<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Prossh, Skyraider of Kher" href="#" target="_blank">Prossh, Skyraider of Kher</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.toddlockwood.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Todd Lockwood </a></em></p>
<p>This week on <em>Precon Remastered</em>, where we take old precons, and give them some modern spice, we're taking on the original "King of <a href="https://edhrec.com/commanders/jund" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jund</a>," and a commander that my heart has a bit of a soft spot for. However, that's not because of those infinite combos involving <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Food Chain" href="#" target="_blank">Food Chain</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. It's for a much different reason.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Shattergang Brothers"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Prossh, Skyraider of Kher"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sek&#039;Kuar, Deathkeeper"></div></div>
<p>My original takes on <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Prossh, Skyraider of Kher" href="#" target="_blank">Prossh, Skyraider of Kher</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> were a lot more aggressive, sacrificing creatures to pump him up enough to kill someone with commander damage <em>very</em> quickly. I remember pulling this off, and I had an opponent slam their fists on the table in response (It got hit with a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Maze of Ith" href="#" target="_blank">Maze of Ith</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> afterwards). But I digress.</p>
<p>I have said in the past that the <a href="https://edhrec.com/precon#commander2013" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Commander 2013</em></a> precons suffered from being very split (I have mentioned "identity crisis" as a way to describe it), but <a href="https://edhrec.com/precon/power-hungry" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Power Hungry</em></a> is actually the most cohesive of the bunch, making it perhaps the best out of the box. Both of the alternate commanders could actually fit in as commanders and do something, but Prossh does it all so much better. The difference is that, rather than being divided between themes, it's more about what kinds of creatures we're sacrificing: tokens or nontokens.</p>
<h2>Setting Up the Feast</h2>
<p>Here are our rules for remastering precons:</p>
<ol>
<li>The value of the deck cannot exceed $120. This will apply to the reprints only, which gets to my first personal quirk.</li>
<li>Every card unique to the original precon stays in the deck. All those new cards that get released with precons remain in the list.</li>
<li>The land package should closely reflect what we get in precons these days (and, in my humble opinion, they're actually pretty good).</li>
<li>For at least until 2020, we're not tied to a particular set, so we're free to choose whatever we want. You can be assured I have ideas for 2020 and beyond, though.</li>
<li>Universes Beyond cards are not added. No exceptions, unless they have a in-universe variant.</li>
</ol>
<p>With that out of the way, let's take a good look at what the precon looked like originally.</p>
<h2>The Original <em>Power Hungry</em> Precon List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Power Hungry - Commander 2013" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Brooding Saurian
*1 Capricious Efreet
*1 Charnelhoard Wurm
*1 Deathbringer Thoctar
*1 Deepfire Elemental
*1 Elvish Skysweeper
*1 Endless Cockroaches
*1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
*1 Fell Shepherd
*1 Goblin Sharpshooter
*1 Golgari Guildmage
*1 Hooded Horror
*1 Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
*1 Hunted Troll
*1 Inferno Titan
*1 Jade Mage
*1 Ophiomancer
*1 Quagmire Druid
*1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
*1 Scarland Thrinax
*1 Sek&#039;Kuar, Deathkeeper
*1 Shattergang Brothers
*1 Silklash Spider
*1 Sprouting Thrinax
*1 Stalking Vengeance
*1 Stronghold Assassin
*1 Terra Ravager
*1 Viscera Seer
*1 Walker of the Grove
*1 Wight of Precinct Six
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 Jund Charm
*1 Reincarnation
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Dirge of Dread
*1 Mass Mutiny
*1 Restore
*1 Rough // Tumble
*1 Spoils of Victory
*1 Sudden Demise
*1 Tempt with Vengeance
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts]
*1 Armillary Sphere
*1 Carnage Altar
*1 Jar of Eyeballs
*1 Obelisk of Jund
*1 Plague Boiler
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Spine of Ish Sah
*1 Swiftfoot Boots
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Blood Rites
*1 Curse of Chaos
*1 Curse of Predation
*1 Curse of Shallow Graves
*1 Fecundity
*1 Foster
*1 Furnace Celebration
*1 Goblin Bombardment
*1 Night Soil
*1 Primal Vigor
*1 Tooth and Claw
*1 Vile Requiem
*1 Widespread Panic
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Akoum Refuge
*1 Command Tower
*1 Evolving Wilds
*7 Forest
*1 Golgari Guildgate
*1 Golgari Rot Farm
*1 Grim Backwoods
*1 Gruul Guildgate
*1 Jund Panorama
*1 Kazandu Refuge
*1 Khalni Garden
*1 Kher Keep
*1 Llanowar Reborn
*7 Mountain
*1 Opal Palace
*1 Rakdos Guildgate
*1 Rupture Spire
*1 Savage Lands
*6 Swamp
*1 Temple of the False God
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Vivid Grove
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>Combo Alert</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Tooth and Claw"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Primal Vigor"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Deathbringer Thoctar"></div></div>
