mharkness's _(EDH) Mind Flayer the Shadow

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_(EDH) Mind Flayer the Shadow

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$1,732.59

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Main Deck - 100 cards, 79 distinct

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	Name	Ed.	Price	Type	Cost	P	T
	Name	Rarity	Price	Type	Color	P	T
Commander
1	Mind Flayer, the Shadow		$15.75	Legendary Enchantment Creature - Horror		9	9
Creature (21)
1	Brainstealer Dragon		$6.97	Creature - Dragon Horror		6	6
1	Burnished Hart		$0.08	Artifact Creature - Elk		2	2
1	Coffin Queen		$0.77	Creature - Zombie Wizard		1	1
1	Crypt Ghast		$8.26	Creature - Spirit		2	2
1	Dauthi Voidwalker		$3.87	Creature - Dauthi Rogue		3	2
1	Dread Presence		$2.99	Creature - Nightmare		3	3
1	Elder Brain		$0.66	Creature - Horror		6	6
1	Geth, Lord of the Vault		$0.32	Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Zombie		5	5
1	Gisa, Glorious Resurrector		$1.61	Legendary Creature - Human Wizard		4	4
1	Leaden Myr		$0.69	Artifact Creature - Myr		1	1
1	Magus of the Coffers		$4.88	Creature - Human Wizard		4	4
1	Nirkana Revenant		$5.35	Creature - Vampire Shade		4	4
1	Rakshasa Debaser		$0.26	Creature - Cat Demon		6	6
1	Reassembling Skeleton		$0.15	Creature - Skeleton Warrior		1	1
1	Sheoldred, Whispering One		$16.15	Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor		6	6
1	Skullport Merchant		$0.08	Creature - Dwarf Citizen		1	4
1	Solemn Simulacrum		$0.32	Artifact Creature - Golem		2	2
1	Syr Konrad, the Grim		$0.42	Legendary Creature - Human Knight		5	4
1	Thieving Amalgam		$0.53	Creature - Ape Snake		6	7
1	Viscera Seer		$0.84	Creature - Vampire Wizard		1	1
1	Zulaport Cutthroat		$1.21	Creature - Human Rogue Ally		1	1
Instant (7)
1	Deadly Dispute		$0.42	Instant
1	Hellish Rebuke		$4.09	Instant
1	Hero's Downfall		$0.09	Instant
1	Infernal Grasp		$0.34	Instant
1	Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire		$8.31	Instant // Land
1	Murder		$0.07	Instant
1	Stinging Study		$5.83	Instant
Sorcery (11)
1	Ancient Craving		$0.47	Sorcery
1	Damnation		$10.24	Sorcery
1	Drain Life		$0.25	Sorcery
1	Exsanguinate		$0.32	Sorcery
1	In Garruk's Wake		$1.48	Sorcery
1	Read the Bones		$0.15	Sorcery
1	Reanimate		$5.49	Sorcery
1	Rise of the Dark Realms		$3.50	Sorcery
1	Syphon Mind		$0.59	Sorcery
1	Torment of Hailfire		$22.34	Sorcery
1	Victimize		$0.32	Sorcery
Artifact (15)
1	Altar of Dementia		$13.17	Artifact
1	Altar of the Brood		$7.55	Artifact
1	Arcane Signet		$0.54	Artifact
1	Ashnod's Altar		$7.76	Artifact
1	Decanter of Endless Water		$1.87	Artifact
1	Fellwar Stone		$0.73	Artifact
1	Lightning Greaves		$4.10	Artifact - Equipment
1	Mind Stone		$0.21	Artifact
1	Mindcrank		$11.62	Artifact
1	Nyx Lotus		$5.14	Legendary Artifact
1	Sol Ring		$1.18	Artifact
1	Swiftfoot Boots		$2.37	Artifact - Equipment
1	Thought Vessel		$1.19	Artifact
1	Vorpal Sword		$1.34	Artifact - Equipment
1	Wayfarer's Bauble		$0.38	Artifact
Enchantment (8)
1	Animate Dead		$7.27	Enchantment - Aura
1	Black Market		$3.34	Enchantment
1	Cunning Rhetoric		$1.51	Enchantment
1	Grave Betrayal		$3.99	Enchantment
1	Phyrexian Arena		$2.34	Enchantment
1	Protection Racket		$2.89	Enchantment
1	Revel in Riches		$14.08	Enchantment
1	The Eldest Reborn		$0.30	Enchantment - Saga
Land (37)
1	Cabal Coffers		$18.30	Land
1	Cabal Stronghold		$11.60	Land
1	Crypt of Agadeem		$1.23	Land
1	Deserted Temple		$1.24	Land
1	Exotic Orchard		$0.15	Land
1	Myriad Landscape		$0.15	Land
1	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx		$37.95	Legendary Land
1	Phyrexian Tower		$19.68	Legendary Land
1	Reliquary Tower		$2.65	Land
1	Rogue's Passage		$0.42	Land
22	Swamp		$0.07	Basic Land - Swamp
1	Thespian's Stage		$0.68	Land
1	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth		$45.93	Legendary Land
1	Urza's Saga		$32.14	Enchantment Land - Urza’s Saga
1	Vesuva		$1.83	Land
1	Witch's Clinic		$6.88	Land

