Type: Deck Idea
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comCommander
Approx. Value:
$179.16
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Avg. CMC 2.95
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Innistrad Remastered
releases on January 24, 2025!

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Innistrad Remastered
releases on January 24, 2025!

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Main Deck - 100 cards, 74 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Commander
1 Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
$0.13 Legendary Creature - Spirit
Creature (39)
1 Apprentice Necromancer
$1.00 Creature - Zombie Wizard
1 Black Cat
$0.13 Creature - Zombie Cat
1 Blood Artist
$2.43 Creature - Vampire
1 Blood Pet
$0.31 Creature - Thrull
1 Bogbrew Witch
$0.10 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Bone Shredder
$0.26 Creature - Phyrexian Minion
1 Butcher of Malakir
$0.57 Creature - Vampire Warrior
1 Carrion Feeder
$1.69 Creature - Zombie
1 Disciple of Phenax
$0.09 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Dusk Legion Zealot
$0.16 Creature - Vampire Soldier
1 Eater of Hope
$0.19 Creature - Demon
1 Festering Newt
$0.02 Creature - Salamander
1 Grim Haruspex
$3.16 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Hell's Caretaker
$2.64 Creature - Horror
1 Hope of Ghirapur
$1.11 Legendary Artifact Creature - Thopter
1 Junk Diver
$3.79 Artifact Creature - Bird
1 Krav, the Unredeemed
$4.10 Legendary Creature - Demon
1 Leaden Myr
$0.58 Artifact Creature - Myr
1 Midnight Reaper
$0.29 Creature - Zombie Knight
1 Noosegraf Mob
$0.43 Creature - Zombie
1 Ornithopter of Paradise
$0.69 Artifact Creature - Thopter
1 Pawn of Ulamog
$2.45 Creature - Vampire Shaman
1 Pilfering Imp
$0.07 Creature - Imp
1 Pilgrim's Eye
$0.06 Artifact Creature - Thopter
1 Pitiless Plunderer
$2.13 Creature - Human Pirate
1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
$1.40 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Royal Assassin
$0.63 Creature - Human Assassin
1 Ruin Rat
$0.13 Creature - Rat
1 Sifter of Skulls
$0.38 Creature - Eldrazi
1 Skirsdag High Priest
$0.26 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Skyscanner
$0.10 Artifact Creature - Thopter
1 Smothering Abomination
$0.56 Creature - Eldrazi
1 Soldevi Adnate
$0.62 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.09 Creature - Human Assassin
1 Viscera Seer
$0.74 Creature - Vampire Wizard
1 Walking Atlas
$0.91 Artifact Creature - Construct
1 Weaponcraft Enthusiast
$0.09 Creature - Aetherborn Artificer
1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
$0.61 Legendary Creature - Aetherborn Vampire
1 Zulaport Cutthroat
$3.86 Creature - Human Rogue Ally
Instant (2)
1 Tragic Slip
$0.22 Instant
1 Village Rites
$0.17 Instant
Sorcery (2)
1 Diabolic Intent
$10.06 Sorcery
1 Victimize
$0.59 Sorcery
Artifact (11)
1 Aetherworks Marvel
$1.14 Legendary Artifact
1 Ashnod's Altar
$6.80 Artifact
1 Bolas's Citadel
$8.78 Legendary Artifact
1 Bontu's Monument
$7.68 Legendary Artifact
1 Bubbling Cauldron
$0.19 Artifact
1 Charcoal Diamond
$0.19 Artifact
1 Desecrated Tomb
$1.84 Artifact
1 Hedron Archive
$0.13 Artifact
1 Sol Ring
$1.63 Artifact
1 Spawning Pit
$2.19 Artifact
1 Trading Post
$0.39 Artifact
Enchantment (9)
1 Bastion of Remembrance
$0.34 Enchantment
1 Blessing of Leeches
$0.55 Enchantment - Aura
1 Dictate of Erebos
$12.42 Enchantment
1 Fallen Ideal
$0.44 Enchantment - Aura
1 Gift of Doom
$5.56 Enchantment - Aura
1 Mind Slash
$0.58 Enchantment
1 Phyrexian Scriptures
$0.94 Enchantment - Saga
1 Revel in Riches
$18.09 Enchantment
1 Vampiric Rites
$0.12 Enchantment
Land (36)
1 Blasted Landscape
$1.85 Land
1 Cabal Stronghold
$10.24 Land
1 Castle Locthwain
$2.86 Land
1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
$1.51 Legendary Land
1 Ifnir Deadlands
$0.27 Land - Desert
1 Memorial to Folly
$0.17 Land
1 Myriad Landscape
$0.17 Land
27 Swamp
$1.44 Basic Land - Swamp
1 Temple of the False God
$0.12 Land
1 War Room
$3.09 Land
Sideboard - 0 cards, 0 distinct
No cards here. :(

Notes
 
NOTE: made the following changes after this analysis
*Cut: Phyrexian Scriptures, Village Rites, Vampiric Rites, Revel in Riches; basic Swamp.
*Added: Invasion of Fiora//Marchesa, Resolute Monarch; Scorn-Blade Berserker; Dockside Chef; Syr Konrad, the Grim; Minas Morgul/Cabal Coffers (proxy stand-in, not the actual $30 card)
*Considering: Ayara, First of Lochthwain; Ritual of Soot

