Irenicus' Experimental "Donations"

Commander / EDH Group Hug Group Slug Reanimator UB (Dimir)

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Removal (15)

• 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper
• 1x Barter in Blood
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Gravelighter
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Pendrell Mists
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Reiver Demon
• 1x Slum Reaper
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver

Reanimation (11)

• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip
• 1x Victimize

Mana (48)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 18x Island
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mistvein Borderpost
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sol Ring
• 18x Swamp
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Card-Advantage (9)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Kaito Shizuki
• 1x Notion Rain
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sygg, River Cutthroat
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Thought Reflection

Other (2)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Presents (14)

• 1x Demonic Taskmaster
• 1x Desecration Elemental
• 1x Dreamstealer
• 1x Ebonblade Reaper
• 1x Gloom Surgeon
• 1x Greater Harvester
• 1x Grid Monitor
• 1x Needle Specter
• 1x Phyrexian Negator
• 1x Rotting Regisaur
• 1x Rust Elemental
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Steel Golem
• 1x Taniwha

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Other (6)

• 1x Drinker of Sorrow
• 1x Ebon Drake
• 1x Fade Away
• 1x Filthy Cur
• 1x Flesh Reaver
• 1x Wretched Anurid

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"It is time for more...'experiments'... The pain will only be passing; you should survive the process..." -Jon Irenicus

My favorite villain of all time now as a commander deck :D

I've been thinking over the last day or so how best to build Jon Irenicus. He's really cool to me for his unique effect and the character itself is a total badass villain. Cards like Ebonblade Reaper were surprisingly easy to find, having a decent number of donate targets is definitely needed to take advantage of Jon. Have to be careful though because these things eventually have to be killed off. When the controlling player leaves the game any dontaed creatures will return to me. They still can't be sacced and are still goaded so I need to consider how to handle that.

This brings me to the second thing. If Jon is removed before he donates some of these things that can be pretty awful. Being able to reanimate/protect Jon is #1. Reanimation also brings back donated creatures that get removed. So it's pretty sweet to have.

This deck will be an interesting mix of balancing when to remove, when to protect, and when to donate. It isn't something that just works on auto-pilot.

Something I think I'll pass on including is Plague Reaver. Both Jon's and Reaver's triggers will go on the stack together. So you'll be able to donate but you'll also have to sacrifice all your creatures. Minus the Reaver you are donating... On the other hand Grave Pact effects are great. No need for my opponents to have their own creatures, just mine lol.

Top Ranked	Achieved #7 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #6 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Group Hug 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Group Slug 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.50
Tokens	Dreamstealer 4/4 B, Emblem Kaito Shizuki, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Ninja 1/1 U, Treasure
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