I've been tuning a mono-black re-animator deck commanded by Chainer, Dementia Master that I'd like some help with. I'm not trying to create the end-all-be-all competitive EDH deck, but I would like to optimize my theme.
General Strategy
In general, the strategy is to get some powerful creatures into play and/or the graveyard, along with an option for at-will creature sacrificing to cast+sacrifice+repeat with creatures like Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Kokusho, the Evening Star.
If I start with a graveyard filler like Entomb and a reanimation card I typically use it to put Vilis, Broker of Blood into play to get my card draw engine going. If I can pair that with Necropotence my hand size can get ridiculous QUICK.
Please let me know what you all think of the deck list. Do I have a good ratio of mana ramp, tutoring, sacrifice outlets, card draw, and re-animation? Do you see anything that looks like a truly sub-optimal choice? All suggestions welcome!
Some discard card instead of so many artifact would be better: you discard your opponent's creature in the early game then when you play chainer you renimate them!!
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I've been tuning a mono-black re-animator deck commanded by Chainer, Dementia Master that I'd like some help with. I'm not trying to create the end-all-be-all competitive EDH deck, but I would like to optimize my theme.
General Strategy
In general, the strategy is to get some powerful creatures into play and/or the graveyard, along with an option for at-will creature sacrificing to cast+sacrifice+repeat with creatures like Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Kokusho, the Evening Star.
The deck is loaded with control cards like Meteor Golem, Noxious Gearhulk, and Plaguecrafter that can be sacrificed and re-cast as needed. And with Dictate of Erebos or Grave Pact, I can force everyone at the table to thin out their creatures on the battlefield.
If I start with a graveyard filler like Entomb and a reanimation card I typically use it to put Vilis, Broker of Blood into play to get my card draw engine going. If I can pair that with Necropotence my hand size can get ridiculous QUICK.
Please let me know what you all think of the deck list. Do I have a good ratio of mana ramp, tutoring, sacrifice outlets, card draw, and re-animation? Do you see anything that looks like a truly sub-optimal choice? All suggestions welcome!
Deck List
1 Chainer, Dementia Master
CREATURES (24)
1 Burnished Hart
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Nirkana Revenant
1 Dread Presence
1 Doom Whisperer
1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
1 Viscera Seer
1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
1 Woe Strider
1 Dimir House Guard
1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
1 Merciless Executioner
1 Plaguecrafter
1 Meteor Golem
1 Noxious Gearhulk
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1 Rune-Scarred Demon
1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
1 Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
1 Dictate of Erebos
1 Grave Pact
1 Necropotence
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Animate Dead
1 Dance of the Dead
1 Necromancy
SORCERIES/INSTANTS (13)
1 Beseech the Queen
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Grim Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Entomb
1 Buried Alive
1 Reanimate
1 Living Death
1 Rise of the Dark Realms
1 Exsanguinate
1 Damnation
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Torment of Hailfire
ARTIFACTS (19)
1 Altar of Dementia
1 Ashnod's Altar
1 Phyrexian Altar
1 Caged Sun
1 Jet Medallion
1 Sol Ring
1 Extraplanar Lens
1 Arcane Signet
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Expedition Map
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Thought Vessel
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Skullclamp
1 Damnation1 Rings of Brighthearth
1 Mesmeric Orb
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Vesuva
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Cabal Stronghold
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Deserted Temple
1 Phyrexian Tower
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1 Myriad Landscape
1 High Market
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Scrying Sheets
24 Snow-Covered Swamp