Grusilda's House of Madness

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) Reanimator

Citridon

Creature (44)

• 1x Anje Falkenrath
• 1x Anje, Maid of Dishonor
• 1x Anje's Ravager
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Archfiend of Spite
• 1x Arni Brokenbrow
• 1x Avaricious Dragon
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Cavalier of Flame
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Daring Fiendbonder
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Drana, the Last Bloodchief
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Florian, Voldaren Scion
• 1x Garna, the Bloodflame
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Igneous Pouncer
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x Ingot Chewer
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 1x Lightning Runner
• 1x Lizard Blades
• 1x Ox of Agonas
• 1x Prophetic Flamespeaker
• 1x Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
• 1x Rowdy Crew
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Scrapper Champion
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Stromkirk Occultist
• 1x The Scorpion God
• 1x Thief of Blood
• 1x Thundering Raiju
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Voldaren Epicure

Land (36)

• 1x Aether Hub
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^{Flip  Meld}
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Kazuul's Cliffs  ^Flip
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Artifact (3)

• 1x Drach'Nyen
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Lightning Greaves

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Avacyn's Judgment
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Murderous Compulsion
• 1x Nahiri's Wrath
• 1x New Blood
• 1x Soul Transfer
• 1x Vandalblast

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Angrath, the Flame-Chained
• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast

Instant (3)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Moonlight Bargain

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Grusilda, Monster Masher

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Florian, Voldaren Scion

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Cut / Ribbons

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A Rakdos commander deck built around Grusilda, Monster Masher from Unstable. Since not all groups want to play with Unstable cards, I've built the deck to pivot into a Olivia, Mobilized for War deck if a group isn't comfortable with Grusilda.

The deck's goal is to sequence some early Cathartic Reunions and Rowdy Crew type effects to ensure initial land drops, and some early interaction while discarding any high-cost bodies to load up for Grusilda. From there, it's beating and wheeling to keep the game moving (with Grusilda, the deck should shift to almost full proactive mode once she loses summoning sickness).

While playing as Olivia, the plan is a little different (and filtering affects will be resolved differently to reflect that). The goal is to play Olivia, the start playing slightly below-curve threats as hasty vampires whike pitching for madness-value. Rather than pitching all the big drops, the goal is to work towards playing big-drop + discard to give haste, then use wheels to keep the gas flowing. This isn't quite as powerful as Grusilda's effect, so keeping and sprinkling in interaction is key here.

Switching Commanders

If you switch to custom categories, you'll see a set of cards marked "Olivia Only". These switch out for the cards in the sideboard when swapping between Olivia and Grusilda. I plan to keep this chunk down to 3-4 cards, but it gives me a little space to work with cards that only serve one commander (example: Squee, Goblin Nabob and Stensia Masquerade are fantastic for Olivia, but would rather be Faithless Looting and a huge uncastable creature that Grusilda can combine with something when you switch.)

Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	26 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 1 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.02
Tokens	Blood, Construct 1/1 C Token w/ Defender, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Elemental 1/1 R, Elemental 3/1 R, Energy Reserve, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander