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The Usurper's Blades - Abdel Adrian, Agent of the iron Throne
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Est deck cost: $1357.06
Salt sum: 54.24
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Commander

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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward

When Abdel Adrian enters, exile any number of other nonland permanents you control until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield. Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward (clb) 2
Agent of the Iron Throne

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever an artifact or creature you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life."

Enchantment
Agent of the Iron Throne (clb) 107

Commander

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Removal

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Cathar Commando

Flash {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Cathar Commando (mid) 10
Damn

Destroy target creature. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated. Overload {2}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Damn (mh2) 80
Dusk

Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (akh) 210
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

{T}: Add {W}. Channel — {2}{W}, Discard this card: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (neo) 268
Leonin Relic-Warder

When this creature enters, you may exile target artifact or enchantment. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Creature
Leonin Relic-Warder (mbs) 10
Nekrataal

First strike When this creature enters, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. That creature can't be regenerated.

Creature
Nekrataal (10e) 163
Palace Jailer

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until an opponent becomes the monarch.

Creature
Palace Jailer (cn2) 18
Plaguecrafter

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Each player who can't discards a card.

Creature
Plaguecrafter (grn) 82
Skyclave Apparition

When this creature enters, exile up to one target nonland, nontoken permanent you don't control with mana value 4 or less. When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

Creature
Skyclave Apparition (znr) 39
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (cns) 84
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 (c13) 96

Removal

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Death Triggers

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Bastion of Remembrance

When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Bastion of Remembrance (iko) 73
Cruel Celebrant

Whenever this creature or another creature or planeswalker you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Cruel Celebrant (war) 188
Dictate of Erebos

Flash Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Enchantment
Dictate of Erebos (jou) 65
Grave Pact

Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Enchantment
Grave Pact (cmd) 85
Grim Haruspex

Morph {B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.

Creature
Grim Haruspex (ugin) 73
Luminous Broodmoth

Flying Whenever a creature you control without flying dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a flying counter on it.

Creature
Luminous Broodmoth (iko) 21
Marionette Master

Fabricate 3 (When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on it or create three 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.) Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to this creature's power.

Creature
Marionette Master (kld) 90
Pitiless Plunderer

Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Pitiless Plunderer (rix) 81
Reveillark

Flying When this creature leaves the battlefield, return up to two target creature cards with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Evoke {5}{W} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Creature
Reveillark (mor) 22
Species Specialist

As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Whenever a creature of the chosen type dies, you may draw a card.

Creature
Species Specialist (c20) 47
Syr Konrad, the Grim

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Syr Konrad, the Grim (eld) 107
The Meathook Massacre

When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
The Meathook Massacre (mid) 112
Xathrid Necromancer

Whenever this creature or another Human creature you control dies, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Creature
Xathrid Necromancer (m14) 123
Zulaport Cutthroat

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Zulaport Cutthroat (bfz) 126

Death Triggers

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Sacrifice Outlets

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Altar of Dementia

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Artifact
Altar of Dementia (cns) 196
Ashnod's Altar

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

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (ema) 218
Attrition

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target nonblack creature.

Enchantment
Attrition (cmd) 72
Blasting Station

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: This artifact deals 1 damage to any target. Whenever a creature enters, you may untap this artifact.

Artifact
Blasting Station (5dn) 107
Phyrexian Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Phyrexian Altar (uma) 232
Phyrexian Tower

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.

Land
Phyrexian Tower (uma) 248
Priest of Forgotten Gods

{T}, Sacrifice two other creatures: Any number of target players each lose 2 life and sacrifice a creature of their choice. You add {B}{B} and draw a card.

Creature
Priest of Forgotten Gods (rna) 83
Sadistic Hypnotist

Sacrifice a creature: Target player discards two cards. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Sadistic Hypnotist (ddj) 62
Teysa, Orzhov Scion

Sacrifice three white creatures: Exile target creature. Whenever another black creature you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Creature
Teysa, Orzhov Scion (gpt) 134
Viscera Seer

Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature
Viscera Seer (m11) 120
Woe Strider

When this creature enters, create a 0/1 white Goat creature token. Sacrifice another creature: Scry 1. Escape—{3}{B}{B}, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.) This creature escapes with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Woe Strider (thb) 123
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Protection from Humans Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card. {B}{B}, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (mh1) 116

Sacrifice Outlets

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Land

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Arid Mesa

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Arid Mesa (zen) 211
Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Caves of Koilos (10e) 350
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (cmd) 269
Fetid Heath

{T}: Add {C}. {W/B}, {T}: Add {W}{W}, {W}{B}, or {B}{B}.

Land
Fetid Heath (eve) 176
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Godless Shrine (gtc) 242
Isolated Chapel

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Isolated Chapel (isd) 242
Lotus Field

Hexproof This land enters tapped. When this land enters, sacrifice two lands. {T}: Add three mana of any one color.

Land
Lotus Field (m20) 249
Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Marsh Flats (zen) 219
Orzhov Basilica

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Land
Orzhov Basilica (gpt) 161
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (sld) 239
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
Scrubland

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.)

