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Combo Corner — The Scarab God - ”The Scarab Crank”
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $534.89
Salt Sum: 48.17
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $16.99
The Scarab God

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses X life and you scry X, where X is the number of Zombies you control. {2}{U}{B}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
The Scarab God (cmm) 353
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 7Price: $35.29
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
1
Darksteel Ingot

Indestructible {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Darksteel Ingot (cmm) 378
1
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (scd) 263
1
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Expedition Map: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
1
Grimoire of the Dead

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Put a study counter on Grimoire of the Dead. {T}, Remove three study counters from Grimoire of the Dead and sacrifice it: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. They're black Zombies in addition to their other colors and types.

Artifact
Grimoire of the Dead (scd) 265
1
Mindcrank

Whenever an opponent loses life, that player mills that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Artifact
Mindcrank (clb) 866
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
1

Creatures

Quantity: 20Price: $67.66
Archaeomancer

When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Archaeomancer (plst) C17-81
1
Baleful Strix

Flying, deathtouch When Baleful Strix enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Baleful Strix (brc) 120
1
Consuming Aberration

Consuming Aberration's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your opponents' graveyards. Whenever you cast a spell, each opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.

Creature
Consuming Aberration (clb) 840
1
Deadeye Navigator

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as Deadeye Navigator is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "{1}{U}: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control."

Creature
Deadeye Navigator (mm3) 36
1
Deepglow Skate

When Deepglow Skate enters the battlefield, double the number of each kind of counter on any number of target permanents.

Creature
Deepglow Skate (cmm) 844
1
Diluvian Primordial

Flying When Diluvian Primordial enters the battlefield, for each opponent, you may cast up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Diluvian Primordial (plst) GTC-33
1
Disciple of Bolas

When Disciple of Bolas enters the battlefield, sacrifice another creature. You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.

Creature
Disciple of Bolas (ncc) 247
1
Duskmantle Guildmage

{1}{U}{B}: Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere this turn, that player loses 1 life. {2}{U}{B}: Target player mills two cards.

Creature
Duskmantle Guildmage (gtc) 158
1
Fleshbag Marauder

When Fleshbag Marauder enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature.

Creature
Fleshbag Marauder (scd) 78
1
Geth, Lord of the Vault

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) {X}{B}: Put target artifact or creature card with mana value X from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control tapped. Then that player mills X cards.

Creature
Geth, Lord of the Vault (brc) 107
1
Ghoulcaller Gisa

{B}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Create X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Creature
Ghoulcaller Gisa (cmm) 161
1
Glen Elendra Archmage

Flying {U}, Sacrifice Glen Elendra Archmage: Counter target noncreature spell. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature
Glen Elendra Archmage (uma) 58
1
Grave Titan

Deathtouch Whenever Grave Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

Creature
Grave Titan (plst) C14-145
1
Jace's Archivist

{U}, {T}: Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Creature
Jace's Archivist (c15) 95
1
Lich Lord of Unx

{U}{B}, {T}: Create a 1/1 blue and black Zombie Wizard creature token. {U}{U}{B}{B}: Target player loses X life and mills X cards, where X is the number of Zombies you control.

Creature
Lich Lord of Unx (plst) ARB-24
1
Noosegraf Mob

Noosegraf Mob enters the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever a player casts a spell, remove a +1/+1 counter from Noosegraf Mob. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Creature
Noosegraf Mob (bbd) 151
1
Shepherd of Rot

{T}: Each player loses 1 life for each Zombie on the battlefield.

Creature
Shepherd of Rot (hop) 40
1
Sidisi, Undead Vizier

Deathtouch Exploit (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature.) When Sidisi, Undead Vizier exploits a creature, you may search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Sidisi, Undead Vizier (plst) DTK-120
1
Stitcher Geralf

{2}{U}, {T}: Each player mills three cards. Exile up to two creature cards put into graveyards this way. Create an X/X blue Zombie creature token, where X is the total power of the cards exiled this way.

Creature
Stitcher Geralf (cmm) 121
1
Undead Alchemist

If a Zombie you control would deal combat damage to a player, instead that player mills that many cards. Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from their library, exile that card and create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Creature
Undead Alchemist (mic) 105
1

Enchantments

Quantity: 10Price: $92.51
Animate Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard When Animate Dead enters the battlefield, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it. Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

Enchantment
Animate Dead (plst) EMA-78
1
Bloodchief Ascension

At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on Bloodchief Ascension. (Damage causes loss of life.) Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if Bloodchief Ascension has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Bloodchief Ascension (cmm) 139
1
Conspiracy

As Conspiracy enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Conspiracy (plst) TSB-39
1
Grave Betrayal

Whenever a creature you don't control dies, return it to the battlefield under your control with an additional +1/+1 counter on it at the beginning of the next end step. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

Enchantment
Grave Betrayal (rtr) 67
1
Imprisoned in the Moon

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C}" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchantment
Imprisoned in the Moon (moc) 224
1
Memory Erosion

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player mills two cards.

