Hydreanimator by b.templar428

Format: Commander

Commander: Gyrus, Waker of Corpses

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Jund Reanimator deck helmed by Gyrus, Waker of Corpses. The primary strategy revolves around filling the graveyard through self-mill, combat triggers, and spells, then converting those resources into overwhelming board presence. Gyrus acts as a repeatable token generator, creating temporary copies of high-value threats (Etali, Primal Conqueror, Sheoldred, Whispering One, Valgavoth, Terror Eater) during combat. The deck leans heavily into a value midrange game plan, utilizing a dense suite of asymmetric recursion and board wipes (The Rise of Sozin, Portal to Phyrexia, Meathook Massacre II) to grind out advantages. Secondary win conditions include the incremental life-loss from Shredder, Shadow Master, massive combat damage from pumped creatures, and the explosive board-flip from Sheoldred // The True Scriptures. The deck's high CMC average and heavy reliance on the graveyard make it a powerful but fragile engine in faster or graveyard-hostile pods.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Arbor Adherent
  • 1 Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz
  • 1 Armaggon, Future Shark
  • 1 Aspect of Mongoose
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Chainer's Torment
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coram, the Undertaker
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkmoss Bridge
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Drossforge Bridge
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Eldrazi Conscription
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exhume
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Find the Path
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gift of Paradise
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Gyrus, Waker of Corpses
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Meathook Massacre II
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Pelakka Wurm
  • 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Quicksilver Amulet
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swampbenders
  • 1 Swampsnare Trap
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Tarmogoyf Nest
  • 1 The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Too Greedily, Too Deep
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vorinclex // The Grand Evolution
  • 1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
  • 1 Zombify