Great Grenzo Goodness

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos)

Longshot405

Creature (47)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Ashenmoor Liege
• 1x Ashling the Pilgrim
• 1x Balthor the Defiled
• 1x Blazing Specter
• 1x Bloodmark Mentor
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Canal Dredger
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Corrosive Mentor
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Epitaph Golem
• 1x Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Garna, the Bloodflame
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Herald of Leshrac
• 1x Ignition Team
• 1x Jiwari, the Earth Aflame
• 1x Junktroller
• 1x Kaervek the Merciless
• 1x Kulrath Knight
• 1x Lightning Reaver
• 1x Mad Auntie
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Needle Specter
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Paragon of Open Graves
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Scythe Specter
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sin Prodder
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Unliving Psychopath
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Viashino Heretic

Land (36)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 16x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Mindmoil
• 1x Oversold Cemetery

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Victimize

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Goblin Charbelcher
• 1x Jar of Eyeballs
• 1x Reito Lantern
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Tel-Jilad Stylus
• 1x Thrumming Stone
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

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Grenzo is an amazingly fun commander that can smack your opponents up if you wanna beef him up or can cheeze out a bunch of friends with a little luck. In this deck, I've tried to balance it to be able to do either that I please. Even with just casting Grenzo for 2, his ability can potentially grab one of the 26 creatures with power 2 or less.

Here's the power layout (with key cards mentioned):

0 Power = 4 Ignition Team

1 Power = 9 Master of Cruelties

2 Power = 13 Herald of Leshrac, Balthor the Defiled

3 Power = 12 Chainer, Dementia Master

4 Power = 5 Flayer of the Hatebound

5 Power = 3 Kaervek the Merciless, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

6 Power = 1 Necropolis Regent

Ramp Cards Show

Ramp is vital to the deck, allowing multiple Grenzo, Dungeon Warden triggers per turn.

• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• Burnished Hart
• Cabal Stronghold + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth or Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• Caged Sun
• Liliana of the Dark Realms

Grenzo Buffing Cards Show

Cards that buff Grenzo enable us to pull bigger creatures easier and race toward a commander damage lethal. The deck prioritizes buffs that can be shared among all creatures you control to allow your board to become extremely formidable with the right combination of creatures. Although there are many buffs that provide additional abilities to creatures you control, below are cards that specifically increase Grenzo's Attack to make his ability succeed more often.

• Mad Auntie
• Paragon of Open Graves
• Ashenmoor Liege
• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• Necropolis Regent
• Caged Sun

Deck Stacking Cards Show

For obvious reasons, stacking the bottom of your deck is extremely powerful in this deck. It allows you to manipulate your success of Grenzo, Dungeon Warden effect and even allow nifty combat tricks if you know the creature on the bottom of your deck provides a buff for your board.

• Junktroller
• Canal Dredger
• Epitaph Golem
• Tel-Jilad Stylus
• Jar of Eyeballs
• Reito Lantern
• Mindmoil
• Thrumming Stone
• Teferi's Puzzle Box
• Goblin Charbelcher
• and scry effects: Crystal Ball, Read the Bones

Thrumming Stone Explained Show

Some of you may have seen Thrumming Stone in the deck and thought me a madman. You are only half correct. It is true that Thrumming stone will never trigger its effect that allows you to play cards of the same name for zero cost (It's a commander deck, lul). BUT, what it does for Grenzo, Dungeon Warden is ingenious: EVERY time you cast any spell, you stack the bottom of your deck!

Aside from the cheeky rat or demon Commander decks running Relentless Rats, Rat Colony or Shadowborn Apostle, I feel a smidgen of pride knowing Grenzo, Dungeon Warden is probably the only deck that truly gets use out of Thrumming Stone. :D

Date added	10 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Cabal Stronghold + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.03
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms