edhseer Commander synergy, explained

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Plunder the Graves

Commander precon · Commander Anthology · 2017 · led by Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Main theme: Aristocrats · Synergy 4.1/5 (tight) · Bracket 1–2 · Meren of Clan Nel Toth works with 34 of its cards

Upgrades at bracket 1–2

No Game Changers and no infinite combos: the level of an unchanged precon. Game Changers are cards on WotC's official list of cards that make a deck much stronger.

16 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 1–2.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 4.1 → 4.2 of 5, still tight. It is more consistent: Build 3.9 → 4.6 of 5, from close to on target; 4 short on card advantage, was 7, 1 short on ramp, was 6. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Golgari Guildgate: Golgari Guildgate enters tapped. Put in Bayou: Bayou never enters tapped and makes black or green.
  2. Take out Golgari Rot Farm: Golgari Rot Farm enters tapped. Put in Overgrown Tomb: Overgrown Tomb never enters tapped and makes black or green.
  3. Take out Jungle Hollow: Jungle Hollow enters tapped. Put in Twilight Mire: Twilight Mire never enters tapped and makes black or green.

Ramp

  1. Take out Overwhelming Stampede: Overwhelming Stampede is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Crowded Crypt: Ramp: you were 6 short; Crowded Crypt counts as ramp. Crowded Crypt makes fodder for Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord.
  2. Take out Tribute to the Wild: Tribute to the Wild is next on the report's cut list. Put in Twitching Doll: Ramp: you were 6 short; Twitching Doll counts as ramp. When Twitching Doll is in the graveyard, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord gets bigger.
  3. Take out Grisly Salvage: Grisly Salvage is next on the report's cut list. Works with 14 other cards: with 9 again and again, with 5 just once or in the background. Put in Arcane Signet: Ramp: you were 6 short; Arcane Signet counts as ramp.
  4. Take out Mulch: Mulch is next on the report's cut list. Works with 14 other cards: with 9 again and again, with 5 just once or in the background. Put in Fellwar Stone: Ramp: you were 6 short; Fellwar Stone counts as ramp.
  5. Take out Centaur Vinecrasher: Centaur Vinecrasher is next on the report's cut list. Works with 16 other cards: with 16 again and again. Put in Talisman of Resilience: Ramp: you were 6 short; Talisman of Resilience counts as ramp.
  6. Take out Banshee of the Dread Choir: Banshee of the Dread Choir is next on the report's cut list. Works with 6 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in The Soul Stone: Ramp: you were 6 short; The Soul Stone counts as ramp.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Great Oak Guardian: Great Oak Guardian is next on the report's cut list. Works with 7 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 2 just once or in the background. Put in Rabid Attack: Card advantage: you were 7 short; Rabid Attack counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Lotleth Troll: Lotleth Troll is next on the report's cut list. Works with 15 other cards: with 11 again and again, with 4 just once or in the background. Put in Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel: Card advantage: you were 7 short; Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel counts as card advantage.
  3. Take out Satyr Wayfinder: Satyr Wayfinder is next on the report's cut list. Works with 16 other cards: with 12 again and again, with 4 just once or in the background. Put in Erebos, Bleak-Hearted: Card advantage: you were 7 short; Erebos, Bleak-Hearted counts as card advantage.
  4. Take out Ambition's Cost: Ambition's Cost gives the opponent something back. Put in Harmonize: Harmonize is the same card draw gives the opponent nothing back.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Caller of the Pack: Caller of the Pack works with 2 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Ayara, First of Locthwain: Ayara, First of Locthwain can put Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord into the graveyard, and it returns itself
  2. Take out Verdant Force: Verdant Force works with 12 cards in this deck, 11 of them on its theme; Brainstealer Dragon works with 12 cards, none of them on it, and with your commander. Put in Brainstealer Dragon: When Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord enters, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  3. Take out Mycoloth: Mycoloth works with 12 cards in this deck, 11 of them on its theme; Campsite Cuisine works with 4 cards, none of them on it. Put in Campsite Cuisine: Campsite Cuisine puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back

Upgrades at bracket 3

Up to three Game Changers, and no two-card infinite combo that costs 6 or less.

18 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 3.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 4.1 → 4.2 of 5, still tight. It is more consistent: Build 3.9 → 4.6 of 5, from close to on target; 4 short on card advantage, was 7, 1 short on ramp, was 6. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Golgari Guildgate: Golgari Guildgate enters tapped. Put in Bayou: Bayou never enters tapped and makes black or green.
  2. Take out Golgari Rot Farm: Golgari Rot Farm enters tapped. Put in Overgrown Tomb: Overgrown Tomb never enters tapped and makes black or green.
  3. Take out Jungle Hollow: Jungle Hollow enters tapped. Put in Twilight Mire: Twilight Mire never enters tapped and makes black or green.

