Sea Turtle Riding Skeletons EDH

Commander / EDH Combo Control Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir)

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Creature (30)

• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Captain of the Mists
• 1x Cloud Pirates
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Dinrova Horror
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Geralf's Messenger
• 1x Geralf's Mindcrusher
• 1x Ghost Ship
• 1x Giant Oyster
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Great Whale
• 1x Grim Poppet
• 1x Horseshoe Crab
• 1x Kukemssa Pirates
• 1x Leech Bonder
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Nantuko Husk
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Phyrexian Crusader
• 1x Phyrexian Ghoul
• 1x Pirate Ship
• 1x Stormbound Geist
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Land (36)

• 1x Bad River
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 13x Island
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Crumbling Ashes
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Pemmin's Aura

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Instant (9)

• 1x Banishing Knack
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Retraction Helix
• 1x Undying Evil

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Braingeyser
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Stolen Goods
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Treasure Hunt

Commander (1)

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This is a semi-competitive deck which focuses on manipulating -1/-1 counters on both your and your opponent's creatures. By using Skeleton Ship's unique ability to negate our own Undying trigger's counters, we can abuse sacrifice effects for free, as long as we can keep untapping out ship. Intruder Alarm is perfect for this, since the undying trigger itself will refresh our Commander.

There are other ways to untap and keep the -1/-1's flowing, like Thousand Year Elixer, Pemmin's Aura and Magewright's Stone, whose mana costs can be offset with our Ashnod's Altar in order to create infinite mana for a Profane Command or Braingeyser.

Naturally, we can also just use -1/-1's the way the were originally intended and melt all our opponent's creatures by proliferating. Who cares about indestructibility anyway?

Lastly, the deck takes some interest in bouncing permanents in order to deal with Dimir's awful time with artifacts and enchantments, so Capsize, Banishing Knack, and friends all work nicely with our other combo pieces to tear up opponent's boards, make Lightning Greaves'd generals vulnerable, toss Oblivion Stones to the side, and generally ruin our opponent's day.

The deck was created with flavor in mind as well, so nautical, pirate, and undead themes were used wherever possible while maintaining the play-ability of the deck.

Thanks for reading, and please +1 for creative EDH!

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C
Based on	MagicalHacker - Skeleton Ship MagicalHacker EDH