EDH Athreos, Shadowborn

by RolledAOne on 04 August 2014

Main Deck (99 cards)

Sideboard (1 card)

Creatures (1)

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Deck Description

Didn't add in Mortal Combat because that I don't want this deck to work like that every game.

How to Play

Pretty simple. Sac your Shadowborn Apostles and get Rune-Scarred Demon or another demon of your choice. With Athreos out they can't keep talking 3 life and have to give you them back to your hand. This of course makes you a big target on the field.

Deck Tags

  • EDH
  • B/W
  • Demon

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for EDH Athreos, Shadowborn

Dictate of Erebos as another Grave Pact effect?

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Posted 05 August 2014 at 15:21

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Already in the deck, right above Grave Pact.

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Posted 05 August 2014 at 16:00

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Indeed you do.

Teysa Orzhov Scion and Ogre Slumlord could puke out a ton of tokens on Apostle sacc.

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Posted 05 August 2014 at 17:34

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Circle of Despair might be worthwhile, too.

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Posted 05 August 2014 at 17:38

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Orzhov Scion and Ogre Slumlord are nice. I think they are pretty interchangeable between Rotlung, depending on what kind of decks I might be going up against.
I will see what I can take out for Circle of Despair, gives more protection.

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Posted 05 August 2014 at 23:40

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The more creatures that kick six tokens in a swing the merrier, I say.

Is Attrition worth running? I ran it for awhile in my variant on this but it always seemed like between Martyr's Bond, Grave Pact and Dictate it was redundant.

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Posted 06 August 2014 at 18:58

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It's decent. Nice and cheap removal but I can't get rid of any black creatures sadly. I plan to take out after a few more runs. So far it is sitting at 40% helpful. Black Market is another card I am thinking of replacing. Most of the time I don't even need the extra mana.

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Posted 06 August 2014 at 20:07

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Same thing happens to me with every deck I try Black Market in; it gets some absurd amount of counters on it and they wind up not really mattering.

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Posted 06 August 2014 at 20:27

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Black market is only good if you run a few x spells/draw a lot of cards/Mana sinks.

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Posted 06 August 2014 at 20:28

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Second sunrise?

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Posted 05 August 2014 at 17:41

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I had that in but took it out for Faith's Reward. For 1 more mana (and 1 less white) it gives me back all of my cards and not my opponents.

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Posted 05 August 2014 at 23:48

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What about Ranger of Eos? everytime it enters/recurs it gets you two more apostles?

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Posted 06 August 2014 at 20:19

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That is true, another good card to try and fit in.

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Posted 06 August 2014 at 21:52

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You said above you may replace black market, you really don't have anything to pair black market with. Also they're both 4 drops so the curve doesn't change.

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Posted 06 August 2014 at 21:58

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You could also run Suture Priest, since you're going to keep pushing Shadowborn Apostles into play and deterring opponents from playing anything.

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Posted 06 August 2014 at 00:08

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I did forget about this card. I want to do some playtesting and this might be a good card to add if I need more life.

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Posted 06 August 2014 at 00:13

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I only remembered about it by effect; it was a pain trying to remember its name, but it should be interesting if you need another deterrent with them also taking Athreos damage.

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Posted 06 August 2014 at 00:21

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Updated two cards. Added in Ranger of Eos and Circle of Despair. They are taking Attrition and Black Market spots.
I still want to try out Suture Priest and Ogre Slumlord.

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Posted 07 August 2014 at 02:01

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