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Yawgmoth, Thran Physician · B · 100 cards · 36 lands
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Strategy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, putting +1/+1 counters on things and growing them out of range. The list holds 12 ramp pieces, 9 pieces of targeted interaction, 2 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 2.68.
Early: Use the early turns on mana. Pawn of Ulamog and the rest of the 12 ramp pieces are what let the deck cast Yawgmoth, Thran Physician on curve and keep casting after it.
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. Feed the Swarm is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Ayara, First of Locthwain keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Toxic Deluge for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 2 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 2.68 average mana value the top end is cheap, so expect to deploy several spells a turn.
Win conditions: Wins by growing a threat past what the table can answer and connecting with it.
- Nest of Scarabs - Core to the plan
- Butcher Ghoul - Core to the plan
- Geralf's Messenger - Core to the plan
- Zulaport Cutthroat - Core to the plan
- Pawn of Ulamog - Ramp
- Ophiomancer - Core to the plan
- Blood Artist - Core to the plan
- Pitiless Plunderer - Ramp
~$625.64
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Protection from Humans
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
{B}{B}, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creatures (37)
Butcher Ghoul
Creature — Zombie
$0.24
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Geralf's Messenger
Creature — Zombie
$3.21
This creature enters tapped.
When this creature enters, target opponent loses 2 life.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Zulaport Cutthroat
Creature — Human Rogue Ally
$1.02
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Pawn of Ulamog
Creature — Vampire Shaman
$0.52
Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control dies, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."
Ophiomancer
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.95
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.
Blood Artist
Creature — Vampire
$2.67
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Pitiless Plunderer
Creature — Human Pirate
$3.75
Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Deathgreeter
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.45
Whenever another creature dies, you may gain 1 life.
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.)
Reassembling Skeleton
Creature — Skeleton Warrior
$0.22
{1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Ayara, First of Locthwain
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
$9.14
Whenever Ayara or another black creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{T}, Sacrifice another black creature: 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}.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Legendary Creature — Zombie Cleric
$21.55
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Gravecrawler
Creature — Zombie
$1.29
This creature can't block.
You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.
Forsaken Miner
Creature — Skeleton Rogue
$2.42
This creature can't block.
Whenever you commit a crime, you may pay {B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
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.
Nether Traitor
Creature — Spirit
$0.84
Haste
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever another creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Warren Soultrader
Creature — Zombie Goblin Wizard
$16.4
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Vengeful Bloodwitch
Creature — Vampire Warlock
$0.3
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Necroskitter
Creature — Elemental
$0.37
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
Whenever a creature an opponent controls with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, you may return that card to the battlefield under your control.
Sifter of Skulls
Creature — Eldrazi
$0.74
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}." ({C} represents colorless mana.)
Bloodghast
Creature — Vampire Spirit
$0.93
This creature can't block.
This creature has haste as long as an opponent has 10 or less life.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$1.21
At the beginning of your end step, if you control no creatures with decayed, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Nine-Lives Familiar
Creature — Cat
$1.83
This creature enters with eight revival counters on it if you cast it.
When this creature dies, if it had a revival counter on it, return it to the battlefield with one fewer revival counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.
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.
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$1.82
Whenever you cast a creature spell, create X 1/1 black Thrull creature tokens, where X is that spell's mana value.
When you control seven or more Thrulls, sacrifice Endrek Sahr.
Marionette Apprentice
Creature — Human Artificer
$2.62
Fabricate 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.)
Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
Dauthi Voidwalker
Creature — Dauthi Rogue
$4.08
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.
Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
Legendary Creature — Zombie Mutant Advisor
$1.58
Each other creature you control that's a Zombie or Mutant gets +X/+X, where X is the number of counters on Hancock.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Greedy Freebooter
Creature — Human Pirate
$0.89
When this creature dies, scry 1 and create a Treasure token. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom. A Treasure token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Sightless Ghoul
Creature — Zombie Soldier
$0.25
This creature can't block.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
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.
Grim Haruspex
Creature — Human Wizard
$2.61
Morph {B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.
Shambling Ghast
Creature — Zombie
$0.35
When this creature dies, choose one —
• Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
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.
Morbid Opportunist
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.23
Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Vilis, Broker of Blood
Legendary Creature — Demon
$9.8
Flying
{B}, Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Instants (14)
Vampiric Tutor
Instant
$51
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Culling the Weak
Instant
$6.88
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.
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.
Withering Torment
Instant
$1.45
Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.
Tragic Slip
Instant
$0.17
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.
Defile
Instant
$1.49
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.
Deadly Rollick
Instant
$27.67
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Exile target creature.
Songs of the Damned
Instant
$2.93
Add {B} for each creature card in your graveyard.
Village Rites
Instant
$0.28
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Dismember
Instant
$2.88
({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Snuff Out
Instant
$5.47
If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
Corrupted Conviction
Instant
$0.37
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Sorceries (7)
Reanimate
Sorcery
$6.93
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Feed the Swarm
Sorcery
$0.22
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Toxic Deluge
Sorcery
$4.23
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Demonic Tutor
Sorcery
$62.17
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Unearth
Sorcery
$0.51
Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Artifacts (3)
Skullclamp
Artifact — Equipment
$4.82
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip {1}
Bolas's Citadel
Legendary Artifact
$9.05
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
{T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Enchantments (2)
Nest of Scarabs
Enchantment
$4.06
Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.
Bastion of Remembrance
Enchantment
$0.27
When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Lands (36)
Phyrexian Tower
Legendary Land
$28.43
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.
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}.
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.)
Cabal Stronghold
Land
$12.5
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}: Add {B} for each basic Swamp you control.
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.
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Legendary Land
$11.85
{T}: Add {B}.
Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
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.
Spymaster's Vault
Land
$2.75
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
{T}: Add {B}.
{B}, {T}: Target creature you control connives X, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)
Blast Zone
Land
$0.31
This land enters with a charge counter on it.
{T}: Add {C}.
{X}{X}, {T}: Put X charge counters on this land.
{3}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this land.
Basic lands: 24 Swamp
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