CORE STRATEGY
30 recursive creatures (Pow <2)
(7 w/ ETB triggers)
(4 w/ self-only-death triggers)
(3 w/ broad death triggers [2 include self, 1 not])
(4 self-saccing)
(5 general sac outlets [4 include self, 1 not])

26 Sac Outlets (22 repeatable)
(4 one-offs [2 instants, 1 sorcery, 1 morph])
(6 repeatable instant speed free)
(1 repeatable sorcery speed paid)
(5 self-sacrifice [1 instant+free, 1 free+timing, 1 echo, 1 pay/tap/sorcery, 1 pay/tap])
(3 repeatable instant paid)
(7 once-a-turn [2 tap free instant, 2 upkeep, 2 paid, 1 "Citadel" free mass sac])

BASIC ESSENTIALS
19 Ramp Sources (16 nonland cards)
(3 normal rocks)
(2 land ramp [1 once-a-turn from hand, 1 one-shot from library])
(5 "dorks" [2 basic, 2 sac outlet, 1 recursive self-sac])
(1 "altar")
(1 "life casting from topdeck")
(1 "creature discount")
(4 "death trigger token makers" [3 ally deaths, 1 foe deaths])
(2 "extra mana" lands)

20 Card Draw/Advantage Sources (16 repeatable)
(4 one-shots [1 tutor, 1 spell, 1 cracked rock, 1 cycling land])
(7 once-a-turn [1 monarch, 2 tap w/ cost, 1 tap w/ setup but free spell, 3 activated lands])
(3 recursive ETB creatures [2 draw, 1 basic land fetch])
(3 death/sac triggers)
(2 repeatable paid sac outlets)
(1 top-deck casting [Citadel])

6 Alternative Recursion
(4 creature recursion [2 one-shots (sorcery/land), 2 once-a-turn sac engines])
(2 artifact recursion [1 recursive ETB creature, 1 once-a-turn sac engine])

10 Removal (3 edicts, 1 sweeper, 6 targeted)
(3 one-shots [1 targeted spell, 1 slow non-artifact sweeper, 1 inefficient activated land])
(2 recursive ETB/death [1 smallish, 1 non-black/non-artifact])
(2 once-a-turn [1 edict, 1 targets only tapped])
(3 repeatable [2 death trigger edicts, 1 paid sac-outlet targeted])
(ALL only affect creatures [!?!?!])
(KIND OF LOW, even w/ repeatability, and several are a bit janky...)

6 Other Disruption
(4 Hand Attack [2 chosen @sorcery, 1 random @death, 1 chosen @ETB; all repeatable/recursive])
(1 recursive noncreature casting restriction [Hope of Ghirapur])
(2 graveyard hate [Ruin Rat, also Phyrexian Scriptures)

2 Commander Protection [Blessing of Leeches + Gift of Doom]

8 Life Gain
(4 small repeatable triggers [3 blood artists + Monument])
(1 small repeatable sac outlet [Vampiric Rites])
(1 large repeatable sac outlet [Krav])
(2 large once-a-turn [Cauldron + Trading Post])

ARTIFACT SUBTHEME
18 Artifacts
(7 recursive artifact creatures)
(11 noncreature artifacts [~4 ramp, ~5 engine, 2 haymakers])

2 Treasure Makers [Plunderer + Revel]
2 artifact creature token makers [Weaponcraft Enthusiast + Spawning Pit])
~1 card finding a specific artifact [Bogbrew Witch]

2 Artifact Payoffs
(2 recursion engines [Trading Post + Junk Diver])
(1 artifact-specific sac outlet [Trading Post])
(so.... is that enough payoff to properly call it a subtheme? Or do we just have some good artifacts and a couple cards that specifically work better with artifacts?)

WIN CONS
Aristocrats/Life Drain (7 supporting cards)
(3 "blood artists" [death trigger life drain])
(2 once-a-turn drain [Cauldron + Priest])
(1 "cast a creature" drain [Monument])
(1 "mass sac dome" [Citadel])

Go-Wide Beat-Down (6 supporting, +18-27)
(27/30 recursive creatures have 1 power [can attack])
(18/27 recursive 1 power creatures don't have competing tap abilities [the other 9 do])
(5/18+1/9 recursive 1 power creatures have flying [5 w/o competing tap abilities])
(6 combat token engines [1 once-a-turn, 1 nontoken death trigger, 1 recursive ETB, 1 recursive cast triggers, 1 recursion trigger, 1 charged sac outlet])
(1 one-shot token maker [Bastion])

Go-Tall Beat-Down (7 supporting cards)
(3 "grow" threats [Yahenni, Krav, Carrion Feeder])
(3 flying beaters [2 real, 1 token maker])
(1 tall aura [Fallen Ideal])

Oddballs (2 distinctive cards)
(1 Fallen Ideal "Voltron")
(1 Revel in Riches treasure accumulation)
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