Block 1 survivor, take 9. Thanks for not killing me with them yet lol


Before the end of Matt's turn, I tap Bruvac to make Munch mill 8.

TURN 6:

Untap:  Untap All

Upkeep: Sacrifice Persistent Petitioner to Call to the Grave. This is getting annoying fast

Draw:  Draw 1 for turn

Main:

Play a Bojuka Bog targeting Munch https://scryfall.com/card/c21/281/bojuka-bog

Tap everything but Temple to play Ashiok, Nightmare Muse https://scryfall.com/card/thb/...shiok-nightmare-muse

Activate her +1 to make a Nightmare that I'll probably just sac next turn if it's still alive.

Combat:

Main:

End:

End Turn.

---

Life: 14
 Hand: 3/7
 Library: 86 [99 card library]
 Command Zone: Phenax, God of Deception https://scryfall.com/card/sld/...nax-god-of-deception (3UB) (Cast once)
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to blue and black is less than seven, Phenax isn’t a creature.
Creatures you control have “{T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature’s toughness.”

---

LANDS:

    Temple of Deceit https://scryfall.com/card/thb/348/temple-of-deceit
    Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield tapped.
    When Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield, scry 1.
    {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

(T) Castle Vantress https://scryfall.com/card/eld/390/castle-vantress
    Castle Vantress enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island.
    {T}: Add {U}.
    {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

(T) Nephalia Drownyard https://scryfall.com/card/isd/245/nephalia-drownyard
    {T}: Add {C}.
    {1}{U}{B}, {T}: Target player mills three cards.

(T) Bojuka Bog targeting Matt https://scryfall.com/card/c21/281/bojuka-bog
    Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped.
    When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile all cards from target player’s graveyard.
    {T}: Add {B}.

(T) Swamp

Creatures:

     Bruvac the Grandiloquent https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/...ac-the-grandiloquent
     Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
     If an opponent would mill one or more cards, they mill twice that many cards instead.
     “{T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature’s toughness,” from Phenax

(SS) Nightmare token (2/3)
     Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, each opponent exiles the top two cards of their library.

Enchantments:

     Phenax, God of Deception https://scryfall.com/card/sld/...nax-god-of-deception
     Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
     Indestructible
     As long as your devotion to blue and black is less than seven, Phenax isn’t a creature.
     Creatures you control have “{T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature’s toughness.”

Artifacts:

(T) Sol Ring https://scryfall.com/card/mps/24/sol-ring
    {T}: Add {C}{C}

Planeswalkers:

   Ashiok, Nightmare Muse https://scryfall.com/card/thb/...shiok-nightmare-muse
   Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok (6 Loyalty)
   +1: Create a 2/3 blue and black Nightmare creature token with “Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, each opponent exiles the top two cards of their library.”
   −3: Return target nonland permanent to its owner’s hand, then that player exiles a card from their hand.
   −7: You may cast up to three spells from among face-up cards your opponents own from exile without paying their mana costs.

---

GRAVEYARD:
Persistent Petitioners https://scryfall.com/card/rna/...rsistent-petitioners Persistent Petitioners https://scryfall.com/card/rna/...rsistent-petitioners

---

EXILED:

Don't worry, you won't have any by next turn. :D

EDIT: No wait, Mikous gives Erebos undying, so you don't have to sac Mikous!



Hey don't blame me for that, your enchantment is what's doing this.



Boldwyr Intimidator
Crown of Doom
Khorvath's Fury
Dormant Volcano
Mountain X 2
Howling Mine
Haunted Cloak



No kidding.



Well THAT seems unnessicary.

TURN 6:

Untap:  Untap All

Upkeep:

I'll stack the triggers so they resolve thusly.

Varchild's War-Riders burn down a small village. The Survivors flocks to Erebos's banner.
(I put a age counter on VW-R and make Matt put five 1/1 red Survivor tokens in play).

Then sac the Varchild to Call to the Grave.

I gain control of all Survivors.

Draw:  Draw 1

Main:

Tap all my Mountains.

2 of them to cast a mighty Enchanter's Bane
https://scryfall.com/card/c18/21/enchanters-bane

The next 3 are used to build a great Monument to Hazoret, in hopes that the AMonkhet God will bless our destruction. We shall call it Hazoret's Monument.

(Alright, this next bit is just for the lols. )

Tapping into the power of the Great Furnace, with a mighty yell of "COWARDS CAN'T BLOCK WARRIORS, WIMP!!" The Kargan Intimidator so scares the God of the Dead that he turns Erebos into a Coward.

Combat:

The War-Riders ride off to conquer Grizzly's lands. All his creatures must block this creature if able. (3 Damage) ALSO the Intimidator rides in as well. (3 Damage)

Main:

End:

My Enchantment curses Erebos. He deals 4 damage to Matt unless he sacs it.

End Turn.
<sub>___________________________________________________________________

 Life: 40
 Hand: 3/7
 Library: 59  [100 card library]
 Command Zone: Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor (4R) (Cast Once)
https://scryfall.com/card/c18/...-betrayer-of-kjeldor
 ___________________________________________________________________


 LANDS:

T - Mountain X 5

T - Great Furnace
[Artifact Land
T: add R.]


 CREATURES:

T - Varchild's War-Riders (5 Age Counter) Equipped with Nemesis Mask
[Creature -- Human Warrior 3/4 Trample; rampage 1
Cumulative upkeep—Have an opponent create a 1/1 red Survivor creature token.]

T - Kargan Intimidator
[Creature -- Human Warrior 3/1
Cowards can’t block Warriors.
{1}: Choose one that hasn’t been chosen this turn —
• Kargan Intimidator gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Target creature becomes a Coward until end of turn.
• Target Warrior gains trample until end of turn.]

  - Survivor X 14
[Token Creature -- Survivor 1/1]


 ENCHANTMENTS:

  - Enchanter's Bane
[Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, target enchantment deals damage equal to its mana value to its controller unless that player sacrifices it.]

