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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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The Rise of Sozin
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Exsanguinate
81%inclusion152 decks188 decks
57%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
61%inclusion115 decks188 decks
56%synergy
Underworld Dreams
60%inclusion112 decks188 decks
53%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
59%inclusion111 decks188 decks
48%synergy
Whip of Erebos
57%inclusion107 decks188 decks
46%synergy
Exquisite Blood
58%inclusion109 decks188 decks
45%synergy
Dread Presence
57%inclusion108 decks188 decks
42%synergy
Twilight Prophet
47%inclusion88 decks188 decks
41%synergy
Sanguine Bond
53%inclusion99 decks188 decks
41%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
43%inclusion81 decks188 decks
38%synergy
Top Cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
82%inclusion155 decks188 decks
31%synergy
Crypt Ghast
75%inclusion141 decks188 decks
27%synergy
Jet Medallion
72%inclusion135 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
69%inclusion130 decks188 decks
29%synergy
Feed the Swarm
61%inclusion115 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Dark Ritual
60%inclusion112 decks188 decks
-7%synergy
Toxic Deluge
58%inclusion109 decks188 decks
21%synergy
Damnation
53%inclusion100 decks188 decks
32%synergy
Consuming Corruption
51%inclusion78 decks154 decks
34%synergy
Massacre Wurm
51%inclusion95 decks188 decks
33%synergy
Game Changers
Bolas's Citadel
51%inclusion95 decks188 decks
21%synergy
Demonic Tutor
32%inclusion60 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Necropotence
26%inclusion49 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
21%inclusion39 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
19%inclusion36 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Opposition Agent
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Glacial Chasm
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Ancient Tomb
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Creatures
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
48%inclusion91 decks188 decks
38%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
47%inclusion89 decks188 decks
32%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
47%inclusion88 decks188 decks
35%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
47%inclusion88 decks188 decks
28%synergy
Blood Artist
44%inclusion82 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
43%inclusion81 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
41%inclusion78 decks188 decks
36%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
40%inclusion55 decks137 decks
33%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
40%inclusion75 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
39%inclusion73 decks188 decks
28%synergy
Sangromancer
39%inclusion73 decks188 decks
27%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
37%inclusion69 decks188 decks
33%synergy
Magus of the Coffers
34%inclusion64 decks188 decks
27%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
33%inclusion24 decks72 decks
24%synergy
Zodiark, Umbral God
33%inclusion6 decks18 decks
25%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
31%inclusion59 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Murderous Rider
31%inclusion59 decks188 decks
25%synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
28%inclusion53 decks188 decks
24%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
25%inclusion47 decks188 decks
23%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
24%inclusion46 decks188 decks
20%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
24%inclusion45 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
21%inclusion40 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
21%inclusion39 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Shard of the Nightbringer
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
15%inclusion16 decks108 decks
9%synergy
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
14%inclusion16 decks111 decks
9%synergy
Archfiend of Despair
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Pontiff of Blight
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Maha, Its Feathers Night
14%inclusion18 decks126 decks
9%synergy
Vein Ripper
14%inclusion26 decks182 decks
9%synergy
Gwenom, Remorseless
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
11%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
-9%synergy
Plague Spitter
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Grim Guardian
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Rug of Smothering
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Plaguecrafter
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
-7%synergy
Accursed Marauder
13%inclusion19 decks151 decks
-8%synergy
Witch of the Moors
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Blood Seeker
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
11%inclusion8 decks72 decks
7%synergy
Ophiomancer
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Burnished Hart
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Boggart Trawler
10%inclusion15 decks153 decks
1%synergy
Vampire of the Dire Moon
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Fate Unraveler
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Instants
Defile
48%inclusion90 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Withering Torment
35%inclusion37 decks105 decks
4%synergy
Deadly Rollick
34%inclusion64 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Infernal Grasp
34%inclusion64 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Darkness
34%inclusion63 decks188 decks
24%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
32%inclusion61 decks188 decks
30%synergy
Go for the Throat
27%inclusion51 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
26%inclusion48 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Fell the Profane
22%inclusion35 decks156 decks
4%synergy
Imp's Mischief
21%inclusion40 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Hero's Downfall
17%inclusion32 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Tendrils of Corruption
16%inclusion31 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
-7%synergy
Baleful Mastery
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Suffer the Past
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Force of Despair
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Crypt Incursion
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Dash Hopes
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Snuff Out
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Cabal Ritual
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-7%synergy
Soul Shatter
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Dismember
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Bitter Triumph
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Death of a Thousand Stings
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Saw in Half
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Tragic Slip
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
-13%synergy
Doom Blade
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Withering Boon
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Black Sun's Twilight
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
3%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Murder
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-2%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Overkill
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceries
Mutilate
45%inclusion84 decks188 decks
26%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
44%inclusion82 decks188 decks
28%synergy
Reanimate
41%inclusion77 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Sign in Blood
37%inclusion70 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Bubbling Muck
30%inclusion57 decks188 decks
15%synergy
Read the Bones
27%inclusion50 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Night's Whisper
24%inclusion46 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Final Act
20%inclusion33 decks162 decks
19%synergy
Decree of Pain
19%inclusion36 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
18%inclusion13 decks71 decks
1%synergy
Killing Wave
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
17%inclusion28 decks166 decks
5%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
16%inclusion31 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Repay in Kind
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Will of the Abzan
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
11%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
15%inclusion28 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Grim Tutor
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Consume Spirit
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Corrupt
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Deadly Tempest
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Syphon Mind
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Sorin's Vengeance
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Victimize
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
-16%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Barter in Blood
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
8%synergy
Shrouded Lore
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Drain Life
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Villainous Wrath
