Let the Bodies Hit the Grave (Jarad EDH)
Commander / EDH*
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wisegreenbean says... #2
Also, oh my god, in this sort of dredge strategy with full graveyards in search of high power creatures Avatar of Woe is insane.
February 9, 2016 9:33 p.m.
Llamadowns says... #3
wisegreenbean: The problem with both Coffin Queen and Whip of Erebos is they both have exile clauses. If I want to reanimate something, I wanna keep it as long as possible or at least get to do it again later. I am genuinely interested in Skullclamp and Avatar of Woe, though. What do you think I should cut?
February 9, 2016 10:09 p.m.
Llamadowns says... #4
wisegreenbean Though now that I think about it, so does Puppeteer Clique. I guess it's only for opponents, so that they can't reanimate that creature since it gets exiled.
February 9, 2016 10:12 p.m.
wisegreenbean says... #5
Ah! It has exile clauses, to be sure! But that exile clause does not matter if you sac the creature first!
As for cards to cut...
Reaper of the Wilds is a card that sounds nice in theory. A decent amount of scry, probably, on a respectable body. If it's done a lot of work for you, by all means keep it, but particularly in a deck with only a moderate number of sacrifices(for the most part, you're saccing an expensive creature for a significant amount of mana), I question it. After a while, I found that it wasn't even worth it in my Ghave deck!
I don't like small, one time effects like Mulch and Grisly Salvage. They're ok, but low impact. I also can't help but think about milling them out uselessly with a dredge card.
Deadbridge Chant is not so good. First priority to cut. It's at random, and it's so much mana, and if it gets removed, you spent a LOT of mana to mill yourself once. Reanimator is more important than mill.
PS, Woodfall Primus will make your hopes and dreams come true.
February 9, 2016 11:15 p.m.
All-of-the-combos says... #6
Try an Inverter of Truth to cycle your graveyard back in.
March 16, 2016 4:40 p.m.
Llamadowns says... #7
All-of-the-combos: While Inverter of Truth is a really cool card, the point of the deck is to have a huge graveyard at all times. I'm normally not too worried about milling myself to death unless I'm playing against a mill deck like Phenax, God of Deception or something, in which case they actually turbo-charge my deck.
March 17, 2016 4:27 p.m.
All-of-the-combos says... #8
Llamadowns I see where you're coming from, as I was going to play Jarad, but never did.
wisegreenbean says... #1
Coffin Queen is a repeatable and excellent reanimator. Same for Whip of Erebos. I'd recommend 'em!
And no doubt, you can't have a sac focused deck without Skullclamp. It's worth it in any deck if you only use it once, and it's so at home in Jarad. It even buffs power, for that 1 more damage for each sacced creature.
February 9, 2016 9:27 p.m.