 ARTIFACTS:

  - Nemesis Mask (equipped on Varchild's War-Riders)
[Artifact -- Equipment
All creatures able to block equipped creature do so.
Equip {3}]

  - Hazoret's Monument
[Legendary Artifact
Red creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.]

 PLANESWALKER:

  -

 ____________________________________________________________________
 GRAVEYARD:

Conjurer's Closet
Caged Sun
Mountain X 4
Shinka, The Bloodsoaked Keep
Bull-Rush Bruiser


 EXILE:

Fumiko the Low-Blooded
Marton Stromgald
Varchild's Crusader
Dragon Throne of Tarkir
Archetype of Aggression
Blasphemous Act
Teeka's Dragon
Loxodon Warhammer
Purphoros God of the Forge
Boldwyr Intimidator
Crown of Doom
Khorvath's Fury
Dormant Volcano
Mountain X 2
Howling Mine
Haunted Cloak
Anax Hardened in the Forge
Mountain</sub>

This message was last edited by the player at 13:14, Sat 28 Aug 2021.

I'll tap Bruvac to make Munch mill another 8, then block the Riders with my token. Everyone else has to Exile the top two cards, then it gets squished and I take a total of 4 damage.

Conjurer's Closet
Caged Sun
Mountain X 4
Shinka, The Bloodsoaked Keep
Bull-Rush Bruiser




Anax Hardened in the Forge
Mountain



Where did the Extra damage come from? The Nightmare is a 2/3 so the 3 damage from the War-Riders is blocked perfectly, then the Intimidator deals 3.

I keep thinking the Riders are 4/3 for some reason lol

I assume the latter one should say Munch as well...  :-)



I'll sacrifice my general to prevent the damage...   Since I have no survivors to sacrifice to Call to the Grave, I'd have to sacrifice my general in my upkeep - so what the hell, I'll let him go.

Of course, he comes back because he has undying - so I'll have to sacrifice him in my upkeep anyway!

TURN SEVEN
Untap,
Upkeep - sacrifice my general - who goes to the command zone.,
Draw
1st Main Phase:
Play Swamp

Tap 3BBB to cast Grave Titan https://scryfall.com/card/sld/223/grave-titan
   As Grave Titan comes into play, I put two black zombie token creatures into play.

Attack Phase:

2nd Main Phase:

End Turn Phase:

---

LIFE: 28 (9 Commander Damage from Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor)
HAND: 4
DECK: 85 (A 100 card deck)  This deck is legal in:  Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Highlander.  - No Errors. - it contains 32 Rares and 0 Mythic and 0 Special (32% of deck), of which 5 are lands.  It has no Sideboard..
Commander: Erebos, God of the Dead - (Legendary Enchantment God, 5/7, {3}{B} (4)
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/...ebos-god-of-the-dead] - CAST ONCE
   

---

BATTLEFIELD:
Land:
(T) Swamp

(T) Everglades https://scryfall.com/card/c14/294/everglades
    Everglades enters the battlefield tapped.
    When Everglades enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return an untapped Swamp you control to its owner's hand.
    {T}: Add {C}{B}.
   

(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp
    Swamp

Creatures:
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed - (Legendary Zombie Cleric, 5/5, {3}{B}{B}{B} (6)
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying 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.))
[https://scryfall.com/card/puma...kaeus-the-unhallowed]

(SS) Grave Titan - (Giant, 6/6, {4}{B}{B} (6)
Deathtouch
Whenever Grave Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/223/grave-titan]

(SS) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2)
(SS) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2)

Enchantments:
Call to the Grave {4}{B} (5) https://scryfall.com/card/m12/85/call-to-the-grave
    At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a non-Zombie creature.
    At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice Call to the Grave.

Artifacts:
Planeswalkers:

---

GRAVEYARD:

---

EXILED:
Bridge from Below https://scryfall.com/card/plist/422/bridge-from-below

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Why the hell did I block with that Nightmare, I'm so dumb... lol

Also Munch you probably could have just killed me if you'd attacked with those Survivors since they didn't have summoning sickness. Just sayin. ;)

TURN 7:

Untap:  Untap All

Upkeep: Sacrifice Bruvac to Call to the Grave. Oh Bruvac, we knew ye well.

Draw:  Draw 1 for turn

Main:

Activate Ashiok's +1 to make a Nightmare that I'll probably just sac next turn if it's still alive.

Pay 1UU to play Memory Erosion https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/45/memory-erosion

Pay 4 to play Teferi's Puzzle Box https://scryfall.com/card/fmb1/113/teferis-puzzle-box

Combat:

Main:

End:

End Turn.

---

Life: 10
 Hand: 2/7
 Library: 85 [99 card library]
 Command Zone: Phenax, God of Deception https://scryfall.com/card/sld/...nax-god-of-deception (3UB) (Cast once)
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to blue and black is less than seven, Phenax isn’t a creature.
Creatures you control have “{T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature’s toughness.”

---

LANDS:

(T) Temple of Deceit https://scryfall.com/card/thb/348/temple-of-deceit
    Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield tapped.
    When Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield, scry 1.
    {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

(T) Castle Vantress https://scryfall.com/card/eld/390/castle-vantress
    Castle Vantress enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island.
    {T}: Add {U}.
    {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

(T) Nephalia Drownyard https://scryfall.com/card/isd/245/nephalia-drownyard
    {T}: Add {C}.
    {1}{U}{B}, {T}: Target player mills three cards.

(T) Bojuka Bog https://scryfall.com/card/c21/281/bojuka-bog
    Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped.
    When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile all cards from target player’s graveyard.
    {T}: Add {B}.

(T) Swamp

Creatures:

(SS) Nightmare token (2/3)
     Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, each opponent exiles the top two cards of their library.
     “{T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature’s toughness,” from Phenax

Enchantments:

     Phenax, God of Deception https://scryfall.com/card/sld/...nax-god-of-deception
     Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
     Indestructible
     As long as your devotion to blue and black is less than seven, Phenax isn’t a creature.
     Creatures you control have “{T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is this creature’s toughness.”