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Temporal Extortion
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Profane Command
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Beseech the Queen
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Rush of Dread
6.1%inclusion10 decks165 decks
2%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Circle of Power
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bontu's Monument
38%inclusion71 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
35%inclusion65 decks188 decks
30%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
33%inclusion6 decks18 decks
14%synergy
Expedition Map
32%inclusion60 decks188 decks
19%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
27%inclusion51 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
22%inclusion41 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Sinister Monolith
20%inclusion25 decks125 decks
19%synergy
Demon's Horn
20%inclusion37 decks188 decks
15%synergy
Tithing Blade
16%inclusion31 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Lightning Greaves
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
-18%synergy
God-Pharaoh's Statue
15%inclusion28 decks188 decks
15%synergy
Venser's Journal
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Cryptolith Fragment
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Shadowspear
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
10%synergy
The Endstone
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
11%synergy
Staff of Nin
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Thaumatic Compass
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
11%synergy
World Map
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
9%synergy
Copper Tablet
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Onyx Goblet
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Orbs of Warding
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Drossclaw
9.0%inclusion14 decks156 decks
9%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
-23%synergy
Spine of Ish Sah
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Elixir
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
No Mercy
44%inclusion83 decks188 decks
37%synergy
Painful Quandary
44%inclusion83 decks188 decks
34%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
41%inclusion78 decks188 decks
24%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
35%inclusion65 decks188 decks
25%synergy
Font of Agonies
32%inclusion61 decks188 decks
28%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
32%inclusion61 decks188 decks
30%synergy
Black Market Connections
29%inclusion55 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Polluted Bonds
27%inclusion51 decks188 decks
25%synergy
Wound Reflection
26%inclusion48 decks188 decks
22%synergy
Underworld Connections
19%inclusion35 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Animate Dead
19%inclusion35 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Oubliette
19%inclusion35 decks188 decks
15%synergy
Retreat to Hagra
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Black Market
18%inclusion33 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Warlock Class
18%inclusion33 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Pestilence
18%inclusion33 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
17%inclusion19 decks109 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Ill-Gotten Inheritance
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
15%synergy
Dogged Pursuit
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
15%synergy
Sanctum of Stone Fangs
16%inclusion30 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Palace Siege
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Subversion
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
15%synergy
Blood Reckoning
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
14%synergy
Hissing Miasma
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Triskaidekaphobia
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Marchesa's Decree
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
13%synergy
Protection Racket
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Bitterblossom
13%inclusion24 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Liability
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Night of Souls' Betrayal
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Noxious Field
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Court of Ambition
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Enslave
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Okiba Reckoner Raid
10%inclusion19 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Trespasser's Curse
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Grave Pact
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
-11%synergy
Grievous Wound
7.3%inclusion8 decks109 decks
5%synergy
Parker Luck
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Sothera, the Supervoid
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
2%synergy
Greed
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Oppression
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
-2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
49%inclusion93 decks188 decks
35%synergy
Sorin Markov
34%inclusion63 decks188 decks
31%synergy
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
18%inclusion34 decks188 decks
17%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
11%synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
5%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-7%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
76%inclusion142 decks188 decks
20%synergy
Bojuka Bog
66%inclusion124 decks188 decks
19%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
64%inclusion121 decks188 decks
35%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
59%inclusion110 decks188 decks
21%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
55%inclusion104 decks188 decks
20%synergy
Reliquary Tower
43%inclusion81 decks188 decks
12%synergy
Witch's Cottage
30%inclusion57 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Castle Locthwain
27%inclusion50 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
22%inclusion41 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Maze of Ith
21%inclusion40 decks188 decks
18%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
21%inclusion40 decks188 decks
19%synergy
Thespian's Stage
14%inclusion27 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Deserted Temple
13%inclusion25 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion22 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
11%inclusion21 decks188 decks
9%synergy
War Room
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
-6%synergy
Vesuva
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Piranha Marsh
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Polluted Mire
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Ghost Quarter
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Sunscorched Desert
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
8%synergy
The Dross Pits
8.5%inclusion16 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Inventors' Fair
8.0%inclusion15 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
-16%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
6%synergy
Rogue's Passage
6.9%inclusion13 decks188 decks
-12%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.4%inclusion12 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
-1%synergy
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
4%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
-7%synergy
Barren Moor
5.3%inclusion10 decks188 decks
-5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion166 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
64%inclusion121 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
44%inclusion82 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Nyx Lotus
34%inclusion64 decks188 decks
27%synergy
Caged Sun
34%inclusion64 decks188 decks
22%synergy
The Soul Stone
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
21%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
33%inclusion62 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion57 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
21%inclusion39 decks188 decks
10%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
16%inclusion31 decks188 decks
16%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
14%inclusion26 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
12%inclusion23 decks188 decks
-3%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
11%inclusion20 decks188 decks
7%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Hierophant's Chalice
9.0%inclusion17 decks188 decks
9%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
90%inclusion170 decks188 decks
-4%synergy
Myriad Landscape
28%inclusion53 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Fell the Profane
22%inclusion35 decks156 decks
4%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
15%inclusion29 decks188 decks
-7%synergy
Urza's Cave
15%inclusion24 decks162 decks
6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
10%inclusion15 decks153 decks
1%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
10%inclusion18 decks188 decks
3%synergy
Demolition Field
7.4%inclusion14 decks188 decks
2%synergy
Hagra Mauling
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
1%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
5.9%inclusion11 decks188 decks
-1%synergy
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