Land
Scrubland (vma) 313
Shattered Sanctum

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Shattered Sanctum (vow) 264
Silent Clearing

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {W} or {B}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Silent Clearing (mh1) 246
Snow-Covered Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Plains (mh1) 250
Snow-Covered Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Swamp (mh1) 252
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (sld) 241
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (m15) 248
Vault of Champions

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Vault of Champions (cmr) 360
Verdant Catacombs

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Verdant Catacombs (zen) 229
Windswept Heath

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Windswept Heath (ktk) 248

Land

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Tutors

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Demonic Tutor

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

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (ddc) 49
Enlightened Tutor

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Enlightened Tutor (ema) 9
Heliod's Pilgrim

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Aura card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Heliod's Pilgrim (thb) 20
Recruiter of the Guard

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with toughness 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Recruiter of the Guard (cn2) 22
Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}." II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'" III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land Enchantment
Urza's Saga (mh2) 259
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (ema) 112

Tutors

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Mana/Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (eld) 331
Land Tax

At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Land Tax (2xm) 20
Mana Crypt

At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, this artifact deals 3 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Mana Crypt (ema) 225
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (mm3) 224
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmd) 261
Talisman of Hierarchy

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (mh1) 233

Mana/Ramp

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Value

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Castle Ardenvale

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains. {T}: Add {W}. {2}{W}{W}, {T}: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Land
Castle Ardenvale (eld) 238
Dark Confidant

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Creature
Dark Confidant (mma) 75
Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
Field of the Dead

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. Whenever this land or another land you control enters, if you control seven or more lands with different names, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Land
Field of the Dead (m20) 247
Grave Titan

Deathtouch Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

Creature
Grave Titan (m11) 97
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (c16) 271
Teleportation Circle

At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target artifact or creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Enchantment
Teleportation Circle (afr) 39
Teysa Karlov

If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. Creature tokens you control have vigilance and lifelink.

Creature
Teysa Karlov (rna) 212

Value

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Reanimation/Recursion

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Angel of Glory's Rise

Flying When this creature enters, exile all Zombies, then return all Human creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Angel of Glory's Rise (avr) 1
Animate Dead

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

Enchantment
Animate Dead (ema) 78
Dance of the Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Put enchanted creature card onto the battlefield tapped under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {1}{B}. If the player does, untap that creature.

Enchantment
Dance of the Dead (ice) 118
Diabolic Servitude

When this enchantment enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. When the creature put onto the battlefield with this enchantment dies, exile it and return this enchantment to its owner's hand. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, exile the creature put onto the battlefield with this enchantment.

Enchantment
Diabolic Servitude (c15) 120
Hall of Heliod's Generosity

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{W}, {T}: Put target enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Hall of Heliod's Generosity (mh1) 241
Karmic Guide

Flying, protection from black Echo {3}{W}{W} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Karmic Guide (c13) 14
Necromancy

You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step. When this enchantment enters, if it's on the battlefield, it becomes an Aura with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Necromancy." Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control and attach this enchantment to it. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.

Enchantment
Necromancy (vis) 64
Nim Deathmantle

Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has intimidate, and is a black Zombie. (A creature with intimidate can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {4}. If you do, return that card to the battlefield and attach this Equipment to it. Equip {4}

Artifact
Nim Deathmantle (som) 188
Sun Titan

Vigilance Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Sun Titan (m11) 35
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

{T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (neo) 278
Volrath's Stronghold

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Volrath's Stronghold (tpr) 248

