Let's Bleed a Little

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Control Counters Midrange UBR (Grixis)

Sixty3Zero

Creature (38)

• 1x Ashling the Pilgrim
• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blood Celebrant
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bloodshot Cyclops
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Chancellor of the Forge
• 1x Cruel Sadist
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Dimir Cutpurse
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*
• 1x Immolating Souleater
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Magus of the Mirror
• 1x Marchesa's Smuggler
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Novijen Sages
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Street Wraith
• 1x Thraximundar
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wall of Blood
• 1x Wonder

Land (39)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Curse of Stalked Prey
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Dire Undercurrents
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (5)

• 1x Gem of Becoming
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul Conduit
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (2)

• 1x Devour in Shadow
• 1x Prophetic Bolt

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Teleportal

Commander (1)

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The most sadistic as well as masochistic deck I've ever built. It has the capacity to bounce right out of the game by making my life total 0 if I choose.

When I saw Marchesa, I found the perfect Grixis general, but besides that I realized there's no way I can put people on the throne by making them gain life. Instead, I had to do what black and red tend to do best--lose your own life.

I played a game with this deck and two other people. Basically what happened was I ended up in the position where if they didn't kill each other, I would kill them. If they made any move against me, they would die. They had no choice but to burn each other out, while I made the same hand-locking gesture Marchesa does on her art.

It's not hard to break this particular general. All you have to do is milk value out of attacking the player with the most life (which should never be you, and if it is, you can change that quickly). If your creatures get counters on them, you're in business. Keep in mind that if you steal an opponent's creature, get a counter on it, and sacrifice it before they get it back, you get it for good. Mark of Mutiny is a wonderful trick for this--all you need is the sac outlet.

Don't burn yourself out too quickly. There are lifegain elements in here too, so if you dip too low, you can climb back up. I imagine the chart of life fluctuation from a typical game with this deck is one heck of a zigzag. And if you're feeling particularly evil, there's Soul Conduit and Magus of the Mirror to give your 2 life to your opponent in exchange for their 30+.

In terms of infinite combos, all we have here is MikeTrike. Otherwise, it's a pretty fluent deck that just nets value and doesn't combo off as crazily as some decks might.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.89
Tokens	Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Goblin 1/1 R