Value Of Control

Commander / EDH Casual Control Reanimator UB (Dimir)

rasck

Lands (38)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Frost Marsh
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 8x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Salt Marsh
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Clone (6)

• 1x Body Double
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces

Recursion (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Mill (1)

• 1x Phenax, God of Deception

Removal (15)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grisly Spectacle
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Murder
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Ramp (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Cluestone
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thought Vessel

Counter (4)

• 1x Dimir Charm
• 1x Induce Paranoia
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Utility (4)

• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Commander (1)

Draw (11)

• 1x Ancient Excavation *list*
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun

Steal (7)

• 1x Desertion
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Grip of Phyresis
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Steal Artifact
• 1x Steal Enchantment

Tutor (2)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor

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Maybeboard

Other (15)

• 1x Ashen Powder
• 2x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Dire Undercurrents
• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Lim-Dul the Necromancer
• 1x Magus of the Will
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Rise from the Grave
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Whispering Madness

Steal (6)

• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Spinal Embrace

Ramp (2)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dimir Keyrune

Tutor (2)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon

Removal (14)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Discovery / Dispersal
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Nevermaker
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Pestilence Demon
• 1x Price of Fame
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Sudden Death
• 1x Syphon Flesh
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Vona's Hunger

Clone (3)

• 1x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Stunt Double

Counter (3)

• 1x Perplex
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 1x Supreme Will

Recursion (2)

• 1x Connive / Concoct
• 1x Extract from Darkness

Lands (1)

• 1x Exotic Orchard

Mill (11)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Fleet Swallower
• 1x Jace's Mindseeker
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Mindshrieker
• 1x Psychic Corrosion

Utility (8)

• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Illusionist's Gambit
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Portal Mage
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Draw (3)

• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Notion Rain
• 1x Wretched Confluence

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A dimir control oriented deck. I find The Scarab God interesting because he interacts with all graveyards and therefore, in my mind, is the perfect outlet for a 75% deck. The deck tries to follow the strength level of the opponents.
The deck features a lot of removal because dead creatures in graveyards are The Scarab God's bread and butter. Besides that there are also clone and steal effects. Clone effects can have many purposes, one is to take out other commanders (legendary creatures) that are hexproof and the steal effects can be a good dimir answer to removal
I decided not to go the zombie tribal route because is already have a zombie tribal deck and I wanted to utilise The Scarab God's ability to cast creatures from other graveyards more than I wanted to go with a scry / life strategy.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	WRG
Splash colors	UB
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.61
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Champion of Wits 4/4 B, Copy Clone, Energy Reserve, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B