Shared Commander deck
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern - community staples
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern · B · 100 cards · 37 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 38Instants 10Sorceries 7Artifacts 4Enchantments 2Planeswalkers 1Lands 37
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Strategy
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, sacrificing its own creatures for value and draining the table. The list holds 12 ramp pieces, 15 pieces of targeted interaction, 3 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 3.08.
Early: The early turns belong to ramp. Waste Not and the other 12 ramp pieces exist to get Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern out well before its printed cost of 5 would allow.
Mid: Once the commander is down, the deck wants to be doing two things at once: advancing its own board and answering everyone else's. Smallpox is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Geth's Grimoire keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Liliana of the Veil for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 3 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 3.08 average mana value the top end is middling, which means most turns hold two spells.
Win conditions: Wins by draining life a few points at a time while the board keeps recurring.
- Smallpox - Interaction
- Waste Not - Ramp
- Dark Deal - Core to the plan
- Rankle, Master of Pranks - Interaction
- Oppression - Core to the plan
- Plaguecrafter - Interaction
- Geth's Grimoire - Card draw
- Elderfang Disciple - Core to the plan
~$544.03
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Menace
Whenever an opponent sacrifices a nontoken permanent or discards a permanent card, you may put that card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
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{T}: Target player loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.
{3}{B}: Untap Tergrid's Lantern.
Creatures (38)
Rankle, Master of Pranks
Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue
$2.73
Flying, haste
Whenever Rankle deals combat damage to a player, choose any number —
• Each player discards a card.
• Each player loses 1 life and draws a card.
• Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Plaguecrafter
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.36
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Each player who can't discards a card.
Elderfang Disciple
Creature — Elf Cleric
$0.23
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.
Burglar Rat
Creature — Rat
$0.21
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Legendary Creature — Nightmare
$4.18
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
Crypt Ghast
Creature — Spirit
$12.01
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.
Accursed Marauder
Creature — Zombie Warrior
$0.28
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
Braids, Cabal Minion
Legendary Creature — Human Minion
$1.42
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices an artifact, creature, or land of their choice.
Fleshbag Marauder
Creature — Zombie Warrior
$0.19
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Virus Beetle
Artifact Creature — Insect
$0.14
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.
Mindslicer
Creature — Horror
$0.43
When this creature dies, each player discards their hand.
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
$18.58
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Phyrexian Obliterator
Creature — Phyrexian Horror
$9.72
Trample
Whenever a source deals damage to this creature, that source's controller sacrifices that many permanents of their choice.
The Raven Man
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$0.4
At the beginning of each end step, if a player discarded a card this turn, create a 1/1 black Bird creature token with flying and "This token can't block."
{3}{B}, {T}: Each opponent discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Creature — Zombie
$1.08
When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Sangromancer
Creature — Vampire Shaman
$0.71
Flying
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may gain 3 life.
Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may gain 3 life.
Archfiend of Depravity
Creature — Demon
$0.4
Flying
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, that player chooses up to two creatures they control, then sacrifices the rest.
Demon's Disciple
Creature — Human Cleric
$0.24
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice.
Nezumi Informant
Creature — Rat Rogue
$0.36
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.
Tourach, Dread Cantor
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
$0.42
Kicker {B}{B} (You may pay an additional {B}{B} as you cast this spell.)
Protection from white
Whenever an opponent discards a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Tourach.
When Tourach enters, if it was kicked, target opponent discards two cards at random.
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
Legendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue
$4.58
At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent discarded a card this turn, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
{4}{B}{B}: Each opponent with no cards in hand loses 10 life.
Merciless Executioner
Creature — Orc Warrior
$0.37
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Necrogoyf
Creature — Lhurgoyf
$0.35
Necrogoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card.
Madness {1}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
$78.85
Deathtouch
Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.
Fell Specter
Creature — Specter
$0.34
Flying
When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card.
Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.
Cunning Lethemancer
Creature — Human Wizard
$5.61
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player discards a card.
Archon of Cruelty
Creature — Archon
$7.93
Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice, discards a card, and loses 3 life. You draw a card and gain 3 life.
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror Minion
$1.11
({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)
Lifelink
For each {B} in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.
Butcher of Malakir
Creature — Vampire Warrior
$0.32
Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Hecteyes
Creature — Ooze Horror
$0.2
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
$1.21
Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
{1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Solemn Simulacrum
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.27
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
Zodiark, Umbral God
Legendary Creature — God
$0.56
Indestructible
When Zodiark enters, each player sacrifices half the non-God creatures they control of their choice, rounded down.
Whenever a player sacrifices another creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Zodiark.
Hypnotic Specter
Creature — Specter
$1.87
Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.
Morbid Opportunist
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.23
Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Asylum Visitor
Creature — Vampire Wizard
$0.23
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Madness {1}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Magus of the Coffers
Creature — Human Wizard
$4.93
{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control.
Instants (10)
Liliana's Triumph
Instant
$0.27
Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you control a Liliana planeswalker, each opponent also discards a card.
Sheoldred's Edict
Instant
$1.02
Choose one —
• Each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
• Each opponent sacrifices a creature token of their choice.
• Each opponent sacrifices a planeswalker of their choice.
Soul Shatter
Instant
$3.45
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.
Vampiric Tutor
Instant
$51
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Cabal Ritual
Instant
$14.59
Add {B}{B}{B}.
Threshold — Add {B}{B}{B}{B}{B} instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Culling the Weak
Instant
$6.88
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.
Village Rites
Instant
$0.28
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Deadly Dispute
Instant
$0.29
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Fake Your Own Death
Instant
$0.15
Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Sorceries (7)
Smallpox
Sorcery
$0.35
Each player loses 1 life, discards a card, sacrifices a creature of their choice, then sacrifices a land of their choice.
Dark Deal
Sorcery
$2
Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards minus one.
Syphon Mind
Sorcery
$0.3
Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.
Demonic Tutor
Sorcery
$62.17
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Bubbling Muck
Sorcery
$2.24
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds an additional {B}.
Artifacts (4)
Geth's Grimoire
Artifact — Book
$8.37
Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may draw a card.
Lightning Greaves
Artifact — Equipment
$3.74
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip {0}
Wayfarer's Bauble
Artifact
$0.3
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Enchantments (2)
Waste Not
Enchantment
$5.58
Whenever an opponent discards a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Whenever an opponent discards a land card, add {B}{B}.
Whenever an opponent discards a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.
Oppression
Enchantment
$3.18
Whenever a player casts a spell, that player discards a card.
Planeswalkers (1)
Liliana of the Veil
Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana
$4.76
+1: Each player discards a card.
−2: Target player sacrifices a creature.
−6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of their choice.
Lands (37)
Geier Reach Sanitarium
Legendary Land
$2.09
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Legendary Land
$55.46
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Bojuka Bog
Land
$1.24
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
{T}: Add {B}.
Cabal Stronghold
Land
$12.5
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}: Add {B} for each basic Swamp you control.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Legendary Land
$53.08
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Phyrexian Tower
Legendary Land
$28.43
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.
Witch's Cottage
Land — Swamp
$0.87
({T}: Add {B}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Castle Locthwain
Land
$4.07
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
{T}: Add {B}.
{1}{B}{B}, {T}: Draw a card, then you lose life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
War Room
Land
$5.32
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.
Command Beacon
Land
$7.91
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.
Basic lands: 25 Swamp
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