Sideboard - 201 cards, 201 distinct

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	Name	Ed.	Price	Type	Cost	P	T
	Name	Rarity	Price	Type	Color	P	T
Creature (49)
1	Accursed Witch // Infectious Curse		$0.22	Creature - Human Shaman // Enchantment - Aura Curse		4	2
1	Author of Shadows		$0.33	Creature - Shade Warlock		3	3
1	Chainer, Dementia Master		$0.18	Legendary Creature - Human Minion		3	3
1	Cogwork Archivist		$0.05	Artifact Creature - Construct		4	5
1	Dark Confidant		$3.31	Creature - Human Wizard		2	1
1	Demon of Dark Schemes		$1.80	Creature - Demon		5	5
1	Demon's Disciple		$0.21	Creature - Human Cleric		3	1
1	Draugr Necromancer		$0.17	Snow Creature - Zombie Cleric		4	4
1	Erebos, God of the Dead		$9.69	Legendary Enchantment Creature - God		5	7
1	Fiend of the Shadows		$0.18	Creature - Vampire Wizard		3	3
1	Fleshbag Marauder		$0.18	Creature - Zombie Warrior		3	1
1	Gonti, Lord of Luxury		$0.19	Legendary Creature - Aetherborn Rogue		2	3
1	Gravelighter		$0.18	Creature - Spirit		2	2
1	Gray Merchant of Asphodel		$0.83	Creature - Zombie		2	4
1	Herald of Leshrac		$5.84	Creature - Avatar		2	4
1	Intellect Devourer		$0.21	Creature - Horror		2	4
1	It That Betrays		$11.92	Creature - Eldrazi		11	11
1	Junji, the Midnight Sky		$0.74	Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit		5	5
1	Junktroller		$0.04	Artifact Creature - Golem		0	6
1	K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth		$1.08	Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Horror Minion		2	2
1	Keen Duelist		$2.69	Creature - Human Wizard		2	2
1	Kheru Mind-Eater		$0.76	Creature - Vampire		1	3
1	Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer		$4.40	Legendary Creature - Human Cleric // Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana		2	3
1	Lorcan, Warlock Collector		$0.45	Legendary Creature - Devil		6	6
1	Lord of the Void		$8.13	Creature - Demon		7	7
1	Massacre Girl		$0.32	Legendary Creature - Human Assassin		4	4
1	Massacre Wurm		$1.56	Creature - Phyrexian Wurm		6	5
1	Merciless Executioner		$0.53	Creature - Orc Warrior		3	1
1	Morbid Opportunist		$0.22	Creature - Human Rogue		1	3
1	Murderous Rider // Swift End		$0.46	Creature - Zombie Knight // Instant - Adventure	//	2	3
1	Myojin of Grim Betrayal		$0.20	Legendary Creature - Spirit		5	2
1	Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion		$1.12	Legendary Creature - Rat Ninja		3	2
1	Nezumi Graverobber // Nighteyes the Desecrator		$0.36	Creature - Rat Rogue // Legendary Creature - Rat Wizard		2	1
1	Nightmare Shepherd		$0.43	Enchantment Creature - Demon		4	4
1	Noxious Gearhulk		$0.39	Artifact Creature - Construct		5	4
1	Oblivion Sower		$0.40	Creature - Eldrazi		5	8
1	Opposition Agent		$18.62	Creature - Human Rogue		3	2
1	Phage the Untouchable		$10.61	Legendary Creature - Avatar Minion		4	4
1	Phyrexian Obliterator		$6.87	Creature - Phyrexian Horror		5	5
1	Plaguecrafter		$0.35	Creature - Human Shaman		3	2
1	Puppeteer Clique		$0.58	Creature - Faerie Wizard		3	2
1	Rankle, Master of Pranks		$2.04	Legendary Creature - Faerie Rogue		3	3
1	Ravenous Chupacabra		$0.31	Creature - Beast Horror		2	2
1	Reito Sentinel		$0.06	Artifact Creature - Construct		3	3
1	Sepulchral Primordial		$0.41	Creature - Avatar		5	4
1	Sidisi, Undead Vizier		$6.58	Legendary Creature - Zombie Naga		4	6
