The Scarab God - Tribal/Reanimator

Commander / EDH Casual Control Mill Reanimator Tribal UB (Dimir)

Rakdorzhov

Creature (32)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Captain
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Graveborn Muse
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Lich Lord of Unx
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Plague Belcher
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Risen Executioner
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vengeful Dead
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Zombie Master
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (37)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 10x Island
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Propaganda

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Dark Salvation
• 1x From Under the Floorboards
• 1x Ruinous Path
• 1x Walk the Plank

Commander (1)

Instant (11)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Daze
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Grasp of Darkness
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Pact of Negation

Artifact (5)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Obelisk of Urd

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope

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Here's a my take on The Scarab God as a commander.

This deck focuses on two main strategies, offered by our Commander : zombie tribal and mill.

1) Zombie Tribal : that's the easiest part. You just have to spawn a lot zombie, especially tokens, and then drain life from your opponent with The Scarab God. Zombies alone are quite weak, but with cards like Death Baron they can become really huge. As this strategy is quite weak against board-wipes (getting a lot of zombies takes time), I included "Massacre Threat" cards like Blood Artist, so that your opponent will suffer from killing your zombies.

2) Mill/Reanimator : that's a bit more difficult, as it relies on our commander. Here's the plan: fill your graveyard with cards like Entomb, then reanimate fatties like Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur with the second ability of The Scarab God. I think this is the weakest part of my deck, so any advice to make it stronger is welcome!

There's also a bunch of counterspells (like Pact of Negation) and removals (like Go for the Throat).

Thanks for reading, and any advice is welcome!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.83
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Wizard 1/1 UB