{"ops":[{"attributes":{"color":"#66b966"},"insert":"Deck Overview"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Fumulus is a mono-black aristocrats deck built around one specific pressure point: whenever "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"any player sacrifices a nontoken creature"},{"insert":", Fumulus makes a "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1/1 black Insect token with flying"},{"insert":". EDHREC currently groups the commander primarily under "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Aristocrats, Sacrifice, and Insects"},{"insert":", which matches your final build exactly. \n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ff9900"},"insert":"UP TO DATE THROUGH: SOS"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#66b966"},"insert":"Game Plan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Early game, develop mana and establish disposable bodies. Your best starts are cards like Bloodsoaked Champion, Bloodghast, Reassembling Skeleton, Ophiomancer, Black Market Connections, Skullclamp, or a sacrifice outlet.\nMid game, land Fumulus and start chaining edict creatures and sacrifice effects. Cards like Accursed Marauder, Fleshbag Marauder, Merciless Executioner, Demon's Disciple, Plaguecrafter, Chain Devil, Slum Reaper, Rankle, and Make an Example all push the table into sacrificing nontoken creatures, which keeps your Insect engine flowing. Because Fumulus cares about "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"any player"},{"insert":" sacrificing a nontoken creature, your own sacrifice outlets and your forced-sacrifice creatures both advance the plan. \nLate game, you grind opponents out with recursive bodies, death triggers, and mana engines, then close with Meathook, Torment of Hailfire, a Sheoldred takeover, or a fully established Pact effect that makes creature decks nearly impossible to keep on board.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#66b966"},"insert":"Mulligans"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Keep hands with two to four lands and at least one early engine piece. The best keeps usually contain one of these patterns: recursive creature plus sac outlet, Skullclamp plus fodder, mana acceleration plus Fumulus curve, or a value piece like Braids, Grim Haruspex, Morbid Opportunist, or Black Market Connections.\nShip hands that are all expensive payoffs, all removal and no engine, or hands that do not meaningfully start before turn three.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#66b966"},"insert":"Best Cards by Role"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Fodder and recursion"},{"insert":"\n Bloodghast, Bloodsoaked Champion, Nether Traitor, Reassembling Skeleton, Ophiomancer, Black Market Connections\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sacrifice outlets"},{"insert":"\n Carrion Feeder, Viscera Seer, Warren Soultrader, Ashnod’s Altar, Phyrexian Altar, Phyrexian Tower, Yawgmoth, Dockside Chef’s slot is now gone, so these matter even more\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Forced-sacrifice creatures and effects"},{"insert":"\n Accursed Marauder, Demon's Disciple, Fleshbag Marauder, Merciless Executioner, Plaguecrafter, Slum Reaper, Chain Devil, Rankle, Make an Example, Vona’s Hunger, Tithing Blade\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Death-payoff engines"},{"insert":"\n Ayara, Bastion of Remembrance, The Meathook Massacre, Grim Haruspex, Morbid Opportunist, Species Specialist, Braids, Grave Pact, Dictate of Erebos\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mana engines"},{"insert":"\n Jet Medallion, Arcane Signet, Sol Ring, Crypt Ghast, Ashnod’s Altar, Phyrexian Altar, Pitiless Plunderer, Cabal Coffers, Urborg\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Top-end closers"},{"insert":"\n Torment of Hailfire, Sheoldred, Whispering One, Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, Virtue of Persistence, The Meathook Massacre\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#66b966"},"insert":"What to Find With Emeritus of Woe"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Emeritus of Woe is your cleanest tutor body. In most games, use it to find what your hand is missing.\nIf you need an engine, prioritize Phyrexian Altar, Ashnod’s Altar, Pitiless Plunderer, Skullclamp, or Braids.\nIf you need pressure, prioritize Grave Pact, Dictate of Erebos, Bastion of Remembrance, or The Meathook Massacre.\nIf you need stabilization, prioritize Deadly Rollick, Bitter Triumph, Shriekmaw, Make an Example, or Sheoldred’s Edict.\nIf you are ready to end the game, prioritize Torment of Hailfire, Virtue of Persistence, or the best recursion chain available.\nEmeritus is especially strong here because your deck is very good at meeting its “two or more creatures died this turn” reset condition. \n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#66b966"},"insert":"Key Synergies"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Fumulus plus edict creatures"},{"insert":"\n This is the core of the deck. Your Fleshbag-style creatures do not just clear boards; they also turn into Insects through Fumulus.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Fumulus plus recursion creatures"},{"insert":"\n Bloodghast, Bloodsoaked Champion, Nether Traitor, and Reassembling Skeleton keep giving you nontoken bodies to feed your outlets.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Fumulus plus Pact effects"},{"insert":"\n Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos turn every sacrifice into more sacrifices, which keeps the board locked down while growing your token presence.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Fumulus plus altars"},{"insert":"\n Ashnod’s Altar and Phyrexian Altar convert creatures into mana, which lets you loop recursion creatures and cast more edict effects in the same turn.