The Scarab Combo

Commander / EDH*

Dunadain

Instant (21)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Shallow Grave
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (11)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring

Land (28)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 9x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Duress
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

Creature (15)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Blighted Bat
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Cephalid Illusionist
• 1x Civilized Scholar  ^Flip
• 1x Dregscape Zombie
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*
• 1x Mirror-Mad Phantasm
• 1x Narcomoeba
• 1x Necroplasm
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Triskelion

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necromancy

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Phantasmal Image

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The Scarab's combos

This deck is a Necrotic Ooze combo deck, The Scarab God provides a re-animator for necrotic ooze, while also combo-ing with 2 of Necrotic oozes' combo pieces.

combo 1 Show

Triskellion + Phyrexian Dreadnought

A classic, necrotic ooze gets lots of counters from the dreadnought and kills are opponents.

combo 2 Show

Mirror-Mad Phantasm
Necrotic ooze is not named Mirror-Mad Phantasm, therefore activating his ability mills your entire library.This creature can be turned into a zombie with The Scarab God to win without Necrotic Ooze

combo 3 Show

Civilized Scholar   + Necroplasm, Necrotic Ooze can't transform so he keeps untapping, the dredge mills the deck, we play Necroplasm because of Buried Alive. Civilized Scholar   is another Creature whom The Scarab God can entomb ftw.

combo 4 Show

Cephalid Illusionist + Lightning Greaves Mill the deck, no necrotic ooze required

How to win after milling the deck Show

use Narcomoeba/Fatestitcher/Dregscape Zombie to flash back Dread Return, Grimgrin, CorpseBorn + Bloodline Keeper   in the grave will make necrotic ooze have infinite +1/+1 counters, use Triskelion to win. Blighted Bat can grant haste.

The Game Plan

The plan is to assemble one of the combos that make us win, we are not the fastest combo deck out there, so don't be afraid to slow down a little to keep counterspells up. we pack a good chunk of disruption, use it!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	91
Avg. CMC	2.11
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Vampire 2/2 B