Mad World - Neheb, the Worthy Stax/Control Primer

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Competitive Control Discard Reanimator Stax

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Sorcery (25)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Burning Inquiry
• 1x By Force
• 1x Cut / Ribbons
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Infernal Tutor
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Pox
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Instant (9)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Burnt Offering
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Land (31)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Strip Mine
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Nether Void
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Waste Not

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Trinisphere

Creature (8)

• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Kaervek the Merciless
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

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Wtf is this deck?

This deck is a both a joke and a masterpiece. Its a reanimator-style stax/control deck that relies on grindy stax pieces, discard, and targeted removal to stall out the game, and reanimation combos to win the game.

Neheb, the Worthy seems like a terrible card, (which in most cases it probably is), but serves as a small stax piece, a discard outlet, and at the very worst, a way to block Tymna the Weaver .

Good Things about this deck

Multiple Win Conditions

The Deck's main goal is to win quickly with Worldgorger Dragon , but can also win several other ways.

Anti-combo

There are enough discard and stax cards in this deck to stop the majority of combo decks with the right hand.

Not UG

This deck is not blue or green. There are many cards that hose

Adaptive Playstyle

This deck is capable of winning on turn 1 with the right hand, but is also capable of grinding the game out in long games with repeated value cards, hard stax pieces, or several large annoying creatures.

Bad things about this deck

This deck runs several super expensive cards. Bazaar of Baghdad and Chains of Mephistopheles are ridiculously powerful, but might cost you a few weeks worth of paychecks.

This deck is Red and black. We hope nobody plays Rest in Peace or Leyline of the Void . We also do not have access to of the most powerful blue and green cards in the game like Force of Will , mana dorks, infinite mana outlets in the command zone, Card draw in the command zone, literally any card that removes enchantments.

What happens when someone destroys Worldgorger Dragon in response to its trigger and your permanents are exiled? Cry a little bit and then start shuffling up for the next game

Mulligan

Fast Mana + Stax Piece

1 Piece of Combo + Tutor

Examples of Strong, Keepable Hands:

Swamp , Mana Crypt , Oppression , Snuff Out , Scalding Tarn , Imperial Seal , Blast Zone

Badlands , Dark Ritual , Entomb , Praetor's Grasp , Strip Mine , Demonic Tutor , Terminate

Game Plan

Get out a stax piece or try to win as soon as possible.

Tap out for the majority of turns. This deck has 25+ sorceries in it. We play at sorcery speed.

Know your cards and when to play them: There are many combos and stax pieces in this deck. Cards like Lion's Eye Diamond , Nether Void require precise timings or complicated play patterns to make the most out of them. Learn the stax pieces and when the optimal time/situation to play them is.

Cast your important spells. Don't try to wait until the perfect moment to cast a Chains of Mephistopheles or a Pox . They're almost always good, and waiting could give other players time to assemble a lock or a combo. At the very worst, they bait out removal and counterspells.

Win Conditions

Worldgorger Dragon + Animate Dead / Necromancy / Dance of the Dead + Praetor's Grasp / Exsanguinate / Cut / Ribbons / Rolling Earthquake

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts

Miscellaneous Advice

Let people tap out. Many of our combos get screwed through the simplest of interaction like Swords to Plowshares , Abrupt Decay , or Counterspell .

Use your spells as soon as you can and don't be afriad to tap out. If you haven't noticed, there are extremely few instant-speed spells in the deck. We play at sorcery speed. We run 25+ sorceries.

Don't be afraid to discard good cards. You'll draw more, and while discarding a removal spell feels bad sometimes, having other players discard combo pieces feels better.

Card Discussions

To be Added

Tech Options

More/Less board clears. My meta is pretty creature-heavy, so board clears like Blasphemous Act , Toxic Deluge , and Pyroclasm are pivotal.

Artifact hate. Null Rod

Mana Dork Hate. Fire Covenant , other cheap board clears.

More blue Players. Red Elemental Blast , Boil

Notable Exclusions

Ad Nauseam

Look at the mana costs in this deck. We would make it about 6 cards deep before we die. In reality, this card is a strong option but I have not tested its efficacy in this build, so I cannot comment on its strengths or weaknesses.

Thoughtseize / Inquisition of Kozilek , Duress

Single card removal is not effective in this deck. A 1 for 1 removal spell for a card in one specific player's hand is not efficient enough.

Seething Song / Pyretic Ritual / Desperate Ritual

This is a weird choice. They definitely aren't bad choices, but they just feel awkward and in general not worth the slots.

FAQ

WHY AREN'T YOU RUNNING CARD X, Y, OR Z???!??

I probably just forgot to add it. This is a fairly new deck and could use some tuning for specific metas.

Why not Xantcha, Sleeper Agent ?

I am not a fan of giving other players an infinite mana outlet.

Thanks for looking at this abomination of a deck. I hope you enjoyed it.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.55
Tokens	Copy Clone, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B