     Memory Erosion https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/45/memory-erosion
     Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player mills two cards.

Artifacts:

(T) Sol Ring https://scryfall.com/card/mps/24/sol-ring
    {T}: Add {C}{C}

    Teferi's Puzzle Box https://scryfall.com/card/fmb1/113/teferis-puzzle-box
    At the beginning of each player’s draw step, that player puts the cards in their hand on the bottom of their library in any order, then draws that many cards.

Planeswalkers:

   Ashiok, Nightmare Muse https://scryfall.com/card/thb/...shiok-nightmare-muse
   Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok (7 Loyalty)
   +1: Create a 2/3 blue and black Nightmare creature token with “Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, each opponent exiles the top two cards of their library.”
   −3: Return target nonland permanent to its owner’s hand, then that player exiles a card from their hand.
   −7: You may cast up to three spells from among face-up cards your opponents own from exile without paying their mana costs.

---

GRAVEYARD:
Persistent Petitioners https://scryfall.com/card/rna/...rsistent-petitioners
Persistent Petitioners https://scryfall.com/card/rna/...rsistent-petitioners
Bruvac the Grandiloquent https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/...ac-the-grandiloquent

---

EXILED:

Why wouldn't they? They came under my control during my upkeep and Varchild doesn't give them Haste...

Never mind, I don't know why I thought you were wrong but you're not, since they weren't under your control at the beginning of your turn. For some reason I forgot that mattered lol

TURN 7:

Untap:  Untap All

Upkeep:

I'll stack the triggers so they resolve thusly.

Varchild's War-Riders burn down a small village. The Survivors flocks to Phenax's banner because Erebos isn't stopping the burning!)
(I put a age counter on VW-R and make Grizzly put six 1/1 red Survivor tokens in play).

Then sac a poor survivor to Call to the Grave.

Draw:  Draw 1 Put those 4 on the bottom of my library and draw 4 more.

(Well THAT was an interesting exhange...)

Main:

Play a Mountain.

Tap 4 of my Mountains to call upon the AErathi Berserker.
https://scryfall.com/card/leg/131/aerathi-berserker

Mill War's Toll and an Opal Palace.

Tap the rest to put Varchild back into the action.

Mill Rage Reflection and Inferno Hellion

Combat:

The War-Riders ride off to conquer Grizzly's lands. All his creatures must block this creature if able. (3 Damage) ALSO the Intimidator and 7 of the Survivors ride in as well. (10 Damage)

Main:

End:

My Enchantment curses Call to the Grave. It deals 5 damage to Matt unless he sacs it.

End Turn.
<sub>___________________________________________________________________

 Life: 40
 Hand: 2/7
 Library: 54  [100 card library]
 Command Zone: Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor (5R) (Cast Once)
https://scryfall.com/card/c18/...-betrayer-of-kjeldor
 ___________________________________________________________________


 LANDS:

T - Mountain X 6

T - Great Furnace
[Artifact Land
T: add R.]


 CREATURES:

T - Varchild's War-Riders (6 Age Counter) Equipped with Nemesis Mask
[Creature -- Human Warrior 3/4 Trample; rampage 1
Cumulative upkeep—Have an opponent create a 1/1 red Survivor creature token.]

T - Kargan Intimidator
[Creature -- Human Warrior 3/1
Cowards can’t block Warriors.
{1}: Choose one that hasn’t been chosen this turn —
• Kargan Intimidator gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Target creature becomes a Coward until end of turn.
• Target Warrior gains trample until end of turn.]

  - Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
[Legendary Creature -- Human Knight 3/3
Whenever Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor deals combat damage to a player, that player creates that many 1/1 red Survivor creature tokens.
Survivors your opponents control can’t block, and they can’t attack you or planeswalkers you control.
When Varchild leaves the battlefield, gain control of all Survivors.]

  - Aerathi Berserker
[Creature -- Human Berserker 2/4 Rampage 3]

  - Survivor X 7
[Token Creature -- Survivor 1/1]

T - Survivors X 7
[Token Creature -- Survivor 1/1]


 ENCHANTMENTS:

  - Enchanter's Bane
[Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, target enchantment deals damage equal to its mana value to its controller unless that player sacrifices it.]

 ARTIFACTS:

  - Nemesis Mask (equipped on Varchild's War-Riders)
[Artifact -- Equipment
All creatures able to block equipped creature do so.
Equip {3}]

  - Hazoret's Monument
[Legendary Artifact
Red creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.]

 PLANESWALKER:

  -

 ____________________________________________________________________
 GRAVEYARD:

Conjurer's Closet
Caged Sun
Mountain X 4
Shinka, The Bloodsoaked Keep
Bull-Rush Bruiser
Rage Reflection
Inferno Hellion
War's Toll
Opal Palace

 EXILE:

Fumiko the Low-Blooded
Marton Stromgald
Varchild's Crusader
Dragon Throne of Tarkir
Archetype of Aggression
Blasphemous Act
Teeka's Dragon
Loxodon Warhammer
Purphoros God of the Forge
Boldwyr Intimidator
Crown of Doom
Khorvath's Fury
Dormant Volcano
Mountain X 2
Howling Mine
Haunted Cloak
Anax Hardened in the Forge
Mountain</sub>

Aaaand I'm dead unless Matt does something about it.

Sorry Grizzly, nothing I can do about it....

BTW - corrected now, but I had forgotten to exile two cards when you previously blocked with your first Nightmare token...  and presumably Munch and I both have to exile 2 more just before you die since you had to block with your 2nd nightmare token in Munch's fatal attack...

I'll let Call to the Grave die.