1	Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern		$16.20	Legendary Creature - God // Legendary Artifact	//
1	Vilis, Broker of Blood		$7.02	Legendary Creature - Demon		8	8
1	Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands		$7.65	Creature - Avatar // Sorcery	//
Instant (27)
1	Baleful Mastery		$1.83	Instant
1	Cabal Ritual		$12.44	Instant
1	Cast Down		$0.27	Instant
1	Culling the Weak		$10.93	Instant
1	Dark Ritual		$4.07	Instant
1	Deadly Rollick		$18.79	Instant
1	Defile		$0.97	Instant
1	Dismember		$5.05	Instant
1	Doom Blade		$0.14	Instant
1	Entomb		$14.20	Instant
1	Fated Return		$0.19	Instant
1	Force of Despair		$3.34	Instant
1	Go for the Throat		$0.36	Instant
1	Grim Return		$0.41	Instant
1	Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit		$0.90	Instant // Land
1	Heartless Act		$0.17	Instant
1	Imp's Mischief		$3.09	Instant
1	Snuff Out		$4.21	Instant
1	Soul Shatter		$2.95	Instant
1	Sudden Spoiling		$4.62	Instant
1	Tainted Strike		$1.57	Instant
1	Thrilling Encore		$0.62	Instant
1	Tragic Slip		$0.19	Instant
1	Vampiric Tutor		$62.74	Instant
1	Village Rites		$0.25	Instant
1	Vona's Hunger		$4.69	Instant
1	Withering Boon		$8.64	Instant
Sorcery (42)
1	Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt		$19.76	Sorcery // Land
1	Ashen Powder		$1.04	Sorcery
1	Beacon of Unrest		$0.57	Sorcery
1	Beseech the Queen		$5.68	Sorcery
1	Black Sun's Zenith		$0.28	Sorcery
1	Blood on the Snow		$0.11	Snow Sorcery
1	Bubbling Muck		$1.96	Sorcery
1	Command the Dreadhorde		$0.40	Sorcery
1	Cut of the Profits		$0.11	Sorcery
1	Danse Macabre		$2.06	Sorcery
1	Dark Deal		$4.23	Sorcery
1	Dead of Winter		$0.39	Sorcery
1	Deadly Tempest		$0.75	Sorcery
1	Decree of Pain		$0.17	Sorcery
1	Demonic Tutor		$48.17	Sorcery
1	Diabolic Tutor		$1.16	Sorcery
1	Dredge the Mire		$0.25	Sorcery
1	Extinguish All Hope		$0.42	Sorcery
1	Extract the Truth		$0.07	Sorcery
1	Feed the Swarm		$0.28	Sorcery
1	Ghastly Conscription		$0.21	Sorcery
1	Ghouls' Night Out		$0.48	Sorcery
1	Grim Tutor		$22.28	Sorcery
1	Illicit Shipment		$0.09	Sorcery
1	Imperial Seal		$134.47	Sorcery
1	Innocent Blood		$0.40	Sorcery
1	Invoke Despair		$0.27	Sorcery
1	Life's Finale		$1.29	Sorcery
1	Mutilate		$0.75	Sorcery
1	Necromantic Selection		$0.17	Sorcery
1	Night's Whisper		$0.30	Sorcery
1	Praetor's Grasp		$8.60	Sorcery
1	Predators' Hour		$0.26	Sorcery
1	Profane Tutor		$2.93	Sorcery
1	Psychotic Episode		$0.15	Sorcery
1	Rise from the Grave		$0.06	Sorcery
1	Sign in Blood		$0.34	Sorcery
1	Toxic Deluge		$6.65	Sorcery
1	Visions of Dread		$0.19	Sorcery
1	Worst Fears		$0.42	Sorcery
1	Xander's Pact		$0.15	Sorcery
1	Yawgmoth's Vile Offering		$0.43	Legendary Sorcery
Artifact (46)
1	Aetherflux Reservoir		$17.03	Artifact
1	Basalt Monolith		$4.57	Artifact
1	Bolas's Citadel		$6.88	Legendary Artifact
1	Bontu's Monument		$4.54	Legendary Artifact
1	Caged Sun		$3.91	Artifact
1	Chaos Wand		$0.24	Artifact
1	Charcoal Diamond		$0.27	Artifact
1	Chromatic Lantern		$2.43	Artifact
1	Chromatic Orrery		$34.25	Legendary Artifact
1	Chrome Mox		$106.50	Artifact
1	Coldsteel Heart		$1.07	Snow Artifact
1	Commander's Sphere		$0.23	Artifact
1	Cursed Totem		$0.84	Artifact
1	Dreamstone Hedron		$0.16	Artifact
1	Everflowing Chalice		$0.41	Artifact
1	Expedition Map		$0.92	Artifact
1	Extraplanar Lens		$8.63	Artifact