<p>Before I get into the meat of the precon, I want to point out that this is the first one to have an infinite combo in it. These days, they're not uncommon. Back then? It's a much different story. I'll cover these as I go along, but know that I'll stop as we get to the more recent ones (at time of writing).</p>
<p>The combo here requires <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tooth and Claw" href="#" target="_blank">Tooth and Claw</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Primal Vigor" href="#" target="_blank">Primal Vigor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and at least two creatures to begin. We activate Tooth and Claw, sacrificing two creatures to make a token. Primal Vigor will see this, and make two instead. Now, we can sac those new tokens to make two new ones. Combine with the likes of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Deathbringer Thoctar" href="#" target="_blank">Deathbringer Thoctar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Goblin Sharpshooter" href="#" target="_blank">Goblin Sharpshooter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and we automatically win. Assuming, of course, no one disrupts us.</p>
<p>Those familiar with this precon will see this coming, so be prepared to for removal headed our way.</p>
<h2>Leftover Appetizers</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ophiomancer"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Carnage Altar"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Fecundity"></div></div>
<p>With that combo discourse aside, the rest of the deck actually doesn't look too bad. It's a decent start to a list that utilizes both an aggressive and an <a href="https://edhrec.com/tags/aristocrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aristocrats</a> approach. Firstly, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ophiomancer" href="#" target="_blank">Ophiomancer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which was first printed here, actually nets us a Snake to sacrifice for value (or throw at some unsuspecting Indiana Jones coming our way). Both of the Thrinaxes (<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Scarland Thrinax" href="#" target="_blank">Scarland Thrinax</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sprouting Thrinax" href="#" target="_blank">Sprouting Thrinax</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>) contribute to the theme, being a sacrifice outlet and something you want to get rid of respectively. Also, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fecundity" href="#" target="_blank">Fecundity</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> provides gas for each creature we sacrifice.</p>
<p>The new cards printed here work well with the precon to some extent, but we do have some dead weight. For instance, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sudden Demise" href="#" target="_blank">Sudden Demise</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> doesn't really belong here, and the Curses don't really mesh well. That said, I do give <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Curse of Shallow Graves" href="#" target="_blank">Curse of Shallow Graves</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> some credit because it does give us a token to use.</p>
<p>The card quality could also be improved on. For one, there's better ways to sacrifice than using <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Carnage Altar" href="#" target="_blank">Carnage Altar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Furnace Celebration" href="#" target="_blank">Furnace Celebration</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> grants a payoff, but we have to spend mana each time to get it. However, there's nothing to fear. Card quality has improved over the years, so it shouldn't take much to turn this precon into a real monster.</p>
<h2><em>Power Hungry </em>Remastered</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Power Hungry Remastered" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
[/Commander]
[Creatures]
*1 Avenger of Zendikar
*1 Blood Artist
*1 Deathbringer Thoctar
*1 Endless Cockroaches
*1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
*1 Fell Shepherd
*1 Hooded Horror
*1 Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
*1 Marionette Apprentice
*1 Mayhem Devil
*1 Molten Gatekeeper
*1 Morbid Opportunist
*1 Ophiomancer
*1 Pest Rescuer
*1 Pitiless Plunderer
*1 Poison-Tip Archer
*1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
*1 Scarland Thrinax
*1 Sek&#039;Kuar, Deathkeeper
*1 Shattergang Brothers
*1 Sprouting Thrinax
*1 Tendershoot Dryad
*1 Terra Ravager
*1 Viscera Seer
*1 Wight of Precinct Six
*1 Witty Roastmaster
*1 Zulaport Cutthroat
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 Artifact Mutation
*1 Assassin&#039;s Trophy
*1 Jund Charm
*1 Plumb the Forbidden
*1 Rakdos Charm
*1 Reincarnation
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Blasphemous Act
*1 Cultivate
*1 Farseek
*1 Immoral Bargain
*1 Kodama&#039;s Reach
*1 Mass Mutiny
*1 Rampant Growth
*1 Read the Bones
*1 Restore
*1 Spoils of Victory
*1 Sudden Demise
*1 Tempt with Vengeance
[/Sorceries]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Cauldron of Essence
*1 Skullclamp
*1 Sol Ring
[/Artifacts]
[Enchantments]
*1 Awakening Zone
*1 Bastion of Remembrance
*1 Curse of Chaos
*1 Curse of Predation
*1 Curse of Shallow Graves
*1 Deathreap Ritual
*1 Fecundity
*1 Foster
*1 Goblin Bombardment
*1 Impact Tremors
*1 Moldervine Reclamation
*1 Primal Vigor
*1 Widespread Panic
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Canyon Slough