TURN EIGHT
Untap,
Upkeep
Draw
1st Main Phase:

Play Volrath's Stronghold https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/248/volrath's-stronghold

Tap 1BBB to cast Grave Pact https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/65/grave-pact

Tap 2BB to cast Risen Executioner https://scryfall.com/card/dtk/116/risen-executioner

Attack Phase:
Tap and attack Munch with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed (6/6, Intimidate)
Tap and attack Munch with Grave Titan (7/7, Undying, Deathtouch)
   EDIT: As Grave Titan attacks, I put two more 2/2 black zombie creature tokens into play.

2nd Main Phase:

End Turn Phase:

---

LIFE: 28 (9 Commander Damage from Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor)
HAND: 2
DECK: 80 (A 100 card deck)  This deck is legal in:  Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Highlander.  - No Errors. - it contains 32 Rares and 0 Mythic and 0 Special (32% of deck), of which 5 are lands.  It has no Sideboard..
Commander: Erebos, God of the Dead - (Legendary Enchantment God, 5/7, {3}{B} (4)
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/...ebos-god-of-the-dead] - CAST ONCE
   

---

BATTLEFIELD:
Land:
(T) Swamp

(T) Everglades https://scryfall.com/card/c14/294/everglades
    Everglades enters the battlefield tapped.
    When Everglades enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return an untapped Swamp you control to its owner's hand.
    {T}: Add {C}{B}.

(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp

(T) Volrath's Stronghold https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/248/volrath's-stronghold
    {T}: Add {C}.
    {1}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
    The seed of a world's evil.

Creatures:
(TA) Mikaeus, the Unhallowed - (Legendary Zombie Cleric, 5/5 -> 6/6 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner], {3}{B}{B}{B} (6)
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying 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.))
[https://scryfall.com/card/puma...kaeus-the-unhallowed]

(TA) Grave Titan - (Giant, 6/6 -> 7/7 [Includes +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {4}{B}{B} (6)
Deathtouch
Whenever Grave Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/223/grave-titan]  [Undying from Mikaeus]

Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])

(SS) Risen Executioner - (Zombie Warrior, 4/3 -> 5/4 [Includes +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {2}{B}{B} (4)
Risen Executioner can't block.
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
You may cast Risen Executioner from your graveyard if you pay {1} more to cast it for each other creature card in your graveyard.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/dtk/116/risen-executioner]  [Undying from Mikaeus]

(SS) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(SS) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])

Enchantments:
Grave Pact {1}{B}{B}{B} (4) https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/65/grave-pact
    Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature.
    "The bonds of loyalty can tie one to the grave." -Crovax, ascendant evincar

Artifacts:
Planeswalkers:

---

GRAVEYARD:
Call to the Grave https://scryfall.com/card/m12/85/call-to-the-grave

---

EXILED:
Bridge from Below https://scryfall.com/card/plist/422/bridge-from-below
Infectious Horror https://scryfall.com/card/m19/101/infectious-horror
Swamp
Plague Wind https://scryfall.com/card/a25/102/plague-wind
Homeward Path https://scryfall.com/card/j17/4/homeward-path

_{Draft Post created using v 12.0}

Edited to add in missing zombies created when Grave Titan attacked, and also to add the boost to creatures from Mikaeus
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:28, Sun 29 Aug 2021.

Helm of Awakening and Tempt with Vengeance.



Alright, let's see if my math works out the way it did in my head.  (Spoiler alert: It won't since the base Zombies are 4/4. Apparently what I really need right now is BANDING. :p)

All 7 of my guys block the Grave Titan, killing it, and making it respawn. I take 6 from Mikaeus.

I sac one of the tapped Survivors to Grave Pact.


TURN 8:

Untap:  Untap All

Upkeep:

Varchild's War-Riders burn down a bigger village. The Survivors flocks to Matt.
(I put a age counter on VW-R and make Grizzly put seven 1/1 red Survivor tokens in play).

Draw:  Draw 1


Main:

Play a Mountain.

Tap 3 of my Mountains to give the Nemesis Mask to the AErathi Berserker.
https://scryfall.com/card/leg/131/aerathi-berserker

Tap 4 more to just straight up steal your strategy with Stolen Strategy.
https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/64/stolen-strategy

Tap the Great Furnace to power up my Intimidator, +1/+1.

Combat:

ALright, Nothing ventured nothing gained. Cowards can't block Warriors as they say!!

Varchild rounds everyone up, big push straight through the Zombies, over the top and mob the planeswalker. Every nods solemnly. Mikaeus's Dark Magic mean that for many of them, they won't be coming back after this. But maybe it will be enough. Just Maybe, it'll be Just Enough.

Aerathi Berserker attacks and must be blocked by everyone on your side. As I don't think you have an instant speed tap effect, I'll just go ahead and calculate the damage and where it's going. You can tell me if I'm wrong.

6 Blockers times Rampage 3 mean he's +18/+18. Honestly I was expecting more. That puts him at 20/22. 8 damage can re-rekill the Grave Titan, 4 can kill the Risen Executioner, 8 more kills two of the other zombies. We'll say the two without Summoning Sickness were fresh enough to get in the way of his axes first. :D


Everyone else attacks and gets through, dealing 16 damage!

Varchild puts 3 more Survivors into play

I'll sac the 3 surviving Humans and a survivor to Grave Pact to cover all the Zombie kill triggers.

When Varchild dies, I get those 10 other Survivors back.

Main:

End:

My Enchantment curses Grave Pact. It deals 4 damage to Matt unless he sacs it.

End Turn.
<sub>___________________________________________________________________

 Life: 34
 Hand: 1/7
 Library: 54  [100 card library]
 Command Zone: Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor (5R) (Cast Twice)
https://scryfall.com/card/c18/...-betrayer-of-kjeldor
 ___________________________________________________________________


 LANDS:

T - Mountain X 7

T - Great Furnace
[Artifact Land
T: add R.]


 CREATURES:

T - Survivor X 5
[Token Creature -- Survivor 1/1]

  - Survivor X 10
[Token Creature -- Survivor 1/1]


 ENCHANTMENTS:

  - Enchanter's Bane
[Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, target enchantment deals damage equal to its mana value to its controller unless that player sacrifices it.]

