The Reaper's Persistence

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Combo Five Color Infinite Combo Theme/Gimmick

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Land (32)

• 1x Aether Hub
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crosis's Catacombs
• 1x Crystal Quarry
• 1x Darigaaz's Caldera
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 3x Forest
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 1x Island
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Painted Bluffs
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Riftstone Portal
• 1x Rith's Grove
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Shimmering Grotto
• 1x Survivors' Encampment
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Treva's Ruins
• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Tower

Sacrifice (8)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Martyr's Cause
• 1x Pious Evangel  ^Flip
• 1x Thermopod
• 1x Thoughtpicker Witch
• 1x Viscera Seer

Infinite-enablers (6)

• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Juniper Order Ranger
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Vizier of Remedies

Scarecrow (5)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Conspiracy
• 1x Rattleblaze Scarecrow
• 1x Scuttlemutt
• 1x Wingrattle Scarecrow

Mill (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Selhoff Occultist
• 1x Thoughtpicker Witch

Ramp-fix (23)

• 1x Aether Hub
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crystal Quarry
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 1x Joiner Adept
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Painted Bluffs
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Riftstone Portal
• 1x Scuttlemutt
• 1x Shimmering Grotto
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Survivors' Encampment
• 1x Tempt with Discovery

Pings (11)

• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Hissing Iguanar
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Pious Evangel  ^Flip
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Rage Thrower
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Tokens (7)

• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Gutter Grime
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper
• 1x Sifter of Skulls

Card-draw (4)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Soul of the Harvest

Combat (2)

• 1x In the Web of War
• 1x Martyr's Cause

Commander (1)

Persist (14)

• 1x Gravelgill Axeshark
• 1x Grazing Kelpie
• 1x Heartmender
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Rattleblaze Scarecrow
• 1x Rendclaw Trow
• 1x Restless Apparition
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Safehold Elite
• 1x Scuzzback Marauders
• 1x Trapjaw Kelpie
• 1x Wingrattle Scarecrow
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Lifegain (9)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Healer of the Pride
• 1x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Pious Evangel  ^Flip
• 1x Proper Burial
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Removal (7)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grazing Kelpie
• 1x Gruul Ragebeast
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Infinite-mana (6)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Thermopod

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So I was looking into pauper and I noticed that Ivy Lane Denizen and Safehold Elite create an infinite combo. With this idea I ended up building the following pauper deck.

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Pauper Jund Persist ($15 Jank Combo)

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This got me thinking as to what else I could do with this idea, abusing ETB triggers and Commander became the obvious choice.I wasn't sure what colors to do but I for sure wanted WBG or WRG. I began to look for commanders that would fit with the deck and if I couldn't find one just pick one for the colors. Eventually I ended up looking at 5 color commanders which included Reaper King and that reminded me of the Persist scarecrows Rattleblaze Scarecrow and Wingrattle Scarecrow. I had a commander and a game plan all that was left was the deck.

The Combo Show

The basic combo the deck tries to go for is one of the cards under #Infinite-enablers paired with a #Persist creature and a #Sacrifice outlet. For example Ashnod's Altar + Juniper Order Ranger + Safehold Elite . Whenever Ashnod's Altar sacrifices Safehold Elite, it returns to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter from persist. Then we put a +1/+1 counter on Safehold Elite from Juniper Order Ranger's trigger which cancels out the -1/-1 counter, which creates an infinite sac outlet. Ashnod's Altar gives us infinite colorless mana but with the infinite ETB triggers we can do a lot of things with cards such as Impact Tremors, Aura Shards, Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper, Altar of the Brood, Healer of the Pride, or Soul of the Harvest.

This one combo allows us to do just about anything!

Top Ranked	Achieved #56 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Ashnod's Altar + Juniper Order Ranger + Safehold Elite
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 26 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Energy Reserve, Graveborn 3/1 BR, Ooze X/X G, Rat 1/1 B, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 W