(cEDH) Semi-Black by raceramp848

Format: Commander

Commander: Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 65

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed competitive Rakdos combo engine commanded by Grenzo, Dungeon Warden. It leverages a dense suite of zero-to-one CMC fast mana, rituals, and creature-based mana producers to deploy Grenzo ahead of curve on Turn 1 or 2. The primary strategy utilizes creature tutors like Goblin Recruiter and Imperial Recruiter to assemble game-winning combinations, predominantly the infinite hasty attacker loop of Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Zealous Conscripts or Grenzo bottom-deck recursion loops involving Workhorse, Tomb Trawler, and Blood Artist. Supported by asymmetric disruption pieces such as Opposition Agent, Magus of the Moon, and Dauthi Voidwalker, the deck disrupts opposing game plans while aggressively racing toward a same-turn lethal combo by Turn 3.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardent Electromancer
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Barkform Harvester
  • 1 Basal Sliver
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Vassal
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Harbinger
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Catalyst Elemental
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crime Novelist
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Emrakul's Hatcher
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Garrison Excavator
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
  • 1 Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Hazel's Brewmaster
  • 1 Herald of Leshrac
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Knuckles the Echidna
  • 1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magus of the Moon
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Moggcatcher
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Delver
  • 1 Phyrexian Revoker
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Gix
  • 1 Priest of Urabrask
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rapacious Dragon
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Reckless Barbarian
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rug of Smothering
  • 1 Ruthless Technomancer
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skeleton Crew
  • 1 Skirge Familiar
  • 1 Skittering Precursor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stadium Vendors
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Tomb Trawler
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valki, God of Lies // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Workhorse
  • 1 Xorn
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat
  • 1 _____ Goblin