Waking the Cadaver

Commander / EDH Aggro BG (Golgari) Counters Infect Multiplayer Voltron

Squirrel_of_War

Counters (27)

• 1x Cave of Temptation
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Sudden Spinnerets
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Titanoth Rex
• 1x Unexpected Fangs
• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Duskfang Mentor
• 1x Fully Grown
• 1x Hornbash Mentor
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Invigorating Surge
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Void Beckoner
• 1x Blood Curdle
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Daring Fiendbonder
• 1x Slippery Bogbonder
• 1x Vigor Mortis

Evasion (11)

• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Rancor
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Titanoth Rex
• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Hornbash Mentor
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Blood Curdle
• 1x Cavern Whisperer
• 1x Inner Demon

Protection (6)

• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Daring Fiendbonder
• 1x Slippery Bogbonder

Ramp (4)

• 1x Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Deathsprout

Land (33)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Cave of Temptation
• 1x Command Tower
• 5x Forest
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x High Market
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Draw (10)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker

Sac Outlet (7)

• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Momentous Fall

Commander (1)

Removal (17)

• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Berserk
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Blood Curdle
• 1x Cavern Whisperer
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Extinction Event
• 1x Inner Demon
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

Recursion (10)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Unholy Indenture
• 1x Boneyard Lurker
• 1x Vigor Mortis
• 1x Cauldron of Souls

Finishers (5)

• 1x Berserk
• 1x Scale Up
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

Tutors (3)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Demonic Tutor

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Counters (11)

• 1x Burst of Strength
• 1x Evolutionary Escalation
• 1x Ordeal of Nylea
• 1x Ring of Xathrid
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Unbreakable Bond
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Vigor

Protection (6)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Ring of Xathrid
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Accursed Horde
• 1x Not of this World

Recursion (4)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Unbreakable Bond

Evasion (1)

• 1x Ring of Kalonia

Ramp (11)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Ordeal of Nylea
• 1x Talisman of Resilience
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Golgari Cluestone
• 1x Myth Unbound

Tutors (5)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Birthing Pod

Draw (4)

• 1x Sixth Sense
• 1x Colossal Majesty
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Ad Nauseam

Sac Outlet (1)

• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well

Removal (10)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Ram Through
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures
• 1x Casualties of War

Land (6)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Centaur Garden
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well

T1 (4)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Chancellor of the Tangle

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Deck Strategy

This deck is voltron aggro to the core. The goal is to play Skullbriar on turn one or turn two and start swinging, growing the monstrosity until he is an absolutely overwhelming force. Skullbriar will be a big target so he is going to get killed multiple times. When he dies let him go to the graveyard so he can be reanimated with a cheap spell rather than paying commander tax. If he would be exiled, exiled from the graveyard, put into my hand, or put into my library, if I do not have a sac outlet, I will choose to instead put him back into the command zone. Once Skullbriar gets an indestructible counter or hexproof counter on him he will be very hard for opponents to deal with.

There are several cards that require a sacrifice to get the benefit from such as Momentous Fall and Disciple of Bolas. Usually Skullbriar will draw you enough cards to draw into a cheap reanimation spell and get right back into the action.

Mutate is an awesome way to pump Skullbriar's base P/T while keeping all the counters on him. The abilities that trigger on mutate are also very relevant.

Turn 1 Skullbriar

There are several ways to play Skullbriar on turn one and I will add more as I acquire the cards.

• Lotus Petal
• Elvish Spirit Guide
• Gemstone Caverns coming soon! I'll be adding this to the list as soon as I can get my hands on one.

Custom Category Explanation

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Fallen Adversaries

These are the commanders consumed by the unrelenting brambles of Skullbriar, the Walking Grave!

• Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt

Started tracking in July 2020

Stay tuned for the ever growing list.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #29 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #17 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) 4 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.54
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G
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Based on	The Darkest Soul Squirrel_of_War EDH