*1 Cinder Glade
*1 Command Tower
*1 Dragonskull Summit
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Fabled Passage
*1 Festering Thicket
*1 Foreboding Ruins
*5 Forest
*1 Game Trail
*1 Karplusan Forest
*1 Kher Keep
*1 Llanowar Wastes
*5 Mountain
*1 Necroblossom Snarl
*1 Opal Palace
*1 Rootbound Crag
*1 Savage Lands
*1 Sheltered Thicket
*1 Smoldering Marsh
*1 Sulfurous Springs
*5 Swamp
*1 Terramorphic Expanse
*1 Vernal Fen
*1 Woodland Cemetery
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>The Main Course</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Immoral Bargain"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Witty Roastmaster"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Tendershoot Dryad"></div></div>
<p>To keep the cost down, we took some casualties. We no longer have the combo I described earlier (But if you're upgrading for a higher Bracket, feel free to re-add <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tooth and Claw" href="#" target="_blank">Tooth and Claw</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>), and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Goblin Sharpshooter" href="#" target="_blank">Goblin Sharpshooter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> got too expensive to keep around. That said, we do make up for these in more streamlined ways.</p>
<p>Coming in are cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bastion of Remembrance" href="#" target="_blank">Bastion of Remembrance</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Impact Tremors" href="#" target="_blank">Impact Tremors</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which will ping opponents for creatures dying or entering, respectively. With each of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Prossh, Skyraider of Kher" href="#" target="_blank">Prossh, Skyraider of Kher</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>'s cast triggers, that's going to add up quickly, especially since he has a built-in sacrifice ability.</p>
<p>Other payoffs include a favorite <a href="https://edhrec.com/commanders/golgari" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Golgari</a> card of mine, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Deathreap Ritual" href="#" target="_blank">Deathreap Ritual</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which draws us a card each turn if we keep using creatures as fodder. Similarly, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Morbid Opportunist" href="#" target="_blank">Morbid Opportunist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> does this with a body attached. On the other hand, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Pitiless Plunderer" href="#" target="_blank">Pitiless Plunderer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> nets us a Treasure token for each creature as well. In addition, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Plumb the Forbidden" href="#" target="_blank">Plumb the Forbidden</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> gets more powerful with each copy.</p>
<p>Finally, I included some better ways to make more tokens. Examples include <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tendershoot Dryad" href="#" target="_blank">Tendershoot Dryad</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Avenger of Zendikar" href="#" target="_blank">Avenger of Zendikar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h2>Delicious Snackrifices</h2>
<p>Revisiting Prossh has been good fun, but we'll need to move on. I for one, will look forward to finishing the last of the <em>Commander 2013</em> precons. However, next week is a new entry for my other series. So, tune in next time.</p>


Remastering the Power Hungry Commander Precon

<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Reaper, King No More" href="#" target="_blank">The Reaper, King No More</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="http://www.zackstella.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zack Stella</a></em></p>
<p>What if <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Birthing Pod" href="#" target="_blank">Birthing Pod</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> could be a cEDH star, too? Well folks, <a href="https://edhrec.com/sets/ecl" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Lorwyn Eclipsed</em></a> has given us a Jund (<span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>) commander that might just make that old Modern star shine.</p>
<p>Let me introduce you to <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Reaper, King No More" href="#" target="_blank">The Reaper, King No More</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, a card with an exploitably high mana value despite its altogether reasonable mana cost.</p>
<h2>What Does <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Reaper, King No More" href="#" target="_blank">The Reaper, King No More</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Do?</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="The Reaper, King No More"></div></div>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, The Reaper, King No More is 3/3 legendary Scarecrow artifact creature with two triggered abilities. First, when it enters, put a -1/-1 counter on each of up to two target creatures. Second, whenever a creature an opponent controls with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, you may put that card onto the battlefield under you control. Do this only once each turn.</p>