Enchantment
Memory Erosion (plst) CM2-45
1
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (one) 104
1
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
1
Training Grounds

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Enchantment
Training Grounds (mat) 9
1
Xenograft

As Xenograft enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Each creature you control is the chosen type in addition to its other types.

Enchantment
Xenograft (nph) 51
1

Instants

Quantity: 10Price: $73.92
Ancient Excavation

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand, then discard a card for each card drawn this way. Basic landcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Instant
Ancient Excavation (cm2) 150
1
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 81
1
Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (cmm) 84
1
Dimir Charm

Choose one — • Counter target sorcery spell. • Destroy target creature with power 2 or less. • Look at the top three cards of target player's library. Put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard.

Instant
Dimir Charm (gtc) 154
1
Hero's Downfall

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Hero's Downfall (dmc) 112
1
Memory Plunder

You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.

Instant
Memory Plunder (clb) 849
1
Psychic Strike

Counter target spell. Its controller mills two cards.

Instant
Psychic Strike (gtc) 189
1
Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Instant
Rapid Hybridization (c21) 126
1
Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant
Swan Song (c16) 98
1
Twincast

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Twincast (m10) 78
1

Lands

Quantity: 38Price: $133.36
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped. When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (moc) 391
1
Cabal Coffers

{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control.

Land
Cabal Coffers (mh2) 301
1
Choked Estuary

As Choked Estuary enters the battlefield, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, Choked Estuary enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (moc) 394
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 420
1
Crypt of Agadeem

Crypt of Agadeem enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {2}, {T}: Add {B} for each black creature card in your graveyard.

Land
Crypt of Agadeem (c14) 288
1
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (xln) 253
1
Fetid Pools

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Fetid Pools enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Fetid Pools (akh) 243
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (cmm) 442
9
Nephalia Drownyard

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{B}, {T}: Target player mills three cards.

Land
Nephalia Drownyard (clb) 905
1
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (cmm) 425
1
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Sunken Hollow enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (cmm) 1038
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (cmm) 445
14
Tainted Isle

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Isle (clb) 920
1
Temple of Deceit

Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Deceit (moc) 431
1
Unholy Grotto

{T}: Add {C}. {B}, {T}: Put target Zombie card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Unholy Grotto (plst) ONS-327
1
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
1
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As Watery Grave enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (grn) 259
1

Planeswalkers

Quantity: 2Price: $6.48
Liliana, Death's Majesty

+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards. −3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. −7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.

Planeswalker
Liliana, Death's Majesty (j22) 433
1
Liliana, the Last Hope

+1: Up to one target creature gets -2/-1 until your next turn. −2: Mill two cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand. −7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, create X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, where X is two plus the number of Zombies you control."

Planeswalker
Liliana, the Last Hope (2x2) 81
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 12Price: $108.68
Army of the Damned

Create thirteen tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens. Flashback {7}{B}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Army of the Damned (scd) 68
1
Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Damnation (2x2) 73
1
Dark Salvation

Target player creates X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, then up to one target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Zombie that player controls.

Sorcery
Dark Salvation (mic) 110
1
Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
1
Dread Summons

Each player mills X cards. For each creature card put into a graveyard this way, you create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Sorcery
Dread Summons (ncc) 249
1
Life's Finale

Destroy all creatures, then search target opponent's library for up to three creature cards and put them into their graveyard. Then that player shuffles.

Sorcery
Life's Finale (nph) 65
1
Living Death

Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Living Death (plst) A25-96
1
Rise of the Dark Realms

Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.

Sorcery
Rise of the Dark Realms (jmp) 271
1
Rite of Replication

Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell.) Create a token that's a copy of target creature. If this spell was kicked, create five of those tokens instead.

Sorcery
Rite of Replication (c21) 128
1
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (cmm) 191
1
Victimize

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery
Victimize (cmm) 195
1
Zombie Apocalypse

Return all Zombie creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped, then destroy all Humans.

Sorcery
Zombie Apocalypse (scd) 121
1

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