A slow death

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos)

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Creature (21)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Ashenmoor Liege
• 1x Banewhip Punisher
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Corrosive Mentor
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Dusk Urchins
• 1x Hateflayer
• 1x Kulrath Knight
• 1x Midnight Banshee
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Soul Snuffers
• 1x Soulstinger

Artifact (11)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Rakdos Cluestone
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thought Vessel

Land (39)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Grasping Dunes
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Ifnir Deadlands
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Incremental Blight
• 1x Parting Thoughts
• 1x Rise from the Grave
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Crumbling Ashes
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Everlasting Torment
• 1x Fists of the Demigod
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Nest of Scarabs
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm

Instant (7)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Grim Return
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Tragic Slip

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Dreamstealer
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Merciless Javelineer
• 1x Stalking Vengeance

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Spread the Sickness

Artifact (2)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Mirage Mirror

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Grief Tyrant
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Malfegor

Instant (1)

• 1x Torment of Venom

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms

Artifact (1)

• 1x Expedition Map

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Fists of the Demigod
• 1x Warstorm Surge

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Welcome to my Scorpion God deck. Since Hour of Devastation was released and many people were playing Scarab God and Locust God as commanders, I wanted to try This Guy as commander. Synergies with {B}{R} -1/-1 counters only exist in Shadowmoor and Amonkhet / Hour of Devastation sets, so i didn't have so many choices.

The goal of the deck is to get rid of creatures your opponents control, drawing cards with Commander and just attacking.

About Commander

The Scorpion God is one of gods from Hour of Devastation, probably the worst one,but also very underestimated commander.

His first ability allows to draw a card is a creature with -1-1 counter on it dies.This is good ability especially in Rakdos {B}{R} where you'll use lot of cards. However, you need to put a -1-1 Counter on creature,but this is not a problem in this deck.

Second ability puts a -1/-1 Counter on another creature for {1}{B}{R}.Strong ability that is A good combat trick.

The last ability says:"When The Scorpion God dies, return it to its onwer's hand at the beginning of the next end step." This ability allows you to cast commander without commander tax. However, if Scorpion God will be exiled/exiled from graveyard/shuffled in your deck, you'll need to move him to command zone.

Combos and Synergies

1. Blowfly Infestation + Nest of Scarabs

This combo triggers Enters the Battlefield/Dies Effect. To activate it, kill a creature with -1/-1 Counter on it or put a -1/-1 Counter on Insect.Then, create Insect token and put a -1/-1 Counter on it with Blowfly Infestation and repeat this process. Works nice with:

• The Scorpion God - Draw cards as much as you want, then put a counter on any other creature with thoughness higher than 1

• Warstorm Surge, Blood Artist and/or Stalking Vengeance - just killing your opponents :D

• Black Market - Infinite Black Mana

• Dictate of Erebos - Something like board wiping your opponents.

2.Archfiend of Ifnir + Sire Of Insanity

Putting amount of -1/-1 Counters on creatures your opponents control equal to number of cards you discard and leaving all players with empty hand including you (unless you control a Scorpion God and your opponents control some creature that are about to die). Archfiend of Ifnir also works with cycling/Merciless Javelineer

3.Cauldron of Souls + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Your creatures (except Mikaeus ) are immortal. Works even better with Flayer of the Hatebound,Warstorm Surge and/or Stalking Vengeance.

4.Everlasting Torment + Rite of the Raging Storm

Pretty nice stuff, that will cause your opponents to lose life or sacrificing a creatures by Lightning Rager.Like in 1st combo, it triggers EtB/Dies Effect.

Weakness of deck

Amount of Creatures

This deck contains about 20 creatures, so it's very vulnerable to board wipes (even yours). The reason of this is that this deck is focused on killing creatures very much.Of course you may put more creatures and put something out of the deck.

Commander leaving the battlefield

When commander dies, you cannot draw cards by his effect.

Noncreature Permanents

Deck focuses on killing creatures, so you won't be able to get rid of other permanents so much. The only cards that may do this are Vandalblast, Dreadbore ,Chaos Warp,Nevinyrral's Disk and Torment of Hailfire.

I Hope you enjoy this deck. Please help me improve this deck and give me some tips. +1 Upvote appreciated :)

Date added	6 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Blowfly Infestation + Nest of Scarabs Cauldron of Souls + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Archfiend of Ifnir + Sire Of Insanity Everlasting Torment + Rite of the Raging Storm
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 2 Mythic Rares 34 - 4 Rares 28 - 2 Uncommons 14 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.79
Tokens	Dreamstealer 4/4 B, Insect 1/1 B, Lightning Rager, Rat 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Future Decks, Other People's deck