  - Stolen Strategy
[Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of each opponent’s library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those exiled cards, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.]

 ARTIFACTS:

  - Nemesis Mask
[Artifact -- Equipment
All creatures able to block equipped creature do so.
Equip {3}]

  - Hazoret's Monument
[Legendary Artifact
Red creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.]

 PLANESWALKER:

  -

 ____________________________________________________________________
 GRAVEYARD:

Conjurer's Closet
Caged Sun
Mountain X 4
Shinka, The Bloodsoaked Keep
Bull-Rush Bruiser
Rage Reflection
Inferno Hellion
War's Toll
Opal Palace
Aerathi Berserker
Kargan Intimidator
Varchild's War-Riders

 EXILE:

Fumiko the Low-Blooded
Marton Stromgald
Varchild's Crusader
Dragon Throne of Tarkir
Archetype of Aggression
Blasphemous Act
Teeka's Dragon
Loxodon Warhammer
Purphoros God of the Forge
Boldwyr Intimidator
Crown of Doom
Khorvath's Fury
Dormant Volcano
Mountain X 2
Howling Mine
Haunted Cloak
Anax Hardened in the Forge
Mountain
Helm of Awakening
Tempt with Vengeance</sub>

This message was last edited by the player at 14:22, Sun 29 Aug 2021.

When he respawms, he generates 2 more zombie tokens, so I now have 6.  And he gains a +1/+1 counter from the undying.



I'm going to guess you meant me rather than Grizzly :-)  I gain 7 survivors...



Hey!  I'm a planeswalker?!  I didn't know! :-)



Actually, Risen Executioner can't block,   So only the six 4/4 zombie tokens and 8/8 Grave Titan can block (32/32 in total).  So 7 blockers actually - meaning Aerathi Berserker gains +21/21, making him 23/25.  By my calculation, Aerathi Berserker, Grave Titan and 3 of my zombie tokens would die - leaving 3 of my zombie tokens alive...



Ouch!  I take 16...

Of course the damage step causes several triggers to go onto the stack simultanously...:  Specifically, Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor for you and Mikaeus, the Unhallowed for me, and then after the damage is resolved and things actually die, the Grave Pact then triggers.

The order these triggers goes on the stack should be, if I understand the rules correctly, your Varchild's survivor token creating ability first, and then my Mikaeus kill-humans-that-damage-me ability next.

When they then resolve, Varchild is destroyed by Mikaeus first (along with your other two human attackers), and his new trigger to transfer control of survivors goes on top of the stack, resolves immediately (transferring control of the 7 survivors I have at that moment to you) and then the last item left on the stack finally resolves and three new tokens are created under my control.  So you get 7 tokens not 10 back... and I still keep 3 traitors survivors.

After that has all resolved - the creatures actually killed by the damage dealt exit the battlefield and Grave Pact triggers for each of my FOUR critters that died, so you'd actually have to sacrifice 4 tokens - only leaving you with 3 out of those 7 you attacked with...

So at the end of your turn, you should have 7 new tokens and 3 old - 10 in total rather than 15.

In your end step, I sacrifice Grave Pact rather than take the 4 damage...

TURN EIGHT
Untap,
Upkeep
Draw
1st Main Phase:

Tap 2 to fortell a card and place it face down :-)

Attack Phase:
Tap and attack Munch with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed (6/6, Intimidate)
Tap and attack with Risen Executioner (5/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)

2nd Main Phase:

End Turn Phase:

---

LIFE: 12 (12 Commander Damage from Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor)
HAND: 2
DECK: 79 (A 100 card deck)  This deck is legal in:  Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Highlander.  - No Errors. - it contains 32 Rares and 0 Mythic and 0 Special (32% of deck), of which 5 are lands.  It has no Sideboard..
Commander: Erebos, God of the Dead - (Legendary Enchantment God, 5/7, {3}{B} (4)
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/...ebos-god-of-the-dead] - CAST ONCE
   

---

BATTLEFIELD:
Land:
(T) Swamp

    Everglades https://scryfall.com/card/c14/294/everglades
    Everglades enters the battlefield tapped.
    When Everglades enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return an untapped Swamp you control to its owner's hand.
    {T}: Add {C}{B}.

(T) Swamp
    Swamp
    Swamp
    Swamp

    Volrath's Stronghold https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/248/volrath's-stronghold
    {T}: Add {C}.
    {1}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
    The seed of a world's evil.

Creatures:
(TA) Mikaeus, the Unhallowed - (Legendary Zombie Cleric, 5/5 -> 6/6 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner], {3}{B}{B}{B} (6)
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying 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.))
[https://scryfall.com/card/puma...kaeus-the-unhallowed]

(TA) Risen Executioner - (Zombie Warrior, 4/3 -> 5/4 [Includes +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {2}{B}{B} (4)
Risen Executioner can't block.
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
You may cast Risen Executioner from your graveyard if you pay {1} more to cast it for each other creature card in your graveyard.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/dtk/116/risen-executioner]  [Undying from Mikaeus]

(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])

Enchantments:
Artifacts:
Planeswalkers:

---

GRAVEYARD:
Call to the Grave https://scryfall.com/card/m12/85/call-to-the-grave
Grave Pact https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/65/grave-pact
Grave Titan https://scryfall.com/card/sld/223/grave-titan

---

EXILED:
Bridge from Below https://scryfall.com/card/plist/422/bridge-from-below
Infectious Horror https://scryfall.com/card/m19/101/infectious-horror
Swamp
Plague Wind https://scryfall.com/card/a25/102/plague-wind
Homeward Path https://scryfall.com/card/j17/4/homeward-path

_{Draft Post created using v 12.0}

In your Upkeep, your Stolen Strategy exiles:

• Coffin Queen https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/87/coffin-queen

Ugh. I remembered the +1/+1 counter, but forgot that he spawns two more Zombos.