<p>First up, two quick rules clarifications. As far as that mana cost is concerned, for each mana symbol in the The Reaper's cost, you may pay <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> or one mana of that symbol's color (e.g., <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> can be paid with <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> or <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>). This means that The Reaper's mana value is six, which is going to be a key feature of this deck.</p>
<p>The second thing worth noting is that, if a creature dies because its toughness is reduced to zero or less (such as through -1/-1 counters), the game will see the creature die with those counters on it. This can sometimes be complicated by -1/-1 counters cancelling out with +1/+1 counters, but that is a rarity for cEDH.</p>
<p>Alrighty, back to the card.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Esper Sentinel"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Birds of Paradise"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer"></div></div>
<p>So, starting with The Reaper's triggered abilities. cEDH is absolutely full of valuable creatures with exactly one toughness. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Esper Sentinel" href="#" target="_blank">Esper Sentinel</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Birds of Paradise" href="#" target="_blank">Birds of Paradise</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer" href="#" target="_blank">Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>... the list goes on. As such, The Reaper plays a bit of a waiting game with your opponents: Either run out your early value creatures before The Reaper comes down and hope you can make back your value quick enough, or hold back until The Reaper is eventually cast so that way you don't lose your creatures.</p>
<p>Next, the mana cost. Despite being a three-color commander with a mana value of six, The Reaper, King No More is deceptively easy to cast. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dark Ritual" href="#" target="_blank">Dark Ritual</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> allows you to pay for two symbols in its mana cost (<span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> and either <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> or <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2g" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>. Similarly, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sol Ring" href="#" target="_blank">Sol Ring</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can help to cast The Reaper, just as if it were any colored-mana producing creature. All this to say, casting The Reaper by turn two is a pretty reasonable feat.</p>
<h2>Key Cards for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Reaper, King No More" href="#" target="_blank">The Reaper, King No More</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
<h3>Pod Effects</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Birthing Pod"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Eldritch Evolution"></div></div>
<p>First up, the cards that put that mana value of six to work: pod effects. These cards all do one thing and they do it well - turning The Reaper, King No More into some other creature. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Eldritch Evolution" href="#" target="_blank">Eldritch Evolution</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in particular can grab basically any creature in cEDH, outside of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Apex Devastator" href="#" target="_blank">Apex Devastator</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, thanks to the "or less" text in its effect, thus allowing it to turn The Reaper into any creature with mana value eight or less.</p>
<p>Birthing Pod, while more restrictive on its face, still grabs some of the best creatures in the format: as far as cEDH is concerned, folks rarely resolve a seven-drop without winning.</p>
<h3>Game-Ending Creatures</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Etali, Primal Conqueror"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rune-Scarred Demon"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Hoarding Broodlord"></div></div>
<p>These creatures essentially serve as our commanders-in-disguise. Play The Reaper by turn two, then use a pod effect the next turn to grab any of these massive creatures. Both <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rune-Scarred Demon" href="#" target="_blank">Rune-Scarred Demon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link side-by-side"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Etali, Primal Conqueror" href="#" target="_blank">Etali, Primal Conqueror</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are grabbable off of either Birthing Pod or Eldritch Evolution (both cost seven mana), while <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hoarding Broodlord" href="#" target="_blank">Hoarding Broodlord</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is specifically tutorable via Eldritch Evolution.</p>
<h2>How Does <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Reaper, King No More" href="#" target="_blank">The Reaper, King No More</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Win?</h2>
<h3>Demon/Broodlord Pod Combo</h3>
<p>The primary closer for this list involves finding either <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rune-Scarred Demon" href="#" target="_blank">Rune-Scarred Demon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hoarding Broodlord" href="#" target="_blank">Hoarding Broodlord</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> (either work, but Hoarding Broodlord is better thanks to the mechanics of its convoke-granting ability), resolving that creature's enters trigger to tutor up <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Saw in Half" href="#" target="_blank">Saw in Half</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, then using Saw in Half to get two more tutor triggers by casting Saw in Half on your recently-entered tutor creature.</p>
