The Caretaker

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Mono-Black Reanimator Suicide Black

Kholek

Creature (28)

• 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Black Cat
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Blood Pet
• 1x Burglar Rat
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cadaver Imp
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cauldron Familiar
• 1x Coretapper
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Marsh Flitter
• 1x Mindless Automaton
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Skittering Surveyor
• 1x Skyscanner
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x High Market
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 17x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Instant (10)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Death Denied
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Thrilling Encore
• 1x Tragic Slip

Artifact (9)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Jar of Eyeballs
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Magistrate's Scepter
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Phyrexian Altar

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Bankrupt in Blood
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Reprocess
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dark Privilege
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Revel in Riches

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Creature (12)

• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Dutiful Attendant
• 1x Farfinder
• 1x Gleaming Barrier
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Reassembling Skeleton
• 1x Serrated Scorpion
• 1x Sling-Gang Lieutenant
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Sorceress Queen
• 1x Tattered Mummy
• 1x Tenacious Dead

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Blood Funnel
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Pestilence

Artifact (2)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Champion's Helm

Instant (1)

• 1x Imp's Mischief

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Shirei

shirei, shizo's cartaker was a card that I could see lots of value in. With Sacrificing and using death and ETB triggers to my advantage whenever I need them, I’m rarely left without an answer.

Being how potent Shirei is. He can be targeted often as a threat. So, with plenty of ways to bring him out of the grave yard, it’s not to often you end up paying any commander tax.

Shirei himself is not an amazing fighter, there will be very little fighting at all in this line up. With cards like Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat accompanied by a sac outlet, on each turn you can peel away life from all your opponents and gain life in return.

Combo's

There isn’t to many combos or well everything can be a combo. As long as Shirei is on the field a combo is bound to happen.

There is however one infinite combo. Coretapper + Magistrate's Scepter = Infinite turns

{T} Coretapper for a counter and place that on Magistrate's Scepter, sacrifice Coretapper for 2 more counters, {T} Magistrate's Scepter take an extra turn, Rinse and Repeat.

Deck Synergy

The synergy of the deck isn’t fill out the ranks with 1/1 creatures. It’s setting them creatures up for some fun.

Jar of Eyeballs - One of the most interesting cards in the deck and I think one of the most powerful cards is Jar of Eyeballs. Having creatures to kill off and in turn creating counters for this card, before you know it. Your digging in your library for “ANY CARD” to play against your opponents.

Big Game Hunter - Some People like playing big creatures like dinosaurs or dragons, well Big Game Hunter is a quick fix to anything 4 power and over. So much for playing big creatures.

Open the Graves – Since we are killing our creatures why not double up with adding more creatures open the grave is a massive token generator.

What Stops the Undead?

With all this recursion what can stop us from reeking our havoc? Well grave hate… if we can't use our graveyards then we can’t play. Exile HURTS so bad. Rest in Peace oh and Mimic Vat watch out for them show stoppers.

Achievement!

This deck has made some huge achievements: Achieved #30 position overall. Achieved #27 position in Commander / EDH. Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Black

Top Ranked	Achieved #30 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #27 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Black 5 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.79
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Goblin Rogue 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Shirei, Research, Idee Mazzi, Netdecking, black