Yeah Copy/Paste issues.



Dang it I was hoping I could somehow re-kill him this turn to get rid of the bonuses. But you're right it clearly says on the card he can't block.




Dang it, I thought they were all simultaneous, but you're right. Grave Pact won't go on until State based actions are checked.

What I get for trying to cheap out on Mikaeus's fee I guess. :p



A convenient reading of the rules... :|

Well I'm sure after your turn I'll have a lot less.



Block each of the Zombies I can with a survivor. 3 more will dogpile on the Executioner, hoping to bring him down with shear weight of numbers.  Mikaeus gets through for 6.

That's all 7 Survivors. :( Lets hope thier sacrifice wasn't in vain!



Well THAT'S useful.

EDIT: Wait, she's not who I was thinking of... Who's the chick that makes your dudes 0/2s?

SORCERESS Queen, that's who it was...

https://scryfall.com/card/5ed/194/sorceress-queen

TURN 9:

Untap:  Untap All

Upkeep:

Matt Exiles Coffin Queen.

Draw:  Draw 1


Main:

Play a Mountain.

Tap 3 of my Mountains to total steal your strategy of using Coffin Queen.
https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/87/coffin-queen

Tap everything else to call upon the greatest power I have yet unleashed! A Magmatic Force rises to do my bidding.
https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/181/magmatic-force

Combat:

Main:

End:

My Enchantment curses itself. It deals 2 damage to me because I didn't sac it.

End Turn.
<sub>___________________________________________________________________

 Life: 26
 Hand: 0/7
 Library: 50  [100 card library]
 Command Zone: Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor (5R) (Cast Twice)
https://scryfall.com/card/c18/...-betrayer-of-kjeldor
 ___________________________________________________________________


 LANDS:

T - Mountain X 8

T - Great Furnace
[Artifact Land
T: add R.]


 CREATURES:

  - Magmatic Force
[Creature Elemental 7/7
At the beginning of each upkeep, Magmatic Force deals 3 damage to any target.]

  - Coffin Queen
[Creature -- Zombie Wizard 1/1
You may choose not to untap Coffin Queen during your untap step.
{2}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. When Coffin Queen becomes untapped or you lose control of Coffin Queen, exile that creature. ]

 ENCHANTMENTS:

  - Enchanter's Bane
[Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, target enchantment deals damage equal to its mana value to its controller unless that player sacrifices it.]

  - Stolen Strategy
[Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of each opponent’s library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those exiled cards, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.]

 ARTIFACTS:

  - Nemesis Mask
[Artifact -- Equipment
All creatures able to block equipped creature do so.
Equip {3}]

  - Hazoret's Monument
[Legendary Artifact
Red creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.]

 PLANESWALKER:

  -

 ____________________________________________________________________
 GRAVEYARD:

Conjurer's Closet
Caged Sun
Mountain X 4
Shinka, The Bloodsoaked Keep
Bull-Rush Bruiser
Rage Reflection
Inferno Hellion
War's Toll
Opal Palace
Aerathi Berserker
Kargan Intimidator
Varchild's War-Riders


 EXILE:

Fumiko the Low-Blooded
Marton Stromgald
Varchild's Crusader
Dragon Throne of Tarkir
Archetype of Aggression
Blasphemous Act
Teeka's Dragon
Loxodon Warhammer
Purphoros God of the Forge
Boldwyr Intimidator
Crown of Doom
Khorvath's Fury
Dormant Volcano
Mountain X 2
Howling Mine
Haunted Cloak
Anax Hardened in the Forge
Mountain
Helm of Awakening
Tempt with Vengeance</sub>


During your upkeep, Magmatic Force hits you with a big plume of Magma, dealing 3 damage to you.

Each upkeep?  OUCH!

At the end of your turn, I tap two swamps and Volrath's Stronghold to put Grave Titan from my graveyard onto the top of my library.

TURN NINE
Untap,
Upkeep - Magmatic Force deals me 3 damage! :-(
Draw - Ooo! I recognise that card!
1st Main Phase:

Tap 4BB to cast Grave Titan (again).
   As he comes into play, he puts another pair of zombie tokens into play.

Attack Phase:
Tap and attack Munch with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed (6/6, Intimidate)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)

PAUSE FOR BLOCKERS

---

LIFE: 9 (12 Commander Damage from Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor)
HAND: 2
DECK: 78 (A 100 card deck)  This deck is legal in:  Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Highlander.  - No Errors. - it contains 32 Rares and 0 Mythic and 0 Special (32% of deck), of which 5 are lands.  It has no Sideboard..
Commander: Erebos, God of the Dead - (Legendary Enchantment God, 5/7, {3}{B} (4)
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/...ebos-god-of-the-dead] - CAST ONCE
   

---

BATTLEFIELD:
Land:
(T) Swamp

    Everglades https://scryfall.com/card/c14/294/everglades
    Everglades enters the battlefield tapped.
    When Everglades enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return an untapped Swamp you control to its owner's hand.
    {T}: Add {C}{B}.

(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp

(T) Volrath's Stronghold https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/248/volrath's-stronghold
    {T}: Add {C}.
    {1}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
    The seed of a world's evil.