1	Eye of Vecna		$0.35	Legendary Artifact
1	Gauntlet of Power		$2.63	Artifact
1	Gilded Lotus		$0.95	Artifact
1	Hand of Vecna		$0.22	Legendary Artifact - Equipment
1	Hedron Archive		$0.24	Artifact
1	Helm of the Host		$7.71	Legendary Artifact - Equipment
1	Jet Medallion		$9.31	Artifact
1	Jeweled Lotus		$34.79	Artifact
1	Liquimetal Torque		$1.82	Artifact
1	Lithoform Engine		$5.26	Legendary Artifact
1	Mana Crypt		$36.15	Artifact
1	Mana Vault		$66.12	Artifact
1	Manascape Refractor		$2.25	Artifact
1	Mask of Griselbrand		$0.38	Legendary Artifact - Equipment
1	Mimic Vat		$0.43	Artifact
1	Nautiloid Ship		$9.39	Artifact - Vehicle		5	5
1	Prismatic Lens		$0.31	Artifact
1	Reito Lantern		$0.24	Artifact
1	Sensei's Divining Top		$32.13	Artifact
1	Strionic Resonator		$5.24	Artifact
1	Sword of the Animist		$5.30	Legendary Artifact - Equipment
1	Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca		$1.55	Artifact // Land
1	The Book of Vile Darkness		$0.51	Legendary Artifact
1	The Cauldron of Eternity		$1.41	Legendary Artifact
1	Thran Dynamo		$1.87	Artifact
1	Vessel of Endless Rest		$0.13	Artifact
1	Whip of Erebos		$5.61	Legendary Enchantment Artifact
1	Wishclaw Talisman		$3.45	Artifact
1	Worn Powerstone		$0.24	Artifact
Enchantment (14)
1	Black Market Connections		$11.32	Enchantment
1	Dance of the Dead		$13.35	Enchantment - Aura
1	Dead Man's Chest		$0.32	Enchantment - Aura
1	Greed		$0.42	Enchantment
1	Heartless Summoning		$0.43	Enchantment
1	Hedonist's Trove		$0.17	Enchantment
1	Kaya's Ghostform		$0.80	Enchantment - Aura
1	Minion's Return		$0.22	Enchantment - Aura
1	Necromancy		$10.11	Enchantment
1	Necropotence		$18.24	Enchantment
1	Oubliette		$1.42	Enchantment
1	Phyrexian Reclamation		$3.08	Enchantment
1	The Meathook Massacre		$19.52	Legendary Enchantment
1	Underworld Connections		$0.37	Enchantment - Aura
Planeswalker (6)
1	Liliana of the Dark Realms		$4.38	Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
1	Liliana Vess		$5.31	Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
1	Liliana, Dreadhorde General		$6.06	Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
1	Liliana, Waker of the Dead		$1.76	Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
1	Ob Nixilis Reignited		$0.50	Legendary Planeswalker - Nixilis
1	Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools		$7.66	Legendary Planeswalker - Szat
Land (17)
1	Ancient Tomb		$87.27	Land
1	Barren Moor		$0.25	Land
1	Bojuka Bog		$0.78	Land
1	Castle Locthwain		$2.89	Land
1	Command Beacon		$4.92	Land
1	Command Tower		$0.23	Land
1	Geier Reach Sanitarium		$0.60	Legendary Land
1	Ghost Quarter		$0.85	Land
1	Havengul Laboratory // Havengul Mystery		$0.36	Legendary Land // Legendary Land
1	Hive of the Eye Tyrant		$0.32	Land
1	Lake of the Dead		$83.27	Land
1	Mortuary Mire		$0.25	Land
1	Strip Mine		$15.73	Land
1	Takenuma, Abandoned Mire		$7.55	Legendary Land
1	Temple of the False God		$0.59	Land
1	War Room		$4.52	Land
1	Witch's Cottage		$0.75	Land - Swamp

Notes

Multiple play-throughs on Moxfield. It seems like every draw is a card I can use. Removing the 3 Vecna cards would cost flavor but get closer to 100. May need to play against real opponents to know what to change.

Possible additions: Massacre Girl, Meathook, Damn, etc.

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