Obzedat Stax

Commander / EDH Competitive Control Infinite Combo Stax

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Land (37)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 11x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Strip Mine
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (11)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Unmake
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Enchantment (18)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Descent into Madness
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Guilty Conscience
• 1x Hidden Stockpile
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Pariah
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Stony Silence

Artifact (11)

• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Trinisphere
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Sorin Markov

Commander (1)

Creature (11)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x World Queller

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Catastrophe
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Wrath of God

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So my playgroup is going crazy competitive and I feel like I can't compete unless I get something even relatively close to their power level.

I chose Obzedat, Ghost Council because it works so well with Descent into Madness and Smokestack, has a ton of stax support in its colors, infinite combos, and able to control the opponent's stax. This was not made to make friends, this is made to survive through hellish conditions and win knowing that the first infinite combo will fail.

Mentality to play this deck: You know you're not going to get past 7 lands before opponent starts doing dumb things that might instantly win the game or prevent any more interactions. This is why there's nothing above 6 cmc. Patience is key when against other stax players, for whoever acts first, activates last; but haste against combo.

A few neat interactions:Descent into Madness + Obzedat, Ghost Council /Smokestack = Everybody loses everything sooner or later, but you'll keep your commander after all the chaos is over

Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void /Rest in Peace = stop combos and kill a player

Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond = kill everybody and works well with commander even alone

Pariah + Stuffy Doll /Guilty Conscience = kill a player

Chalice of the Void + Trinisphere = Please stop playing the game storm and a goodbye to a majority of removal

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Key combos	Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond Pariah + Stuffy Doll Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void Chalice of the Void + Trinisphere Descent into Madness + Obzedat, Ghost Council
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Servo 1/1 C, Soldier 1/1 W