Nethroi Hulk Druid (cEDH)

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Competitive Dredge Reanimator Toolbox

Slicor01

Creature (30)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1x Oakhame Adversary
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Walking Ballista

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Wake the Dead
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cabal Therapy
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sylvan Tutor

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Runic Armasaur

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Compost

Instant (4)

• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Path to Exile

Artifact (3)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

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First things first, I'd like to thank TNTmage7 and petr23g4 for helping with the deckbuilding process. This is my first homebrew cEDH deck and their input was greatly appreciated. Petr23g4 helped refine the deck after I'd already put out a basis and the original deck plan was created by myself and TNTMage7.

Another shoutout goes to ShaperSavant, it's their Opus Thief decklist that I'm taking the general idea for the cEDH primer for, so that's a huge help.

This deck focuses on two combo lines, with a backup third line in case our first two get shut down. It's an adaptive combo deck that uses powerful enablers such as Hermit Druid and Protean Hulk to be able to quickly win the game, while also having some stax pieces to push the opponents farther away from their wins.

Since our deck runs a lot of creatures, we're able to consistently use creature-based stax pieces that hurt different things our opponents can do. Something like an Aven Mindcensor or a Linvala, Keeper of Silence can shut opponents out of the game very quickly and easily.

The commander, of course, is Nethroi, Apex of Death. Nethroi is not necessarily the greatest commander, seeing as he costs 7 mana to mutate. However, he's a great backup plan because he can pull basically all of the combo pieces needed out of the graveyard if certain stuff gets shut down.

The Game Plan

Generally, what you want to do in a game goes as follows:

• Ramp using our elf package and the few mana rocks

• Tutor Protean Hulk into the graveyard

• Use Necromancy, Apprentice Necromancer, or Wake the Dead to reanimate hulk and sacrifice it, tutoring the Hulk line for the win.

• If that fails, tutor Hermit Druid and activate to put the druid line into the graveyard. Make sure you have disruption for opponents' grave hate if you try this.

• Set up stax pieces if all else fails and try to wait for the final backup combo.

The Combos

Combo Line #1: The Protean Hulk Line

Tutor Protean Hulk into the graveyard. Then, using Necromancy, Apprentice Necromancer, or Wake the Dead to recur and then sac the Hulk, fetch up Karmic Guide and Viscera Seer/Carrion Feeder. The Karmic Guide ETB trigger brings back Protean Hulk, which you then sacrifice to tutor for Saffi Eriksdotter, Blood Artist, and another value creature, usually Grand Abolisher. This allows you to loop sacrifices of Karmic Guide, activating Saffi Eriksdotter every time Karmic Guide is sacrificed, which then allows you to recur Saffi. Each time, Blood Artist will trigger, which ends up killing your opponents.

• Combo Line #2: The Hermit Druid Line

Quick Disclaimer: This line is VERY volatile. If someone disrupts the plan after the Hermit Druid has already triggered, you will likely deck yourself. Only play it if you've got the necessary protection for the combo.

This line involves activating Hermit Druid's ability and milling the entire deck into your graveyard. After this, the plan is activating the flashback ability of Dread Return, sacrificing the druid and 2 mana dorks you're likely to have out. Dread Return should target Reveillark. Then, cast Cabal Therapy, also for its flashback cost, sacrificing Reveillark which recurs Karmic Guide and Viscera Seer/Carrion Feeder. The Karmic Guide trigger brings back Reveillark. You then sacrifice the Karmic Guide and Reveillark, the latter recurring Karmic Guide and Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat. Then you can infinitely sacrifice and bring back Karmic Guide and Reveillark, dealing infinite damage to your opponents.

• Combo "Line" #3: The Heliod, Sun-Crowned Combo

This combo is our last resort, backup combo if our first two combos get destroyed. It's tough to tutor because it can't be fetched with Hulk or recursion spells. It involves Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista. Heliod gives Walking Ballista lifelink, and it gains a counter whenever it deals damage, making it deal infinite damage with lifelink just by removing counters from Walking Ballista.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	24 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.91
Tokens	Companion Zone, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	Cedh