Gods of the Scarab's Shadow
Strategy
This deck is built around the powerful The Scarab God as a commander, utilizing its ability to reanimate creatures and drain opponents. The deck focuses on a midrange strategy with a combo finish, leveraging value creatures and support spells to maintain board presence and control. The goal is to establish a strong board state with utility creatures, artifacts, and enchantments, while threatening a win with The Scarab God's ability or Revel in Riches.
- The Scarab God + Baleful Strix: Reanimating Baleful Strix provides card draw and a blocker.
- The Scarab God + Revel in Riches: Create treasure tokens with Revel in Riches and reanimate creatures for a potential win condition.
- Silas Renn, Seeker Adept + Panharmonicon: Use Silas to recur artifacts while Panharmonicon doubles ETB effects.
Mainboard (100 cards)
Creature
37 cards
Baleful Strix
$1.26
Moonshaker Cavalry
$16.72
Karn, Silver Golem
Thrashing Brontodon
$0.11
Keldon Flamesage
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
$1.52
Steel Overseer
$0.98
Goblin Assassin
$0.46
Thornhide Wolves
Moldgraf Millipede
$0.12
Adriana, Captain of the Guard
$0.34
The Scarab God
$20.83
Promising Duskmage
$0.07
Scourge of Nel Toth
Keeper of Fables
$0.23
Filigree Attendant
$0.15
Tenement Crasher
$0.02
Greenbelt Rampager
Enlisted Wurm
$0.17
Polukranos, World Eater
$0.73
Evershrike
$1.09
Elvish Warmaster
$2.42
Gurmag Drowner
$0.06
Lord of the Pit
$5.88
Bastion Mastodon
Bioplasm
$0.26
Master Thief
$0.09
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
$1.47
Angel of Grace
$1.00
Storm Fleet Arsonist
$0.09
Shining Aerosaur
$0.07
Rangers of Ithilien
Shambling Goblin
$0.14
Noxious Gearhulk
$1.15
Kappa Cannoneer
$0.44
Gurgling Anointer
$0.14
Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist
$3.75
Instant
3 cards
Reach of Branches
$0.36
Karn's Touch
$0.48
Disenchant
$0.99
Sorcery
10 cards
Catastrophe
$4.06
Mind Rot
Desert Twister
$49.11
Fugue
$0.16
Turn to Slag
$0.08
Phthisis
$0.13
Olivia's Wrath
$0.52
Brotherhood's End
Down // Dirty
Cabal Conditioning
$0.77
Enchantment
4 cards
Warp Artifact
$2.00
Revel in Riches
$17.48
Liliana's Mastery
$0.27
Power Artifact
Artifact
8 cards
The Hive
$0.83
Vexing Arcanix
$0.46
Earthrumbler
$0.18
Millstone
$12.95
Panharmonicon
$7.41
Darksteel Ingot
$0.24
Gruul Keyrune
$0.13
Bottle of Suleiman
Planeswalker
1 cards
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
$0.87
Land
37 cards
Plains
Bonders' Enclave
$0.60
Island
Swamp
$0.38 × 10
Temple of Deceit
$0.44
Forest
Cabal Coffers
Mountain
$25.46 × 3
Forbidden Orchard
$8.48
Safe Haven
Alchemist's Refuge
$1.02
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
$4.70
Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
$0.34
Deck Statistics
CMC Curve
AI-Generated Synergies
The Scarab God allows you to recur Baleful Strix for consistent card draw and board control, while also using its ability to create Zombie tokens.
Silas Renn can return artifacts from the graveyard, enabling repeated use of sacrificed creatures like Keldon Flamesage to deal damage, creating a powerful combo.
Elvish Warmaster generates additional Elf tokens, which can be sacrificed with Gurgling Anointer to create Zombies, fueling The Scarab God's ability.
Nissa can ramp up your mana and provide additional lands while Greenbelt Rampager can be a strong attacker, enabling early pressure on opponents.
Master Thief can steal opposing artifacts while Thrashing Brontodon provides utility by removing problematic permanents, offering control elements to the deck.
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