The Bitter Taste of Sweet Decay (Commander / EDH MTG Deck)

The Bitter Taste of Sweet Decay

Commander / EDH Battlecruiser Counters Modular Sacrifice UBR (Grixis)

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Land (32)

Sac-Engine (8)

Burn (4)

Lifegain (2)

Infect (1)

1x Inkmoth Nexus

Counter-Manipulation (16)

Draw (11)

Tutor (8)

Reanimation (3)

Affinity (1)

1x Cranial Plating

Commander (1)

Ramp (12)

Board-Control (10)

Utility (6)

Maybeboard

Grixis sacrifice deck, piloted by our blood soaked queen, Marchesa!

She sits on a throne soaked in the gore and bones of enemies and friends alike. The servants who surround her are the remnants of the undead who have perished in the wars fought for her glory and machinations conjured by the insane.

To play the deck you should aim to put counters on your dudes for protection and extra damage. With a few key pieces on the board your creatures will quickly start growing in size and become formidable titans.

I've found this deck is brutal against the standard battle-cruiser type decks but not so effective against combo deck with lots of counter spells that could remove key pieces of the arsenal, assuming they can spot the threat of say Goblin Bombardment

This deck takes advantage of Modular and similar creatures which will essentially never leave the field, or at least not for long. The deck is designed to maximise synergy of Marchesa's reanimation and minimise infinite combo's and unfair plays (while still trying to win).

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Sept. 27, 2024

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Recently updated to the current state of the deck, the mana base was pilfered for another deck, trying out the zendikar double faced lands to mana fix. Added a few new tools from recent sets.

Added Voldaren Thrillseeker, Uncivil Unrest, Thran Vigil, Scorn-Blade Berserker, Marionette Apprentice and Ulamog, the Defiler

Removing Summary Dismissal, Crucible of Worlds, Mystical Tutor, Vandalblast, Mana Crypt (banned alas) and Weatherlight

June 22, 2021

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Average CMC — June 2, 2018

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Feb. 16, 2017

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Date added	10 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	Emblem Dack Fayden, Morph 2/2 C, Servo 1/1 C, Treasure, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	interesting ideas, Commander, commander decks of interest, Commander Decks to Build, Decks I like, inspirations, EDH Favs, CMD, Grixis, Mind Seize
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