Creatures:
(TA) Mikaeus, the Unhallowed - (Legendary Zombie Cleric, 5/5 -> 6/6 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner], {3}{B}{B}{B} (6)
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying 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.))
[https://scryfall.com/card/puma...kaeus-the-unhallowed]

Risen Executioner - (Zombie Warrior, 4/3 -> 5/4 [Includes +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {2}{B}{B} (4)
Risen Executioner can't block.
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
You may cast Risen Executioner from your graveyard if you pay {1} more to cast it for each other creature card in your graveyard.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/dtk/116/risen-executioner]  [Undying from Mikaeus]

(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])

(SS) Grave Titan - (Giant, 6/6 -> 8/8 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {4}{B}{B} (6)
Deathtouch
Whenever Grave Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/223/grave-titan]

(SS) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(SS) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])

Enchantments:
Artifacts:
Planeswalkers:

---

GRAVEYARD:
Call to the Grave https://scryfall.com/card/m12/85/call-to-the-grave
Grave Pact https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/65/grave-pact

---

EXILED:
Bridge from Below https://scryfall.com/card/plist/422/bridge-from-below
Infectious Horror https://scryfall.com/card/m19/101/infectious-horror
Swamp
Plague Wind https://scryfall.com/card/a25/102/plague-wind
Homeward Path https://scryfall.com/card/j17/4/homeward-path

_{Draft Post created using v 12.0}

Stolen Strategy:

• Coffin Queen https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/87/coffin-queen - now on the battlefield
• tba

Block Mikaeus with the Coffin Queen and one of the tokens with the Force.

TURN NINE - CONTINUED
Untap,
Upkeep - Magmatic Force deals me 3 damage! :-(
Draw - Ooo! I recognise that card!
1st Main Phase:

Tap 4BB to cast Grave Titan (again).
   As he comes into play, he puts another pair of zombie tokens into play.

Attack Phase:
Tap and attack Munch with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed (6/6, Intimidate)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)

Coffin Queen and one zombie die.  You take 8 damage.

2nd Main Phase:

Tap 1B to cast the facedown card I fortold earlier:
Jarl of the Forsaken https://scryfall.com/card/khm/100/jarl-of-the-forsaken
   When Jarl of the Forsaken enters the battlefield, destroy target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.  - I target your Magmatic Force.

End Turn Phase:

---

LIFE: 9 (12 Commander Damage from Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor)
HAND: 2
DECK: 78 (A 100 card deck)  This deck is legal in:  Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Highlander.  - No Errors. - it contains 32 Rares and 0 Mythic and 0 Special (32% of deck), of which 5 are lands.  It has no Sideboard..
Commander: Erebos, God of the Dead - (Legendary Enchantment God, 5/7, {3}{B} (4)
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/...ebos-god-of-the-dead] - CAST ONCE
   

---

BATTLEFIELD:
Land:
(T) Swamp

(T) Everglades https://scryfall.com/card/c14/294/everglades
    Everglades enters the battlefield tapped.
    When Everglades enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return an untapped Swamp you control to its owner's hand.
    {T}: Add {C}{B}.

(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp

(T) Volrath's Stronghold https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/248/volrath's-stronghold
    {T}: Add {C}.
    {1}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
    The seed of a world's evil.

Creatures:
(TA) Mikaeus, the Unhallowed - (Legendary Zombie Cleric, 5/5 -> 6/6 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner], {3}{B}{B}{B} (6)
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying 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.))
[https://scryfall.com/card/puma...kaeus-the-unhallowed]

Risen Executioner - (Zombie Warrior, 4/3 -> 5/4 [Includes +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {2}{B}{B} (4)
Risen Executioner can't block.
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
You may cast Risen Executioner from your graveyard if you pay {1} more to cast it for each other creature card in your graveyard.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/dtk/116/risen-executioner]  [Undying from Mikaeus]

(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])

(SS) Grave Titan - (Giant, 6/6 -> 8/8 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {4}{B}{B} (6)
Deathtouch
Whenever Grave Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/223/grave-titan]

(SS) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(SS) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])

(SS) Jarl of the Forsaken - (Zombie Cleric, 3/2 -> 5/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {3}{B} (4)
Flash
When Jarl of the Forsaken enters the battlefield, destroy target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.
Foretell {1}{B} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.))
[https://scryfall.com/card/khm/100/jarl-of-the-forsaken]

Enchantments:
Artifacts:
Planeswalkers:

---

GRAVEYARD:
Call to the Grave https://scryfall.com/card/m12/85/call-to-the-grave
Grave Pact https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/65/grave-pact
Coffin Queen https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/87/coffin-queen

---

EXILED:
Bridge from Below https://scryfall.com/card/plist/422/bridge-from-below
Infectious Horror https://scryfall.com/card/m19/101/infectious-horror
Swamp
Plague Wind https://scryfall.com/card/a25/102/plague-wind
Homeward Path https://scryfall.com/card/j17/4/homeward-path

_{Draft Post created using v 12.0}

Stolen Strategy:

• Undead Warchief https://scryfall.com/card/fmb1/44/undead-warchief   (Grrr - I wanted that one!)

Dang it I  knew it had to be something like that.

TURN 10:

Untap:  Untap All

Upkeep:

Matt Exiles Undead Warchief.
(He's probably safer staying in exile... But I don't really have the HP to turn down a blocker.)

Draw:  Draw 1


Main:


Tap 4 of my Mountains to total steal your strategy of using an Undead Warchief.
https://scryfall.com/card/fmb1/44/undead-warchief

Tap 2 more to put out a garrison from that place called Hanweir. Maybe a Hanweir Garrison.
https://scryfall.com/card/emn/130a/hanweir-garrison


Combat:

Main:

End:

My Enchantment curses itself. I just sac it.

End Turn.
<sub>___________________________________________________________________

 Life: 18
 Hand: 0/7
 Library: 50  [100 card library]
 Command Zone: Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor (5R) (Cast Twice)
https://scryfall.com/card/c18/...-betrayer-of-kjeldor
 ___________________________________________________________________


 LANDS:

T - Mountain X 5

  - Mountain X 3

T - Great Furnace
[Artifact Land
T: add R.]


 CREATURES:

  - Hanweir Garrison
[Creature Human Soldier 2/3
Whenever Hanweir Garrison attacks, create two 1/1 red Human creature tokens that are tapped and attacking.]

  - Undead Warchief
[Creature -- Zombie 3/2
Zombie spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Zombie creatures you control get +2/+1.]


 ENCHANTMENTS:

  - Stolen Strategy
[Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of each opponent’s library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those exiled cards, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.]

