Juri the Ninth, Locked Tomb Penitent

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Budget Reanimator Sacrifice Skeleton Theme/Gimmick Wizards

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Creature (38)

• 1x Akul the Unrepentant
• 1x Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Cult Conscript
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Death-Priest of Myrkul
• 1x Death Tyrant
• 1x Flamewake Phoenix
• 1x Forsaken Miner
• 1x Gisa, the Hellraiser
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Gut, True Soul Zealot
• 1x Harmonic Prodigy
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nine-Lives Familiar
• 1x Olivia, Crimson Bride
• 1x Overlord of the Balemurk
• 1x Ozox, the Clattering King
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Rakdos, Lord of Riots
• 1x Razorlash Transmogrant
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Rekindling Phoenix
• 1x Sandstorm Crasher
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Tenacious Dead
• 1x The Balrog, Durin's Bane
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Undead Sprinter
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Warren Soultrader
• 1x Woe Strider

Land (35)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Captivating Cave
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Promising Vein
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Necrosynthesis
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Rakdos Joins Up

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra, Acolyte of Flame

Commander (1)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Blood for Bones
• 1x Come Back Wrong
• 1x Hit the Mother Lode
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Necrotic Hex
• 1x Pitiless Carnage
• 1x Revenge of the Rats
• 1x Spark Harvest

Instant (7)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Bulk Up
• 1x Fatal Frenzy
• 1x Fling
• 1x Kazuul's Fury  ^Flip
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Unleash Fury

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chainsaw
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Reaver Cleaver

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One flesh, One end, Bitch.

I love The Locked Tomb book series and wanted to make a commander deck inspired by Gideon and Harrow.

Skeleton tribal is a bit rough and there aren't any perfect fits, but starting from Brynx's old Juri's Bone to Pick deck felt like the closest I could get to what I wanted!

Turns out there aren't a Pair of commanders who are a female black skeleton-based necromancer and a female red knight / brawler, but maybe someday! In the meantime, Juri can serve as some sort of lyctoral substitute.

The Lyctoral Process

Create tons of reassembling ash skeletons, repeatedly sacrifice them to turn Juri into a megatheorem, and then fling yourself on your sword and make it everyone else's problem.

The role of Teacher in this process is played by Harmonic Prodigy, who is originally here to combo neatly with Juri, Master of the Revue but will also combo with Tormod, the Desecrator, Clattering Augur, Grim Haruspex, Pawn of Ulamog, Gut, True Soul Zealot, Lagomos, Hand of Hatred, and even Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia if we stack our triggers right.

The role of Villain is played by Lagomos, Hand of Hatred, who needs the thanergy of 5 sacrifices to summon The Balrog, Durin's Bane just when your opponents think they can safely sleep.

Ninth House Budget

I enjoy making budget decks and the Ninth House isn't particularly liquid right now with their funding. The goal was to keep it under $50, and the only card that doesn't really belong is Rakdos, because I already had two sitting around and could add him to the deck for free.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.22
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 0/1 R, Elemental 1/1 R, Elemental 2/1 R, Goat 0/1 W, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Plot, Rat 1/1 B, Skeleton 1/1 B, Skeleton 4/1 B, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Rogue 2/2 UB
Based on	Juri's Bone to Pick Brynx EDH