This is the spiritual successor to my old Haakon, Stromgald Scourge EDH deck, with another color added to get him into the graveyard more consistently and with an alternate win condition in Grimgrin, Corpse-Born at the helm. Only sort of a zombie deck.

The initial concept of this deck was born from my dislike for combo decks in EDH. Competitive combo in EDH tries to win the game as fast as possible, in as reliable a way as possible, and loaded with counterspells to force it through. This deck...doesn't do any of those things. If I hated myself and you, this deck would be all about finding Gravecrawler and Phyrexian Altar with a dozen tutors and two dozen counterspells to force through the storm payoffs. But rather than protecting itself or always going for one core combo, it's packed with such a critical mass of combo pieces that at some point, somehow, it has to go off. If Chain Veil Teferi is the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, this is P.T. Barnum's Traveling Circus. With this deck, you don't know how my combos come together because I don't know how my combos come together. If I can't figure it out, Grimgrin can always beat someone to death.

Combos and Engines are to be listed below, when I have time.

Any Color:

-Gravecrawler + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Paradise Mantle + Phyrexian Altar

-Diregraf Colossus + Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar

-Arcane Adaptation + Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Heartless Summoning + Myr Retriever + Pitiless Plunderer

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Ashes of the Fallen + Myr Retriever + Heartless Summoning + Pitiless Plunderer

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Conspiracy + Myr Retriever + Heartless Summoning + Pitiless Plunderer

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Arcane Adaptation + Heartless Summoning + Pitiless Plunderer + Myr Moonvessel

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Ashes of the Fallen + Heartless Summoning + Pitiless Plunderer + Myr Moonvessel

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Conspiracy + Heartless Summoning + Pitiless Plunderer + Myr Moonvessel

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Ashes of the Fallen + Pitiless Plunderer + Walking Ballista

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Arcane Adaptation + Pitiless Plunderer + Walking Ballista

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Conspiracy + Pitiless Plunderer + Walking Ballista

-Diregraf Colossus + Havengul Lich + Mothdust Changeling + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer

Colorless:

-Gravecrawler + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Paradise Mantle + Ashnod's Altar

-Havengul Lich + Heartless Summoning + Walking Ballista + Ashnod's Altar

-Havengul Lich + Heartless Summoning + Walking Ballista + Krark-Clan Ironworks

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Arcane Adaptation + Myr Moonvessel + Heartless Summoning

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Ashes of the Fallen + Myr Moonvessel + Heartless Summoning

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Conspiracy + Myr Moonvessel + Heartless Summoning

-Diregraf Colossus + Havengul Lich + Mothdust Changeling + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar

Black:

-Havengul Lich + Heartless Summoning + Priest of Gix

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Arcane Adaptation + Priest of Gix + Heartless Summoning

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Ashes of the Fallen + Priest of Gix + Heartless Summoning

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Conspiracy + Priest of Gix + Heartless Summoning

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Heartless Summoning + Basal Sliver + Skeletal Changeling

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Skeletal Changeling + Bog Initiate + Ashnod's Altar

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Mothdust Changeling + Phyrexian Altar

-Basal Sliver + Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Skeletal Changeling

-Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Mothdust Changeling + Pitiless Plunderer + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born

-Diregraf Colossus + Arcane Adaptation + Ashes of the Fallen + Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Walking Ballista

-Diregraf Colossus + Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar

-Diregraf Colossus + Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Mothdust Changeling + Phyrexian Altar

-Diregraf Colossus + Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Mothdust Changeling + Viscera Seer + Pitiless Plunderer

-Diregraf Colossus + Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Mothdust Changeling + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Pitiless Plunderer

-Diregraf Colossus + Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Mothdust Changeling + Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer

(description still WIP)

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