 ARTIFACTS:

  - Nemesis Mask
[Artifact -- Equipment
All creatures able to block equipped creature do so.
Equip {3}]

  - Hazoret's Monument
[Legendary Artifact
Red creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.]

 PLANESWALKER:

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 GRAVEYARD:

Conjurer's Closet
Caged Sun
Mountain X 4
Shinka, The Bloodsoaked Keep
Bull-Rush Bruiser
Rage Reflection
Inferno Hellion
War's Toll
Opal Palace
Aerathi Berserker
Kargan Intimidator
Varchild's War-Riders
Magmatic Force
Enchanter's Bane

 EXILE:

Fumiko the Low-Blooded
Marton Stromgald
Varchild's Crusader
Dragon Throne of Tarkir
Archetype of Aggression
Blasphemous Act
Teeka's Dragon
Loxodon Warhammer
Purphoros God of the Forge
Boldwyr Intimidator
Crown of Doom
Khorvath's Fury
Dormant Volcano
Mountain X 2
Howling Mine
Haunted Cloak
Anax Hardened in the Forge
Mountain
Helm of Awakening
Tempt with Vengeance</sub>

TURN TEN
Untap,
Upkeep
Draw
1st Main Phase:

Tap 1B and Volrath's Stronghold to put Coffin Queen onto the top of my library.

Attack Phase:
Tap and attack Munch with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed (6/6, Intimidate)
Tap and attack with Risen Executioner (5/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)
Tap and attack with Zombie Token (4/4)
Tap and attack with Grave Titan (8/8, Deathtouch, Undying)
Tap and attack with Jarl of the Forsaken (5/4, Undying)
   As Grave Titan attacks, I put two new zombie tokens into play.

In response to whatever you declare for blockers, I tap 1B and cycle Gempalm Polluter https://scryfall.com/card/plist/97/gempalm-polluter
    Cycling {B}{B} ({B}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
    When you cycle Gempalm Polluter, you may have target player lose life equal to the number of Zombies on the battlefield.
At that moment in time, there are 10 zombies on the battlefield - Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Risen Executioner, Jarl of the Forsaken, 6 tokens and Undead Warchief under your control - so you lose 10 life.
    I discard Gempalm Polluter and draw the top card - Coffin Queen :-)

I think that might be for the win... but if not then:

2nd Main Phase:
Tap 2B to cast Coffin Queen.

End Turn Phase:

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LIFE: 9 (12 Commander Damage from Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor)
HAND: 2
DECK: 77 (A 100 card deck)  This deck is legal in:  Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Highlander.  - No Errors. - it contains 32 Rares and 0 Mythic and 0 Special (32% of deck), of which 5 are lands.  It has no Sideboard..
Commander: Erebos, God of the Dead - (Legendary Enchantment God, 5/7, {3}{B} (4)
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/...ebos-god-of-the-dead] - CAST ONCE
   

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BATTLEFIELD:
Land:
(T) Swamp

(T) Everglades https://scryfall.com/card/c14/294/everglades
    Everglades enters the battlefield tapped.
    When Everglades enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return an untapped Swamp you control to its owner's hand.
    {T}: Add {C}{B}.

(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp
(T) Swamp

(T) Volrath's Stronghold https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/248/volrath's-stronghold
    {T}: Add {C}.
    {1}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
    The seed of a world's evil.

Creatures:
(TA) Mikaeus, the Unhallowed - (Legendary Zombie Cleric, 5/5 -> 6/6 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner], {3}{B}{B}{B} (6)
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying 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.))
[https://scryfall.com/card/puma...kaeus-the-unhallowed]

(TA) Risen Executioner - (Zombie Warrior, 4/3 -> 5/4 [Includes +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {2}{B}{B} (4)
Risen Executioner can't block.
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
You may cast Risen Executioner from your graveyard if you pay {1} more to cast it for each other creature card in your graveyard.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/dtk/116/risen-executioner]  [Undying from Mikaeus]

(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])

(TA) Grave Titan - (Giant, 6/6 -> 8/8 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {4}{B}{B} (6)
Deathtouch
Whenever Grave Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.)
[https://scryfall.com/card/sld/223/grave-titan]

(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(TA) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])

(SS) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])
(SS) Black creature token (Zombie - 2/2 -> 4/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus])

(TA) Jarl of the Forsaken - (Zombie Cleric, 3/2 -> 5/4 [+1/+1 from Risen Executioner,  +1/+1 from Mikaeus], {3}{B} (4)
Flash
When Jarl of the Forsaken enters the battlefield, destroy target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.
Foretell {1}{B} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.))
[https://scryfall.com/card/khm/100/jarl-of-the-forsaken]

Enchantments:
Artifacts:
Planeswalkers:

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GRAVEYARD:
Call to the Grave https://scryfall.com/card/m12/85/call-to-the-grave
Grave Pact https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/65/grave-pact
Coffin Queen https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/87/coffin-queen

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EXILED:
Bridge from Below https://scryfall.com/card/plist/422/bridge-from-below
Infectious Horror https://scryfall.com/card/m19/101/infectious-horror
Swamp
Plague Wind https://scryfall.com/card/a25/102/plague-wind
Homeward Path https://scryfall.com/card/j17/4/homeward-path

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Stolen Strategy:

• Undead Warchief https://scryfall.com/card/fmb1/44/undead-warchief   On the battlefield
• Swamp

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Pretty sure that got me...

Yay!  I thought you had me at one point...   Mikaeus, the Unhallowed definitely saved me!

Well the Risen Executioner helped. Without it I would have happily sat there blasting your 3/3 zombies and not thought to go for the kill with Magma guy. :D

Although the Jarl was the clutch play. Without it Magma guy would have had you on a strict timer.

Mikaeus is just super damn good. There's so many combos with him, and even if you don't want to be that guy, its still just so valuable to have a free resurrect for just about anything in your deck that isn't a token.

In reply to Grizzly (msg # 53):

Yeah. If I can get him in, he goes in most black decks I create these days!