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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
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
The Rise of Sozin
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Expedition Map
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
73%synergy
Exsanguinate
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
61%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
56%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
53%synergy
Nighthawk Scavenger
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
52%synergy
Twilight Prophet
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
51%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
50%synergy
Toxic Deluge
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
48%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
100%inclusion7 decks7 decks
48%synergy
Nirkana Revenant
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
46%synergy
Top Cards
Reanimate
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
32%synergy
Crypt Ghast
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Jet Medallion
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Deadly Rollick
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
34%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Dread Presence
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
42%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Dark Ritual
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
-9%synergy
Massacre Wurm
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Game Changers
Demonic Tutor
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Necropotence
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
15%synergy
The One Ring
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Glacial Chasm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-7%synergy
Creatures
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
19%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
39%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
17%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
32%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
29%synergy
Sangromancer
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Qarsi Revenant
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Murderous Rider
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Ophiomancer
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
23%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Starscape Cleric
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Burnished Hart
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Archfiend of Depravity
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Gwenom, Remorseless
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Black Cat, Cunning Thief
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Morlun, Devourer of Spiders
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Zodiark, Umbral God
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Nantuko Husk
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dream Devourer
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Foulmire Knight
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Abhorrent Overlord
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Hoarding Broodlord
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Gravedigger
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Grim Servant
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Silent Arbiter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Withered Wretch
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Blood Artist
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-17%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Dimir House Guard
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Lord of the Accursed
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Phyrexian Obliterator
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Champion of Stray Souls
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Nine-Lives Familiar
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Phylactery Lich
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Harvester of Souls
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Myojin of Night's Reach
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Scampering Surveyor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Fell the Profane
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Withering Torment
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Consuming Corruption
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Defile
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-9%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Saw in Half
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Force of Despair
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Simulacrum
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Scour from Existence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Snuff Out
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Village Rites
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Flare of Malice
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Corpse Dance
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Culling the Weak
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Altar's Reap
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Dash Hopes
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Withering Boon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
March of Wretched Sorrow
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Cruel Revival
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Infernal Grasp
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-11%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Baleful Mastery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Grim Return
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Cast Down
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Crypt Incursion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Curtains' Call
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Tragic Slip
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-6%synergy
Wretched Confluence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
27%synergy
Mutilate
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Deadly Tempest
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
41%synergy
Diabolic Intent
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Deadly Cover-Up
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
28%synergy
Victimize
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Bubbling Muck
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Demonic Counsel
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Damnation
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Temporal Extortion
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
0%synergy
Will of the Abzan
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Virtus's Maneuver
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Damnable Pact
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Come Back Wrong
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Entreat the Dead
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Dread Return
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Blood on the Snow
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Dead of Winter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Rise from the Grave
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Feed the Swarm
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-37%synergy
Read the Bones
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-4%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Army of the Damned
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Night's Whisper
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-10%synergy
Ambition's Cost
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Consume Spirit
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Ever After
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Fortuitous Find
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Decree of Pain
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Consuming Vapors
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
From Under the Floorboards
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Final Parting
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Syphon Mind
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Essence Harvest
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Necromantic Selection
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Stitch Together
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Blood Tithe
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Whip of Erebos
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
32%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
20%synergy
Bontu's Monument
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Alhammarret's Archive
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-3%synergy
World Map
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Portal to Phyrexia
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Mind's Eye
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Doubling Cube
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Ward of Bones
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Tempting Contract
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Demon's Horn
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Enchantments
Black Market
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Necromancy
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
37%synergy
Animate Dead
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Exquisite Blood
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
15%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Waste Not
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Polluted Bonds
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Dance of the Dead
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Cramped Vents // Access Maze
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Words of Waste
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Tainted Remedy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Vampiric Rites
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Curse of Disturbance
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Bottomless Pit
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Underworld Dreams
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Lethal Vapors
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Tainted Aether
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Desolation
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Koskun Falls
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Font of Agonies
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Wound Reflection
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
No Mercy
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Painful Quandary
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Oubliette
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Black Market Connections
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-9%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Pestilence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Necrogen Mists
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Call to the Grave
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Oppression
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Bitterblossom
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
1%synergy
Liliana, the Last Hope
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
31%synergy
Bojuka Bog
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
36%synergy
Castle Locthwain
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
40%synergy
Reliquary Tower
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
12%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Memorial to Folly
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
25%synergy
Barren Moor
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
18%synergy
Witch's Cottage
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
4%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
17%synergy
High Market
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
22%synergy
Deserted Temple
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
24%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Temple of the False God
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Field of Ruin
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
26%synergy
Ghost Quarter
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Buried Ruin
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Vesuva
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
The Black Gate
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Urza's Saga
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
6%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
War Room
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Barad-dûr
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Thespian's Stage
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Lake of the Dead
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Endless Sands
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-1%synergy
Caged Sun
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
59%synergy
Arcane Signet
71%inclusion5 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
32%synergy
The Soul Stone
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
27%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Thought Vessel
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
2%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
8%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
11%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Bonder's Ornament
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Gilded Lotus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Manalith
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
5%synergy
Nyx Lotus
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
86%inclusion6 decks7 decks
-9%synergy
Fell the Profane
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
38%synergy
Urza's Cave
57%inclusion4 decks7 decks
49%synergy
Myriad Landscape
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
16%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Horizon of Progress
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-8%synergy
Snow-Covered Swamp
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
7%synergy
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