Skullbriar Lockdown

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari)

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Stax (25)

• 1x The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Root Maze
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Choke
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Pox
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Trinisphere
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Nether Void
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice

Untap (5)

• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Nature's Will
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation
• 1x Seedborn Muse

Infinite squirrels (2)

• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Squirrel Nest

Draw (1)

• 1x Sylvan Library

Reversal (1)

• 1x Imp's Mischief

Mana Base (27)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Command Tower
• 8x Forest
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Elvish Spirit Guide

Fetch Lands (8)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Hex Tramp (4)

• 1x Rancor
• 1x Ring of Kalonia
• 1x Vivien, Arkbow Ranger
• 1x Titanoth Rex

Tutor (4)

• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor

Commander (1)

Removal (12)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Force of Vigor

+1 Counters (7)

• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Ring of Xathrid
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Forgotten Ancient

Land Ramp (2)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Exploration

Spin top (1)

• 1x Mirri's Guile

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Skullbriar and stax a beautifuly disgusting combination.

In 1v1 Skullbriar only needs 6 swings to be lethal on a normal turn 2 drop. While it won't be true in pod play, hence why there's still some +1 counter ramp in the deck. It can be considered that any +1 counter ramp that doesn't accelerate up to 5 swing lethal damage is moot. So why give Skullbriar extra ramp he doesn't need when you can just lock out the entire rest of the board and let your win-con win at his own pace?

The deck plays pretty straightforward, turn 2 drop Skullbriar (or turn 1 with elvish spirit guide), start swinging, and dropping in all the stax effects and removal as needed. Tutor out Titanoth Rex for that sweet sweet trample counter from cycling it, or grab any specific stax effects to make your friends hate you.

Mycosynth lattice included for true lock out with Karn, Collector Ouphe, or Null Rod. Added alt wincon of infinite squirrels so the deck isn't 100% commander dependent.

Bayou, Imperial seal, Nether void, and tabernacle are not mandatory but they do help the deck a bit. Temple of Malady, Grim Tutor, and any other stax effects such as God-Pharaoh's Statue or +1/+1 counter cards can be added in as replacements which drops the deck down to about $1,000.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 57 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.66
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Squirrel 1/1 G
Based on	Skullbriar counter spam v0 inyte_exe EDH