Reaper King - Homebrew 5 color

Commander / EDH Artifact Control Scarecrow

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Creature (26)

• 1x Alibou, Ancient Witness
• 1x Brass Herald
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Fang Skulkin
• 1x Farmstead Gleaner
• 1x Fathom Fleet Swordjack
• 1x Field Creeper
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Grim Poppet
• 1x Harvest Hand  ^Flip
• 1x Heap Doll
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hoof Skulkin
• 1x Irregular Cohort
• 1x Jawbone Skulkin
• 1x Lockjaw Snapper
• 1x Lurebound Scarecrow
• 1x One-Eyed Scarecrow
• 1x Pili-Pala
• 1x Scarecrone
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sphinx Summoner
• 1x Tatterkite
• 1x Wingrattle Scarecrow
• 1x Workshop Assistant

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge

Land (39)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frostboil Snarl
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 4x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 4x Plains
• 1x Searstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Shineshadow Snarl
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Vineglimmer Snarl

Instant (12)

• 1x Feedback Bolt
• 1x Gods Willing
• 1x Infuse with Vitality
• 1x Kamahl's Will
• 1x Lens Flare
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Mental Journey
• 1x Negate
• 1x Raise the Draugr
• 1x Semester's End
• 1x Supernatural Stamina
• 1x War Report

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Charmed Pendant
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gem of Becoming
• 1x Isolation Cell
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Prophetic Prism
• 1x Pyre of Heroes
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Vorpal Sword
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Burn at the Stake
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Entreat the Dead
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Reconstruct History
• 1x Teachings of the Archaics
• 1x Thoughtcast

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Maybeboard

Creature (10)

• 1x Bloodline Pretender
• 1x Broodstar
• 1x Ethersworn Sphinx
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Orvar, the All-Form
• 1x Rebbec, Architect of Ascension
• 1x Skemfar Shadowsage
• 1x Steelfin Whale
• 1x Wild-Field Scarecrow

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Abundant Harvest

Artifact (8)

• 1x Birthing Boughs
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Citanul Flute
• 1x Grinning Totem
• 1x Horizon Spellbomb
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Treasure Chest
• 1x Wanderer's Twig

Instant (2)

• 1x Opt
• 1x Welding Sparks

Land (6)

• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Seaside Citadel

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Fear
• 1x Oath of Teferi
• 1x The Bears of Littjara

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5-color budget Commander deck, built around Reaper King.

Tactics

Get Reaper King out as soon as possible and start casting Scarecrows to destroy opponent's permanents. Removing their creatures keeps them from attacking you, and leaves them open for attacks.

The deck is very artifact heavy, including all the Scarecrows. We try to take advantage of this by including spells that care about artifacts. These spells can help protect Reaper King, deal damage to opponents and hopefully can be used as finishers.

Important cards

Bold cardnames have synergy with artifacts.

Damage

• Alibou, Ancient Witness
• Fathom Fleet Swordjack
• Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
• Molten Psyche
• Feedback Bolt

Protection

• Shimmer Myr (Allows to cast Scarecrows at instant speed and destroy permanents)
• Unwinding Clock
• Lens Flare
• Negate
• Memory Lapse
• Kamahl’s Will
• Gods Willing
• Isolation Cell
• War Report (This triggers twice for Artifact Creatures)

Getting Scarecrows in your hand

• Brass Herald
• Sphinx Summoner
• Workshop Assistant
• Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
• Reconstruct History
• Raise the Draugr

Casting Scarecrows to trigger Reaper King

Most scarecrows are fairly cheap to cast. But a great way to trigger our commander is by using spells that make the scarecrows return to the battlefield over and over again. Since Shapeshifters are all creature types, they will also trigger Reaper King when they come into play.

• Foundry Inspector
• Irregular Cohort
• Scarecrone
• Wingrattle Scarecrow
• Entreat the Dead
• Birthing Boughs Because Maskwood Nexus was sold out.
• Pyre of Heroes
• Infuse with Vitality
• Semester's End
• Supernatural Stamina

Game enders

• Alibou, Ancient Witness Lots of damage
• Fathom Fleet Swordjack Lots of damage
• Burn at the Stake Lots of damage
• Hellkite Tyrant Alternate wincon
• Vorpal Sword Alternate wincon

Notes and rules information on Reaper King

NOTES AND RULES INFORMATION FOR REAPER KING:
If an effect reduces the cost to cast a spell by an amount of generic mana, it applies to a monocolored hybrid spell only if you’ve chosen a method of paying for it that includes generic mana.
(2008-05-01)
A card with a monocolored hybrid mana symbol in its mana cost is each of the colors that appears in its mana cost, regardless of what mana was spent to cast it. Thus, Reaper King is all colors even if you spend ten colorless mana to cast it.
(2008-05-01)
A card with monocolored hybrid mana symbols in its mana cost has a converted mana cost equal to the highest possible cost it could be cast for. Its converted mana cost never changes. Thus, Reaper King has a converted mana cost of 10, even if you spend {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} to cast it.
(2008-05-01)
If a cost includes more than one monocolored hybrid mana symbol, you can choose a different way to pay for each symbol. For example, you can pay for Reaper King by spending one mana of each color, {2} and one mana each of four different colors, {4} and one mana each of three different colors, {6} and one mana each of two different colors, {8} and one mana of any color, or {10}.
(2008-05-01)

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 34 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Copy Clone, Shapeshifter 2/2 C, Shapeshifter 2/2 U
Folders	Complete