<p>From here, there are a couple of ways to handle things.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Saw in Half"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Burnt Offering"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Peer into the Abyss"></div></div>
<p>One classic option is to grab <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Burnt Offering" href="#" target="_blank">Burnt Offering</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Peer into the Abyss" href="#" target="_blank">Peer into the Abyss</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, as sacrificing the tutor-creature via Burnt Offering is enough mana (or more than enough, in the case of Broodlord) to cast Peer into the Abyss. This will put half your deck into your hand, granting plenty of resources to go for a win.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Underworld Breach"></div></div>
<p>Another option is to grab <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond" href="#" target="_blank">Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Underworld Breach" href="#" target="_blank">Underworld Breach</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. With enough cards in the graveyard, this can pretty quickly turn into a game-closing Breach line, as resolving Underworld Breach can be followed up by using the Lion's Eye Diamond mana to recast Saw in Half, again targeting the tutor creature, in order to grab more combo pieces.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dualcaster Mage"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Heat Shimmer"></div></div>
<p>Lastly, if enough red mana is available, this can also just be shortcut to a double-tutor for <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dualcaster Mage" href="#" target="_blank">Dualcaster Mage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and any <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Heat Shimmer" href="#" target="_blank">Heat Shimmer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> effect, leading to infinite hasty clones of the Dualcaster.</p>
<h2><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="The Reaper, King No More" href="#" target="_blank">The Reaper, King No More</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> cEDH Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="The Reaper, King No More cEDH" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 The Reaper, King No More
[/Commander]
[Instants]
*1 Abrupt Decay
*1 Autumn&#039;s Veil
*1 Burnt Offering
*1 Cabal Ritual
*1 Chord of Calling
*1 Crop Rotation
*1 Culling the Weak
*1 Dark Ritual
*1 Deadly Rollick
*1 Deflecting Swat
*1 Entomb
*1 Noxious Revival
*1 Pyroblast
*1 Red Elemental Blast
*1 Redirect Lightning
*1 Saw in Half
*1 Vampiric Tutor
*1 Veil of Summer
*1 Worldly Tutor
[/Instants]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Birthing Pod
*1 Chrome Mox
*1 Fellwar Stone
*1 Grinding Station
*1 Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond
*1 Lotus Petal
*1 Mana Vault
*1 Mox Amber
*1 Mox Diamond
*1 Mox Opal
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Talisman of Resilience
*1 The One Ring
*1 Wishclaw Talisman
[/Artifacts]
[Creatures]
*1 Birds of Paradise
*1 Bloom Tender
*1 Deathrite Shaman
*1 Delighted Halfling
*1 Dualcaster Mage
*1 Elves of Deep Shadow
*1 Elvish Spirit Guide
*1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
*1 Eternal Witness
*1 Hexing Squelcher
*1 Hoarding Broodlord
*1 Ignoble Hierarch
*1 Orcish Bowmasters
*1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
*1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
*1 Rune-Scarred Demon
*1 Simian Spirit Guide
*1 The Cabbage Merchant
[/Creatures]
[Enchantments]
*1 Carpet of Flowers
[/Enchantments]
[Sorceries]
*1 Culling Ritual
*1 Demonic Tutor
*1 Diabolic Intent
*1 Eldritch Evolution
*1 Electroduplicate
*1 Finale of Devastation
*1 Heat Shimmer
*1 Imperial Seal
*1 Jeska&#039;s Will
*1 Metamorphosis
*1 Molten Duplication
*1 Nature&#039;s Rhythm
*1 Peer into the Abyss
*1 Persist
*1 Reanimate
*1 Twinflame
*1 Wheel of Fortune
*1 Yawgmoth&#039;s Will
[/Sorceries]
[Lands]
*1 Ancient Tomb
*1 Arid Mesa
*1 Badlands
*1 Bayou
*1 Blood Crypt
*1 Bloodstained Mire
*1 Boseiju, Who Endures
*1 City of Brass
*1 City of Traitors
*1 Command Tower
*1 Emergence Zone
*1 Exotic Orchard
*1 Gaea&#039;s Cradle
*1 Gemstone Caverns
*1 Luxury Suite
*1 Mana Confluence
*1 Marsh Flats
*1 Overgrown Tomb
*1 Shifting Woodland
*1 Spire Garden
*1 Starting Town
*1 Stomping Ground
*1 Taiga
*1 Undergrowth Stadium
*1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
*1 Verdant Catacombs
*1 Windswept Heath
*1 Wooded Foothills
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>Wrap Up</h2>
<p>At the end of the day, The Reaper, King No More is a Jund deck that boils down to "cheaper <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hoarding Broodlord" href="#" target="_blank">Hoarding Broodlord</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in the command zone." Cast your commander, steal some relevant one-toughness creature, hope the turn comes back around to you, then launch full steam ahead with a Birthing Pod effect as you turn your three-mana commander into a game-winning seven- or eight-drop.</p>


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