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Retroactive: Chainer Ebon Hand Nightmare
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $312.37
Salt Sum: 29.47
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $0.79
Chainer, Dementia Master

All Nightmares get +1/+1. {B}{B}{B}, Pay 3 life: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is black and is a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types. When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield, exile all Nightmares.

Creature
Chainer, Dementia Master (tor) 56
1

Artifact

Quantity: 11Price: $91.99
Altar of Dementia

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

Artifact
Altar of Dementia (tmp) 276
1
Ashnod's Altar

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

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (6ed) 274
1
Black Mana Battery

{2}, {T}: Put a charge counter on Black Mana Battery. {T}, Remove any number of charge counters from Black Mana Battery: Add {B}, then add an additional {B} for each charge counter removed this way.

Artifact
Black Mana Battery (4ed) 298
1
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (5ed) 369
1
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (wth) 153
1
Phyrexian Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Phyrexian Altar (inv) 306
1
Skull of Ramos

{T}: Add {B}. Sacrifice Skull of Ramos: Add {B}.

Artifact
Skull of Ramos (mmq) 312
1
Sol Grail

As Sol Grail enters the battlefield, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Sol Grail (all) 130
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (3ed) 274
1
Thran Dynamo

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

Artifact
Thran Dynamo (uds) 139
1
Worn Powerstone

Worn Powerstone enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Worn Powerstone (usg) 318
1

Creature

Quantity: 25Price: $23.63
Armor Thrull

{T}, Sacrifice Armor Thrull: Put a +1/+2 counter on target creature.

Creature
Armor Thrull (fem) 33a
1
Avatar of Woe

If there are ten or more creature cards total in all graveyards, this spell costs {6} less to cast. Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) {T}: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Creature
Avatar of Woe (pcy) 56
1
Basal Thrull

{T}, Sacrifice Basal Thrull: Add {B}{B}.

Creature
Basal Thrull (fem) 34a
1
Blood Pet

Sacrifice Blood Pet: Add {B}.

Creature
Blood Pet (tmp) 109
1
Blood Vassal

Sacrifice Blood Vassal: Add {B}{B}.

Creature
Blood Vassal (usg) 118
1
Carrion Feeder

Carrion Feeder can't block. Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feeder.

Creature
Carrion Feeder (scg) 59
1
Delraich

You may sacrifice three black creatures rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Trample

Creature
Delraich (mmq) 133
1
Derelor

Black spells you cast cost {B} more to cast.

Creature
Derelor (fem) 36
1
Ebon Praetor

First strike, trample At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -2/-2 counter on Ebon Praetor. Sacrifice a creature: Remove a -2/-2 counter from Ebon Praetor. If the sacrificed creature was a Thrull, put a +1/+0 counter on Ebon Praetor. Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.

Creature
Ebon Praetor (fem) 37
1
Hell's Caretaker

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep.

Creature
Hell's Caretaker (chr) 35
1
Laquatus's Champion

When Laquatus's Champion enters the battlefield, target player loses 6 life. When Laquatus's Champion leaves the battlefield, that player gains 6 life. {B}: Regenerate Laquatus's Champion.

Creature
Laquatus's Champion (tor) 67
1
Mindstab Thrull

Whenever Mindstab Thrull attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, defending player discards three cards.

Creature
Mindstab Thrull (fem) 40c
1
Morgue Thrull

Sacrifice Morgue Thrull: Mill three cards.

Creature
Morgue Thrull (sth) 65
1
Necrite

Whenever Necrite attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, destroy target creature defending player controls. It can't be regenerated.

Creature
Necrite (fem) 41a
1
Pit Spawn

First strike At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Pit Spawn unless you pay {B}{B}. Whenever Pit Spawn deals damage to a creature, exile that creature.

Creature
Pit Spawn (exo) 70
1
Priest of Gix

When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, add {B}{B}{B}.

Creature
Priest of Gix (usg) 150
1
Putrid Imp

Discard a card: Putrid Imp gains flying until end of turn. Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, Putrid Imp gets +1/+1 and can't block.

Creature
Putrid Imp (tor) 77
1
Scion of Darkness

Trample Whenever Scion of Darkness deals combat damage to a player, you may put target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Scion of Darkness (lgn) 79
1
Skirge Familiar

Flying Discard a card: Add {B}.

Creature
Skirge Familiar (usg) 157
1
Soldevi Adnate

{T}, Sacrifice a black or artifact creature: Add an amount of {B} equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.

Creature
Soldevi Adnate (all) 60a
1
Stronghold Assassin

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

Creature
Stronghold Assassin (sth) 71
1
Thrull Champion

Thrull creatures get +1/+1. {T}: Gain control of target Thrull for as long as you control Thrull Champion.

