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Erebos, God of the Dead
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Paul Palmer
Dec 22, 2025
Paul Palmer
Technically Playable - Erebos, God of the Dead
Let's revisit one of the original Gods of Magic, Erebos, God of the Dead. We're draining our life for profit then swapping life totals.
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Desperate Plea
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
The Rise of Sozin
18%inclusion2 decks11 decks
18%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Nirkana Revenant
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
51%synergy
Exsanguinate
75%inclusion18 decks24 decks
51%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
100%inclusion24 decks24 decks
48%synergy
Massacre Wurm
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
45%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
50%inclusion11 decks22 decks
42%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
41%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
41%synergy
Painful Quandary
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
40%synergy
Whip of Erebos
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
39%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
39%synergy
Top Cards
Crypt Ghast
83%inclusion20 decks24 decks
35%synergy
Jet Medallion
79%inclusion19 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Dark Ritual
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Toxic Deluge
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
29%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
38%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
35%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
14%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
33%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
35%synergy
Liliana of the Dark Realms
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
36%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Necropotence
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
26%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Glacial Chasm
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-5%synergy
Imperial Seal
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Opposition Agent
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Ancient Tomb
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
The One Ring
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Creatures
Gifted Aetherborn
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
38%synergy
Dread Presence
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
27%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
36%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Twilight Prophet
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
36%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
36%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
27%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Sangromancer
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
26%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Blood Artist
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
33%inclusion7 decks21 decks
24%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
25%synergy
Archfiend of Despair
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
25%inclusion4 decks16 decks
20%synergy
Zodiark, Umbral God
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Ophiomancer
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
19%inclusion4 decks21 decks
13%synergy
Murderous Rider
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Burnished Hart
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Cunning Lethemancer
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
14%inclusion3 decks21 decks
10%synergy
Maha, Its Feathers Night
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Tree of Perdition
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Dream Devourer
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Myojin of Night's Reach
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Mindslicer
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Witch of the Moors
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Fate Unraveler
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Shard of the Nightbringer
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-3%synergy
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Kami of Jealous Thirst
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-2%synergy
Starscape Cleric
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
6%synergy
Accursed Marauder
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-12%synergy
Gwenom, Remorseless
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
6%synergy
Black Cat, Cunning Thief
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Morlun, Devourer of Spiders
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Instants
Fell the Profane
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Withering Torment
38%inclusion8 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Deadly Rollick
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Defile
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Consuming Corruption
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
11%synergy
Imp's Mischief
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
14%synergy
Force of Despair
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Darkness
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Infernal Grasp
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Saw in Half
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Cabal Ritual
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-5%synergy
Dash Hopes
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Withering Boon
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Baleful Mastery
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Flare of Malice
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-4%synergy
Hagra Mauling
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Snuff Out
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Village Rites
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-16%synergy
Deadly Dispute
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-16%synergy
Bitter Triumph
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Murder
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Crypt Incursion
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Overkill
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
-1%synergy
Sorceries
Damnation
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
29%synergy
Feed the Swarm
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
-10%synergy
Reanimate
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Bubbling Muck
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Sign in Blood
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
-3%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
14%synergy
Mutilate
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
7%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Read the Bones
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Decree of Pain
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Syphon Mind
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Tempest
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Night's Whisper
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-8%synergy
Consume Spirit
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Deadly Cover-Up
13%inclusion3 decks23 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Intent
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Temporal Extortion
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Victimize
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-13%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Drain Life
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Demonic Counsel
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
6%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Blood on the Snow
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Killing Wave
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Profane Command
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Beseech the Queen
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Grim Tutor
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-4%synergy
Cornered by Black Mages
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Will of the Abzan
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Expedition Map
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
29%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
21%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
2%synergy
Bontu's Monument
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-11%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Shadowspear
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Lightning Greaves
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-21%synergy
Chimil, the Inner Sun
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Doubling Cube
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Ward of Bones
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Demon's Horn
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
The Endstone
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
World Map
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Exquisite Blood
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Underworld Dreams
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Wound Reflection
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
30%synergy
No Mercy
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
26%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Black Market
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Black Market Connections
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Pestilence
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
26%synergy
Polluted Bonds
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
23%synergy
Sanguine Bond
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
24%inclusion5 decks21 decks
17%synergy
Tainted Aether
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Font of Agonies
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Waste Not
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Words of Waste
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Lethal Vapors
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Animate Dead
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Oubliette
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Necrogen Mists
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Oppression
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Palace Siege
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Court of Ambition
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Necromancy
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Bottomless Pit
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Bitterblossom
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Cramped Vents // Access Maze
10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
9%synergy
Parker Luck
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
Dark Tutelage
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Vampiric Rites
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Dogged Pursuit
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Marchesa's Decree
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Sorin Markov
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
27%synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
83%inclusion20 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Bojuka Bog
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
25%synergy
Reliquary Tower
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Witch's Cottage
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Castle Locthwain
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-7%synergy
Ghost Quarter
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Deserted Temple
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Memorial to Folly
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
-1%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-5%synergy
Barren Moor
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Buried Ruin
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Maze of Ith
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
War Room
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-8%synergy
High Market
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Field of Ruin
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
96%inclusion23 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Signet
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Caged Sun
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
46%synergy
Thought Vessel
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Nyx Lotus
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
26%synergy
The Soul Stone
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
20%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Mind Stone
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
-10%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-6%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
9%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Gilded Lotus
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-1%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
88%inclusion21 decks24 decks
-7%synergy
Fell the Profane
45%inclusion10 decks22 decks
27%synergy
Urza's Cave
27%inclusion6 decks22 decks
19%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
-2%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Horizon of Progress
9.1%inclusion2 decks22 decks
9%synergy
Hagra Mauling
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
1%synergy
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