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It Was A Graveyard Smash!

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Ah, Sidisi. The first time I saw you, I thought it was to good to be true. A commander that fuels your graveyard, rewards you for a creature-heavy build, and is in the best colors in Magic? My dreams had come true!

This deck has evolved from a pile of Sultai rares into the deck you see before you. It is built to be piloted in casual-competitive environments, and is simply a blast to play. With this deck, you want to dump things into the graveyard and squeeze every last drop of value from them. Wait until you've created a butt-ton of zombies, and begin the face-smashing! One quick disclaimer: This deck is not built to combo off super quickly, but it is by no means casual. If you want a more cEDH style type of Sidisi deck, check out some of these wonderful decks:

You might like this deck if you:

  • Like playing around with graveyards
  • Enjoy comboing off from out of nowhere
  • Love to turn creatures sideways
  • Want to see the look on your opponent's face when you flashback that Dread Return that they forgot about targeting Thassa's Oracle FtW

You might not like this deck if you:

  • Want to ramp into big creatures
  • Want to play politics and manipulate your friends
  • Have Kinemortophobia (Fear of the dead)

If this deck interests you, let's dive into the primer!

Why Sidisi instead of the other BUG commanders?

Why does Sidisi pilot this deck, instead of the other on-color commanders? Let's compare her to the other commanders in her beautiful BUG colors:

  • Damia, Sage of Stone: Damia is undeniably strong (I run her as a reanimation target in this very deck), but she lends to a different strategy of discard synergies and control as she continually refills your hand with gas, while Sidisi is more explosive.
  • Tasigur, the Golden Fang: Tasigur is a great choice for a graveyard deck, but his style of play is less creature-heavy and more control-y. I've toyed with putting him in the deck, but ultimately cut him because I only run a couple delve spells, and he didn't make the cut.
  • Yarok, the Desecrated:There simply aren't enough etb triggers for Yarok to be worth it, although he is a very good card.
  • Muldrotha, the Gravetide:This is the card that's the closest to what we want to be doing, with reanimation stapled onto a body, and I'm running him in the 99, but he lends himself to a more grindy strategy, and while our deck can grind, we want to explode in a couple of turns, instead of getting repeated triggers from Spore Frog and co.

How to Pilot this Deck

  • Midgame: Midgame can come as early as turn 4, if you got lucky with your graveyard triggers. By midgame, you should have amassed a zombie army or a couple of reanimation targets, like card:Razeketh, the Foulblooded or Vilis, Broker of Blood, and are smashing your opponent's face in. You should be self-milling with Emry, Lurker of the Loch, Satyr Wayfinder, Altar of Dementia and friends, and reaping all those tasty rewards with Muldrotha, the Gravetide, and the like. The best card to get out now is The Gitrog Monster. Watch the look on your friend's faces when you start drawing 5+ cards a turn!
  • Late Game: By now, you've probably either amassed a board state to be proud of or combo'd off. Good Game!

Combos and Synergies

And now, we get to our combos. These are what make this deck tick. One of the best part of these combos are that we run almost no dead cards. Almost every card in the combos are good draws outside of them.

Combos

  • The Gitrog Monster + Underrealm Lich: Personally my favorite combo, because both of the pieces are great inclusions in the deck anyway. It just happens that they'll combo off together. Remember, this combo won't necessarily win you the game, but it will net you 5+ cards and stock your graveyard with combo pieces and reanimation targets.
  • Tap the zombie token, along with a previous zombie token, and exiling 5 cards from the graveyard to bring back Hogaak to the battlefield.
  • Sac the two zombie tokens, creating two more, and repeat.
  • Some Notes on the Combo: This combo is all in. You won't hit a zombie token with your sacc'ed zombie token, but I've executed this combo dozens of times, and it has never failed. All you need is one new zombie token, and you're golden.

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Budget Restrictions and Inclusions

This deck isn't super expensive, but its also not budget. Here, I'll be going over some budget replacements for all cards over 10 dollars.
  • Shock Lands: These lands are important for the deck's consistency, but you can just slot in some more untapped duals, like Gain Lands or Karoos.
  • Walking Ballista: There is no replacing this card. It's an integral part of the deck, and if you can't pick it up, proxy it.

Thanks for Reading!

Thanks for reading! If you liked the deck, make sure to upvote and comment, and as always, Happy Tapping!
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Legality

This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

7 - 0 Mythic Rares

30 - 0 Rares

13 - 0 Uncommons

6 - 0 Commons

Cards 66
Avg. CMC 2.91
Tokens Manifest 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders Commander decks, ghhgygggujgyhjgyhjyu
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