Creature
Thrull Champion (fem) 44
1
Thrull Surgeon

{1}{B}, Sacrifice Thrull Surgeon: Look at target player's hand and choose a card from it. That player discards that card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Thrull Surgeon (exo) 76
1
Thrull Wizard

{1}{B}: Counter target black spell unless that spell's controller pays {B} or {3}.

Creature
Thrull Wizard (fem) 46
1
Witch Engine

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) {T}: Add {B}{B}{B}{B}. Target opponent gains control of Witch Engine. (Activate only as an instant.)

Creature
Witch Engine (usg) 169
1

Enchantment

Quantity: 9Price: $82.43
Attrition

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

Enchantment
Attrition (uds) 52
1
Black Market

Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on Black Market. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on Black Market.

Enchantment
Black Market (mmq) 116
1
Breeding Pit

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Breeding Pit unless you pay {B}{B}. At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/1 black Thrull creature token.

Enchantment
Breeding Pit (fem) 35
1
Carnival of Souls

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, you lose 1 life and add {B}.

Enchantment
Carnival of Souls (uds) 55
1
Gate to Phyrexia

Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target artifact. Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.

Enchantment
Gate to Phyrexia (atq) 16
1
Infernal Tribute

{2}, Sacrifice a nontoken permanent: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Infernal Tribute (wth) 73
1
Thrull Retainer

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Sacrifice Thrull Retainer: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Thrull Retainer (fem) 45
1
Tortured Existence

{B}, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Tortured Existence (sth) 74
1
Tourach's Gate

Enchant land you control Sacrifice a Thrull: Put three time counters on Tourach's Gate. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from Tourach's Gate. If there are no time counters on Tourach's Gate, sacrifice it. Tap enchanted land: Attacking creatures you control get +2/-1 until end of turn. Activate only if enchanted land is untapped.

Enchantment
Tourach's Gate (fem) 48
1

Instant

Quantity: 11Price: $53.56
Cabal Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}. Threshold — Add {B}{B}{B}{B}{B} instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Instant
Cabal Ritual (tor) 51
1
Culling the Weak

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Culling the Weak (exo) 55
1
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (mmq) 129
1
Darkness

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Darkness (leg) 94
1
Kaervek's Spite

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice all permanents you control and discard your hand. Target player loses 5 life.

Instant
Kaervek's Spite (vis) 63
1
Sacrifice

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Add an amount of {B} equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.

Instant
Sacrifice (sum) 126
1
Songs of the Damned

Add {B} for each creature card in your graveyard.

Instant
Songs of the Damned (ice) 160
1
Spoils of Evil

For each artifact or creature card in target opponent's graveyard, add {C} and you gain 1 life.

Instant
Spoils of Evil (ice) 163
1
Terror

Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terror (3ed) 132
1
Urborg Justice

Target opponent sacrifices a creature for each creature put into your graveyard from the battlefield this turn.

Instant
Urborg Justice (wth) 84
1
Withering Boon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 3 life. Counter target creature spell.

Instant
Withering Boon (mir) 152
1

Land

Quantity: 35Price: $36.89
Cabal Coffers

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

Land
Cabal Coffers (tor) 139
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (5ed) 438
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Sorcery

Quantity: 8Price: $23.08
Bubbling Muck

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds an additional {B}.

Sorcery
Bubbling Muck (uds) 54
1
Chainer's Edict

Target player sacrifices a creature. Flashback {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Chainer's Edict (tor) 57
1
Exhume

Each player puts a creature card from their graveyard onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Exhume (usg) 134
1
Innocent Blood

Each player sacrifices a creature.

Sorcery
Innocent Blood (ody) 145
1
Patriarch's Bidding

Each player chooses a creature type. Each player returns all creature cards of a type chosen this way from their graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Patriarch's Bidding (ons) 161
1
Phyrexian Tribute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice two creatures. Destroy target artifact.

Sorcery
Phyrexian Tribute (mir) 134
1
Soul Exchange

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature you control. Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +2/+2 counter on that creature if the exiled creature was a Thrull.

Sorcery
Soul Exchange (fem) 43
1
Spoils of War

X is the number of artifact and/or creature cards in an opponent's graveyard as you cast this spell. Distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures.

Sorcery
Spoils of War (ice) 164
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"Retroactive: No card first printed 8e/Mirrodin or later allowed (except for in the command zone if there are 1 or fewer legal choices)\n\nChainer helms a deck that's largely Thrull Tribal, with the ability to resurrect some truly awful boss monsters as nightmares. Note: if a nightmare re-dies before Chainer, it gets to go to the GY to be revived again.\n"}]}
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