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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Grimgrin, zombies can't be cEDH?! Help me shun the nonbelievers!

« on: February 22, 2023, 01:14:06 am »

@fire5167
I added just about all of what you recommended except for the cards that pass the $100 mark and personally like Withering Boon over Snuff Out. cEDH is budgetless but I am not so fortunate. If there's any recommendations from here, let me know. Thank you so much.

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Grimgrin, zombies can't be cEDH?! Help me shun the nonbelievers!

« on: February 19, 2023, 05:38:50 pm »

@Athreos
I agree with replacing Shadows of the Past and Empty the Laboratory, but Bad Moon saved me from Humility! I feel like Dissipate is good enough against Nexus of Fate and similar combos to the one I'm playing myself. Would you recommend replacing them with more counterspells, or since they are my "card draw" replace them with more reliable card draw? And I know I'm playing black and I shouldn't care too much about my life total when I am drawing cards, but with Whip of Erebos is my safety net, do you recommend a better way to not die to self inflicted wounds (Witch's Clinic?) or do I man up, and go down to single digit life with a perfect hand?

Diabolic Intent in, Corpse Harvester out. Good call coach! Skullclamp was also on the way in too!

If you don't mind me asking a few questions about your deck:
Ive been considering these cards but I don't want to add them if they are duds. Would you say you get value out of:
Razorlash Transmogrant
Leyline of Anticipation
Cleaver Skaab
Compelling Deterrence
Change of Plans
Military Intelligence

Thank you so much for you help!

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Commander Deck Reviews / Re: Grimgrin, zombies can't be cEDH?! Help me shun the nonbelievers!

« on: February 19, 2023, 04:47:33 pm »

@Morganator
In the pod I played last week, I was swept by blue green Tatyova, Benthic Druid ramp that took 4 turns in a row before even playing Nexus of Fate, and blue white Urza, Lord High Artificer, I couldn't even tell you how I lost because it happened so fast, Aetherflux Reservoir hit the board, they proceeded to pick up their whole deck and the rest of the pod conceded it was a victory.
And yes, turn 4 and the table was told "Do you have a response? No? Ok let's go next!"
I know it's foolish to think a 5 cmc commander in the colors with peculiar ramp options is going to be "cEDH" but I'm also fine with being "high-powered" too!

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Commander Deck Reviews / Grimgrin, zombies can't be cEDH?! Help me shun the nonbelievers!

« on: February 18, 2023, 08:49:09 pm »

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born was the first mythic rare I ever pulled, in the first box I ever bought. Lore-wise, he's a chad compared to the virgin Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver. And for that, he is my go to commander!
He has his main combo with Gravecrawler and Rooftop Storm, and being in black and blue makes tutoring and countering perfect for trying to get the combo off.
Does anyone have any suggestions to make this decklist better? Even if I have to give up some of the "zombie-ness" of the deck so that it is a reliable Grimgrin combo engine, I'd like to stop losing so consistently to cEDH decks at my LGS. As much as I love a zombie hoard, it seems it's better to go big and fast with one or two creatures, than to go wide.
Happy to answer any questions too! A lot of zombie staples aren't in here because I took them out due to being too slow...

https://deckstats.net/decks/133173/2659542-ub-zombie-edh-updated