Ramp

  1. Take out Overwhelming Stampede: Overwhelming Stampede is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Crowded Crypt: Ramp: you were 6 short; Crowded Crypt counts as ramp. Crowded Crypt makes fodder for Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord.
  2. Take out Tribute to the Wild: Tribute to the Wild is next on the report's cut list. Put in Twitching Doll: Ramp: you were 6 short; Twitching Doll counts as ramp. When Twitching Doll is in the graveyard, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord gets bigger.
  3. Take out Grisly Salvage: Grisly Salvage is next on the report's cut list. Works with 14 other cards: with 9 again and again, with 5 just once or in the background. Put in Arcane Signet: Ramp: you were 6 short; Arcane Signet counts as ramp.
  4. Take out Mulch: Mulch is next on the report's cut list. Works with 14 other cards: with 9 again and again, with 5 just once or in the background. Put in Fellwar Stone: Ramp: you were 6 short; Fellwar Stone counts as ramp.
  5. Take out Centaur Vinecrasher: Centaur Vinecrasher is next on the report's cut list. Works with 16 other cards: with 16 again and again. Put in Talisman of Resilience: Ramp: you were 6 short; Talisman of Resilience counts as ramp.
  6. Take out Banshee of the Dread Choir: Banshee of the Dread Choir is next on the report's cut list. Works with 6 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in The Soul Stone: Ramp: you were 6 short; The Soul Stone counts as ramp.
  7. Take out Golgari Signet: Golgari Signet is weaker ramp than Chrome Mox. Put in Chrome Mox: Chrome Mox is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  8. Take out Thought Vessel: Thought Vessel is weaker ramp than Mana Vault. Put in Mana Vault: Mana Vault is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Great Oak Guardian: Great Oak Guardian is next on the report's cut list. Works with 7 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 2 just once or in the background. Put in Rabid Attack: Card advantage: you were 7 short; Rabid Attack counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Lotleth Troll: Lotleth Troll is next on the report's cut list. Works with 15 other cards: with 11 again and again, with 4 just once or in the background. Put in Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel: Card advantage: you were 7 short; Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel counts as card advantage.
  3. Take out Satyr Wayfinder: Satyr Wayfinder is next on the report's cut list. Works with 16 other cards: with 12 again and again, with 4 just once or in the background. Put in Erebos, Bleak-Hearted: Card advantage: you were 7 short; Erebos, Bleak-Hearted counts as card advantage.
  4. Take out Ambition's Cost: Ambition's Cost is weaker card draw than The One Ring. Put in The One Ring: The One Ring is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Caller of the Pack: Caller of the Pack works with 2 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Ayara, First of Locthwain: Ayara, First of Locthwain can put Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord into the graveyard, and it returns itself
  2. Take out Verdant Force: Verdant Force works with 12 cards in this deck, 11 of them on its theme; Brainstealer Dragon works with 12 cards, none of them on it, and with your commander. Put in Brainstealer Dragon: When Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord enters, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  3. Take out Mycoloth: Mycoloth works with 12 cards in this deck, 11 of them on its theme; Campsite Cuisine works with 4 cards, none of them on it. Put in Campsite Cuisine: Campsite Cuisine puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

18 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 3. These are the same swaps as at bracket 3: none of the stronger cards bracket 4–5 allows does any of these jobs strictly better, so aiming higher changes nothing for this deck.

Its cards work together a little more: synergy 4.1 → 4.2 of 5, still tight. It is more consistent: Build 3.9 → 4.6 of 5, from close to on target; 4 short on card advantage, was 7, 1 short on ramp, was 6. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Golgari Guildgate: Golgari Guildgate enters tapped. Put in Bayou: Bayou never enters tapped and makes black or green.
  2. Take out Golgari Rot Farm: Golgari Rot Farm enters tapped. Put in Overgrown Tomb: Overgrown Tomb never enters tapped and makes black or green.
  3. Take out Jungle Hollow: Jungle Hollow enters tapped. Put in Twilight Mire: Twilight Mire never enters tapped and makes black or green.

