Hogaak, Enlighten the Populous

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari)

CosmicConical

Creature (31)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar HP
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Deep Forest Hermit
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Golgari Findbroker
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grismold, the Dreadsower
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Kessig Cagebreakers
• 1x Korozda Guildmage
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Poison-Tip Archer
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Wood Elves

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Crawling Sensation
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation

Land (37)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Desert of the Indomitable
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fertile Thicket
• 5x Forest
• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Gingerbread Cabin
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Memorial to Unity
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Gnaw to the Bone
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Putrefy

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Casualties of War
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Oblivion Strike
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Spider Spawning
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Worm Harvest

Artifact (6)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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Self-Mill Hogaak deck. Fairly Budget. You want to either fill your graveyard quick with cards like Hermit Druid , Satyr Wayfinder , and Stitcher's Supplier ; or make some tokens quickly with cards like Deep Forest Hermit , Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder , Grismold, the Dreadsower , and Noosegraf Mob . Card draw effects like Life's Legacy , Disciple of Bolas , and Momentous Fall are best used on Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis to draw more than you need so you can strategically discard cards for your game plans.

The deck gets pretty powerful in the late game if you can evade any graveyard hate, since you can use recursions like Victimize , and Genesis . Synergies like The Gitrog Monster + Underrealm Lich are insane if you can get them going.

To finish everything off, you can typically kill people with commander damage or you can use Regrowth and Diabolic Tutor to find Overwhelming Stampede or maybe a Gray Merchant of Asphodel after a Living Death . Additionally you could use Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and sacrifice Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis to him to keep dealing damage, or use an Altar of Dementia to mill people out if you have enough tokens to summon Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis a few times.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	The Gitrog Monster + Underrealm Lich
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.79
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Food, Human 2/2 G, Insect 1/1 BG, Insect 1/1 G, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Plant 0/1 G, Plant 1/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Spider 1/2 G, Squirrel 1/1 G, Thrull 1/1 B, Wolf 2/2 G, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B