Tymna & Bruse Tarl Reanimator/Attrition

Commander / EDH Multiplayer

WizardMN

Creature (36)

• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Anger
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Crypt Rats
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Duergar Hedge-Mage
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x False Prophet
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Kor Cartographer
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Shadowborn Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Land (39)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Diamond Valley
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x High Market
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 6x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Artifact (3)

• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Commanders (2)

Instant (12)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Orim's Thunder
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

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This deck is kind of a culmination of a couple previous decks over the past 2 years or so. I originally had a Karador, Ghost Chieftain deck that was built with ramp, attrition, and reanimation in mind. I then build a Xira Arien deck that was mostly cheating creatures into play from the top of my library. Finally, the last inspiration of this deck was Alesha, Who Smiles at Death. That deck was basically just small stuff that I could get back over and over again.

Karador and Xira eventually were merged into a Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder & Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper deck. The main issue with that was that it just played too similarly to Karador and red did not add a lot. And then I ended up finding it just wasn't as fun as it used to be for whatever reason so I dismantled it.

I ended up building Alesha about a year later and I loved the deck to start with. However, as time wore on, and I tuned some of my other decks a little more, I came to the realization that she was my weakest deck. This isn't necessarily a bad thing as some deck has to be the weakest, but it just felt disappointing as I wanted her to be better than she was.

So, I kept the colors and about 75 of the cards and then re-tooled it into this deck. It now plays more like Karador and actually has some power/resiliency behind it since the creatures are not all 2 power.

The idea of the deck is to basically overwhelm the other players in a war of attrition. That is, I play the early game with the idea of just answering their threats at parity or with a bit of advantage on my side. Board wipes clear things out if they get out of control. Things like Bone Shredder and Big Game Hunter get rid of threats while leaving bodies behind. Chainer, Dementia Master allows me to get stuff back as I need it. Sunforger gives me a way to get eh answer I need at the time I need it. I have some grave hate in the deck as well. Essentially, I want my opponents to expend all their resources trying to build board states and once there resources are dwindling, I start building mine up to finish off the game. It plays like a control deck without playing blue. I love blue, but I like being able to take control of a game without it.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	Copy Clone