Ramp

  1. Take out Overwhelming Stampede: Overwhelming Stampede is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Crowded Crypt: Ramp: you were 6 short; Crowded Crypt counts as ramp. Crowded Crypt makes fodder for Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord.
  2. Take out Tribute to the Wild: Tribute to the Wild is next on the report's cut list. Put in Twitching Doll: Ramp: you were 6 short; Twitching Doll counts as ramp. When Twitching Doll is in the graveyard, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord gets bigger.
  3. Take out Grisly Salvage: Grisly Salvage is next on the report's cut list. Works with 14 other cards: with 9 again and again, with 5 just once or in the background. Put in Arcane Signet: Ramp: you were 6 short; Arcane Signet counts as ramp.
  4. Take out Mulch: Mulch is next on the report's cut list. Works with 14 other cards: with 9 again and again, with 5 just once or in the background. Put in Fellwar Stone: Ramp: you were 6 short; Fellwar Stone counts as ramp.
  5. Take out Centaur Vinecrasher: Centaur Vinecrasher is next on the report's cut list. Works with 16 other cards: with 16 again and again. Put in Talisman of Resilience: Ramp: you were 6 short; Talisman of Resilience counts as ramp.
  6. Take out Banshee of the Dread Choir: Banshee of the Dread Choir is next on the report's cut list. Works with 6 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 1 just once or in the background. Put in The Soul Stone: Ramp: you were 6 short; The Soul Stone counts as ramp.
  7. Take out Golgari Signet: Golgari Signet is weaker ramp than Chrome Mox. Put in Chrome Mox: Chrome Mox is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.
  8. Take out Thought Vessel: Thought Vessel is weaker ramp than Mana Vault. Put in Mana Vault: Mana Vault is ramp too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Great Oak Guardian: Great Oak Guardian is next on the report's cut list. Works with 7 other cards: with 5 again and again, with 2 just once or in the background. Put in Rabid Attack: Card advantage: you were 7 short; Rabid Attack counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Lotleth Troll: Lotleth Troll is next on the report's cut list. Works with 15 other cards: with 11 again and again, with 4 just once or in the background. Put in Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel: Card advantage: you were 7 short; Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel counts as card advantage.
  3. Take out Satyr Wayfinder: Satyr Wayfinder is next on the report's cut list. Works with 16 other cards: with 12 again and again, with 4 just once or in the background. Put in Erebos, Bleak-Hearted: Card advantage: you were 7 short; Erebos, Bleak-Hearted counts as card advantage.
  4. Take out Ambition's Cost: Ambition's Cost is weaker card draw than The One Ring. Put in The One Ring: The One Ring is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out Caller of the Pack: Caller of the Pack works with 2 cards in this deck, none of them on its theme. Put in Ayara, First of Locthwain: Ayara, First of Locthwain can put Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord into the graveyard, and it returns itself
  2. Take out Verdant Force: Verdant Force works with 12 cards in this deck, 11 of them on its theme; Brainstealer Dragon works with 12 cards, none of them on it, and with your commander. Put in Brainstealer Dragon: When Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord enters, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  3. Take out Mycoloth: Mycoloth works with 12 cards in this deck, 11 of them on its theme; Campsite Cuisine works with 4 cards, none of them on it. Put in Campsite Cuisine: Campsite Cuisine puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back

Opens a route: Nature's Wrath. 14 of its cards reach Corpse Augur through it.

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: card advantage 7 of 14, ramp 7 of 13.

The decklist

Creatures

Acidic Slime · Banshee of the Dread Choir · Blood Bairn · Bloodspore Thrinax · Butcher of Malakir · Caller of the Pack · Centaur Vinecrasher · Champion of Stray Souls · Cloudthresher · Corpse Augur · Eater of Hope · Eternal Witness · Extractor Demon · Great Oak Guardian · Indrik Stomphowler · Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord · Kessig Cagebreakers · Korozda Guildmage · Lotleth Troll · Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest · Mycoloth · Pathbreaker Ibex · Phyrexian Plaguelord · Phyrexian Rager · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Satyr Wayfinder · Scourge of Nel Toth · Shriekmaw · Skullwinder · Terastodon · Thief of Blood · Verdant Force · Viridian Emissary · Viridian Zealot · Vulturous Zombie · Wall of Blossoms · Wood Elves

Instants and sorceries

Altar's Reap · Ambition's Cost · Barter in Blood · Dread Summons · Golgari Charm · Grisly Salvage · Mulch · Overwhelming Stampede · Primal Growth · Putrefy · Rise from the Grave · Sever the Bloodline · Spider Spawning · Tribute to the Wild · Victimize · Wretched Confluence

Artifacts and enchantments

Bonehoard · Diabolic Servitude · Eldrazi Monument · Golgari Signet · Lightning Greaves · Skullclamp · Sol Ring · Thought Vessel

Lands

Command Tower · Evolving Wilds · 12 Forest · Golgari Guildgate · Golgari Rot Farm · Grim Backwoods · High Market · Jungle Hollow · Polluted Mire · Slippery Karst · 13 Swamp · Tainted Wood · Terramorphic Expanse · Vivid Grove · Vivid Marsh

Other Commander Anthology precons