Reanimation/Recursion

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Description

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Your commander facilitates this by pseudo-flickering your permanents and giving you tokens to sacrifice, and with your background makes your opponents lose life when your creatures die.\n \nPrimary Combo:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" + "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Animate Dead"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"/"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Dance of the Dead"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"/"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Necromancy"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":":"},{"insert":" Beginning with your commander in your graveyard, reanimate it with any of the Auras (including Necromancy for most practical purposes). When your commander enters the battlefield, use its triggered ability to exile the Aura. When the Aura leaves the battlefield, its ability will trigger, and you will sacrifice your commander. Once your commander is no longer on the battlefield, the Aura will return to the battlefield, and you will choose a creature card in a graveyard for it to enchant. If you choose your commander, you can repeat this loop indefinitely. By itself, this combo will create as many Soldier tokens as you want. With any effect that drains your opponents when a creature dies, such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Agent of the Iron Throne"}},{"insert":", you can make your opponents lose all their life. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Leonin Relic-Warder"}},{"insert":" can substitute for your commander, and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bastion of Remembrance"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cruel Celebrant"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Meathook Massacre"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Syr Konrad, the Grim"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zulaport Cutthroat"}},{"insert":" can replace Agent of the Iron Throne.\n "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Additional Combo Lines:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Abdel Adrian + "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Ashnod's Altar"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" + "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Nim Deathmantle"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" + any other nonland, nontoken permanent"},{"insert":": Beginning with your commander on the battlefield, sacrifice it to Ashnod’s Altar, then pay for Nim Deathmantle’s triggered ability and return it to the battlefield. When it enters the battlefield, exile the nonland permanent and get a Soldier token. Sacrifice the token and your commander to Ashnod’s Altar, making enough mana to pay for the next Nim Deathmantle trigger, and repeat this loop indefinitely. This combo gives you different benefits depending on what other permanents you control—if you have Agent of the Iron Throne out, you can make your opponents lose all their life; if the permanent you exile is a mana-producing artifact, you can make unlimited mana by tapping it each time it returns to the battlefield; if the permanent has an enters the battlefield ability, you get that ability as many times as you want.\n \n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Abdel Adrian + "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Angel of Glory's Rise"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"/"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Karmic Guide"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" + any free sacrifice outlet"},{"insert":": With your commander in your graveyard, play the Angel; or with the Angel on the battlefield, play your commander. When your commander enters the battlefield, exile the Angel. Sacrifice your commander to your free sacrifice outlet, and the Angel will return to the battlefield. Repeat this process as many times as you want. You’ll get unlimited Soldier tokens and other benefits, different depending on which sacrifice outlet you use—with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Altar of Dementia"}},{"insert":", you can mill out any players you want; with Ashnod’s Altar or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Altar"}},{"insert":", you can make unlimited mana; with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blasting Station"}},{"insert":", you can deal unlimited damage; with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sadistic Hypnotist"}},{"insert":", you can make all your opponents discard their hands; with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Viscera Seer"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Woe Strider"}},{"insert":", you can scry 1 as many times as you want; and with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Yawgmoth, Thran Physician"}},{"insert":", you can pay as much life as you want to draw that many cards. Unless Yawgmoth is your only sacrifice outlet, you can use this combo to get unlimited death triggers and enters the battlefield triggers.\n \n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Abdel Adrian/Leonin Relic-Warder + "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Diabolic Servitude"}},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" + any free sacrifice outlet except Sadistic Hypnotist:"},{"insert":" This combo is very similar to the previous one, but slightly trickier to execute. With your commander or the Cat in your graveyard, play Diabolic Servitude; or with Diabolic Servitude on the battlefield, play your commander or the Cat. When the creature enters the battle, use its ability to exile Diabolic Servitude; this will trigger Diabolic Servitude’s leaves the battlefield ability, which will attempt to exile the creature it returned to the battlefield. Before that ability resolves, sacrifice the creature to your free sacrifice outlet (because Diabolic Servitude is not on the battlefield at this time, its second ability will not trigger and attempt to exile your creature card from the graveyard). When your creature leaves the battlefield, Diabolic Servitude will return to the battlefield from exile, and you can use it to return your commander or the Cat to the battlefield and repeat this process. To end this loop, simply choose not to exile Diabolic Servitude when your commander or the Cat enters the battlefield. Note that each of Diabolic Servitude’s leaves the battlefield triggers will remain on the stack as long as you keep the loop going, which is why you can’t use Sadistic Hypnotist as the sacrifice outlet, since its ability can be activated only at a time you could cast a sorcery (i.e. during your main phase, with the stack empty). As above, this combo will give you unlimited creature deaths and whatever resource your sacrifice outlet provides. If you use your commander, you’ll also get unlimited Soldier tokens and unlimited enters the battlefield triggers.\n "},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Value Considerations:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Artifacts: "},{"insert":"Agent of the Iron Throne triggers when artifacts are put into the graveyard as well as creatures. Though this isn’t the deck’s primary gameplan, the life loss can be significant, especially when paired with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Marionette Master"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pitiless Plunderer"}},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Boardwipes: "},{"insert":"Your commander isn’t useful only as part of combos; it can be used to protect your other permanents from boardwipes. This is a fairly effective way to get it into the graveyard.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Humans: "},{"insert":"Over two thirds of the deck’s creatures are Humans. This improves the utility of Angel of Glory’s Rise as a value play and informs your decision about what creature type to choose with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Species Specialist"}},{"insert":" (Soldier is another possible option, as that’s the type of tokens your commander makes).\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Lands: "},{"insert":"The deck plays a split of normal and snow basic lands to improve the chances of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Field of the Dead"}},{"insert":" triggering. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lotus Field"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Orzhov Basilica"}},{"insert":" help you trigger "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Land Tax"}},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Power and Toughness:"},{"insert":" About two-thirds of your creature cards have power 2 or less (relevant for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dusk // Dawn"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reveillark"}},{"insert":") and about two-thirds have toughness 2 or less (relevant for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Recruiter of the Guard"}},{"insert":"). About ten cards are or create creatures with 1 toughness that can be fed directly to "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skullclamp"}},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Zombies: "},{"insert":"This deck plays no nontoken Zombies because of their anti-synergy with Angel of Glory’s Rise. Keep this in mind when you have Nim Deathmantle attached to a creature, or when you have tokens from Field of the Dead, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grave Titan"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Xathrid Necromancer"}},{"insert":".\n"}]}
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