythic Rares 55 - 7 Rares 21 - 1 Uncommons 5 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.88
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Copy Clone, Demon X/X B, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
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