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Fumulus plus Skullclamp / draw engines"},{"insert":"\n Your deck makes lots of small bodies, so Skullclamp, Grim Haruspex, Morbid Opportunist, and Species Specialist keep you from running out of gas.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist"},{"insert":"\n This is a strong newer payoff here because many of your creatures and generated bodies are small enough to trigger it, turning your sacrifice turns into extra life swing. EDHREC currently highlights Arnyn among Fumulus’s newer options. \n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#66b966"},"insert":"How the Deck Wins"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Most games end one of three ways.\nFirst, you establish a sacrifice lock with Grave Pact or Dictate of Erebos and slowly bury the table while your recursive creatures keep coming back.\nSecond, you drain everyone out with Bastion of Remembrance, Ayara, Meathook, and repeated death triggers.\nThird, you generate a large mana turn through Coffers, Crypt Ghast, Pitiless Plunderer, or an altar loop and finish with Torment of Hailfire.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#66b966"},"insert":"Tips"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Do not treat the Insects as the whole plan. They are value and pressure, but the real engine is still nontoken creatures being sacrificed repeatedly.\nUse your recursive nontoken creatures carefully. In this deck, Bloodghast, Bloodsoaked Champion, Nether Traitor, and Reassembling Skeleton are worth much more than random attackers.\nOphiomancer is still excellent even though the Snake token itself does not trigger Fumulus. It gives you steady material for Skullclamp, Braids, and your altars.\nIf you have both a Pact effect and a Fleshbag creature, try to sequence so opponents lose the maximum number of real creatures before they can rebuild.\nProtect Fumulus when your hand is built to capitalize. Greaves and Mithril Coat matter most when you already have a sacrifice engine online.\n\n\n\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#ff9900"},"insert":"DECK CHANGES"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n5/27/26\nADDS\n\nCUTS\nSlum reaper\nGravelighter\n\n\n4/18/26\nAdds\nWarren Soultrader"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Bastion of Remembrance"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Phyrexian Altar"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Merchant of Venom"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Bloodsoaked Champion"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Emeritus of Woe"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Ashnod’s Altar"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Ophiomancer"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Witch's Cottage"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cabal Coffers"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Takenuma, Abandoned Mire"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cuts"},{"insert":"\nVincent Valentine // Galian Beast"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cornered by Black Mages"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vampiric Rites"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Dockside Chef"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Soul Shatter"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sothera, the Supervoid"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Gift of Doom"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Butcher of Malakir"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Wasteland Raider"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Swamp "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Swamp"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Swamp"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Swamp"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n\n9/11/25\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Adds (+12)"},{"insert":"\nDictate of Erebos"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Grave Pact"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Butcher of Malakir"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Viscera Seer"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Carrion Feeder"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Reassembling Skeleton"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Nether Traitor"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Bloodghast"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Pitiless Plunderer"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Species Specialist (choose “Insect”)"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cornered by Black Mages (Final Fantasy)"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Scrounge for Eternity (Edge of Eternities)"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cuts (–12)"},{"insert":"\nHedron Crawler"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Leaden Myr"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Manakin"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Myr Convert"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Plague Myr"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Ornithopter of Paradise"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Gatekeeper of Malakir"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Innocent Blood"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mire in Misery"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Momentum Breaker"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Liliana’s Triumph"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Scorn-Blade Berserker"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\nTODO\nMake Bracket 3\nAdd\n-- Tegrid\n-- Demonic Tutor\n-- Bolas's Citadel\n\n"}]}