Scoop by user1961161

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scarab God

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 84

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Combo-Control build helmed by The Scarab God, combining a high-velocity cEDH-tier win package with casual reanimation and mill subthemes. The primary game plan centers on assembling the compact, two-card Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation combo for three mana ({U}{U}{B}), protected by a dense suite of free and efficient counterspells including Force of Will, Force of Negation, Pact of Negation, and Fierce Guardianship. Fast mana pieces such as Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Sol Ring, and Mana Vault, along with premium tutors like Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor, allow the deck to threaten an instant game finish as early as Turn 3. Asymmetric disruption from Opposition Agent, Notion Thief, and Dauthi Voidwalker controls the table while digging for pieces. When the primary line is disrupted, Bruvac the Grandiloquent paired with Maddening Cacophony or reanimation through The Scarab God provides resilient backup win conditions.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dimir Cluestone
  • 1 Dimir Locket
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Micromancer
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Organ Hoarder
  • 1 Otherworldly Gaze
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strategic Planning
  • 1 Sudden Edict
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Ancient One
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Traumatize
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman