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Chainer, Dementia Master

Leverage Chainer's ability to reanimate creatures at instant speed, using self-mill and sacrifice outlets to generate infinite loops and massive board presence.

100 cards$198.08 totalApr 21, 20262 views

Prompt: A $150 Chainer, Dementia Master commander deck — a graveyard-focused reanimator deck with self-mill, recursion engines, and big reanimation targets.

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Commander

1 cards
Chainer, Dementia Master

Chainer, Dementia Master

{3}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Minion

Chosen commander for the requested strategy.

$0.29Buy

Ramp

11 cards
Sol Ring

Sol Ring

{1}

Artifact

Essential mana acceleration.

$1.38Buy
Arcane Signet

Arcane Signet

{2}

Artifact

Standard efficient color fixing.

$1.42Buy
Jet Medallion

Jet Medallion

{2}

Artifact

Reduces the cost of all black spells.

$20.6Buy
Wayfarer's Bauble

Wayfarer's Bauble

{1}

Artifact

Land-based ramp in mono-black.

$0.4Buy
Bontu's Monument

Bontu's Monument

{3}

Legendary Artifact

Cost reduction and incidental drain.

$6.66Buy
Leaden Myr

Leaden Myr

{2}

Artifact Creature — Myr

Mana dork that can be reanimated if needed.

$3.21Buy
Burnished Hart

Burnished Hart

{3}

Artifact Creature — Elk

Repeatable land ramp via recursion.

$0.11Buy
Solemn Simulacrum

Solemn Simulacrum

{4}

Artifact Creature — Golem

Valuable ETB and death trigger for reanimation.

$1.66Buy
Caged Sun

Caged Sun

{6}

Artifact

Doubles black mana for expensive Chainer activations.

$3.93Buy
Crypt Ghast

Crypt Ghast

{3}{B}

Creature — Spirit

Manaba doubling and extort for life gain.

$0.0Buy
Charcoal Diamond

Charcoal Diamond

{2}

Artifact

Budget mana rock.

$0.37Buy

Card Draw

12 cards
Stitcher's Supplier

Stitcher's Supplier

{B}

Creature — Zombie

Premier self-mill engine.

$1.94Buy
Altar of Dementia

Altar of Dementia

{2}

Artifact

Sacrifice outlet and self-mill engine.

$17.29Buy
Buried Alive

Buried Alive

{2}{B}

Sorcery

Tutors specific creatures directly to the graveyard.

$2.83Buy
Vile Entomber

Vile Entomber

{2}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie Warlock

Entomb on a stick for recursion.

$0.39Buy
Morbid Curiosity

Morbid Curiosity

{1}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Sacrifice a reanimated fat creature for cards.

$0.24Buy
Disciple of Bolas

Disciple of Bolas

{3}{B}

Creature — Human Wizard

Life gain and card draw on a creature body.

$0.36Buy
Harvester of Souls

Harvester of Souls

{4}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

Draws cards when other creatures die.

$0.68Buy
Read the Bones

Read the Bones

{2}{B}

Sorcery

Efficient scry and draw.

$0.29Buy
Sign in Blood

Sign in Blood

{B}{B}

Sorcery

Classic cheap black card draw.

$0.5Buy
Gravebreaker Lamia

Gravebreaker Lamia

{4}{B}

Enchantment Creature — Snake Lamia

Cost reduction and graveyard tutoring.

$0.0Buy
Midnight Reaper

Midnight Reaper

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Knight

Draws cards upon creature deaths.

$0.2Buy
Grim Haruspex

Grim Haruspex

{2}{B}

Creature — Human Wizard

Non-token death trigger card draw.

$0.0Buy

Removal

15 cards
Feed the Swarm

Feed the Swarm

{1}{B}

Sorcery

Only black card that removes enchantments.

$0.31Buy
Noxious Gearhulk

Noxious Gearhulk

{4}{B}{B}

Artifact Creature — Construct

Removal and life gain on a body.

$0.38Buy
Ravenous Chupacabra

Ravenous Chupacabra

{2}{B}{B}

Creature — Beast Horror

Targeted creature removal.

$0.42Buy
Shriekmaw

Shriekmaw

{4}{B}

Creature — Elemental

Cheap evoke cost or removal on a stick.

$0.32Buy
Mutilate

Mutilate

{2}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Board wipe based on Swamp count.

$1.85Buy
Living Death

Living Death

{3}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Mass board wipe and mass reanimation.

$2.97Buy
Butcher of Malakir

Butcher of Malakir

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Vampire Warrior

Dictate of Erebos effect on a creature.

$5.13Buy
Meteor Golem

Meteor Golem

{7}

Artifact Creature — Golem

Handles any non-land permanent.

$0.12Buy
Hero's Downfall

Hero's Downfall

{1}{B}{B}

Instant

Cheap creature or planeswalker removal.

$0.43Buy
Infernal Grasp

Infernal Grasp

{1}{B}

Instant

Efficient targeted creature removal.

$0.33Buy
Fleshbag Marauder

Fleshbag Marauder

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Warrior

Edict effect that can be looped.

$6.99Buy
Plaguecrafter

Plaguecrafter

{2}{B}

Creature — Human Shaman

Strictly better Fleshbag Marauder.

$0.39Buy
Merciless Executioner

Merciless Executioner

{2}{B}

Creature — Orc Warrior

Additional edict effect for consistency.

$0.84Buy
Massacre Wurm

Massacre Wurm

{3}{B}{B}{B}

Creature — Phyrexian Wurm

Board wipe for small creatures and heavy damage.

$0.0Buy
Overseer of the Damned

Overseer of the Damned

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

Removal that generates tokens for fodder.

$0.28Buy

Threats/Wincons

13 cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

Primary win condition through life drain loops.

$2.11Buy
Sepulchral Primordial

Sepulchral Primordial

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Avatar

Steals opponents creatures from graveyards.

$0.33Buy
Victimize

Victimize

{2}{B}

Sorcery

Double reanimation for a cheap cost.

$0.54Buy
Animate Dead

Animate Dead

{1}{B}

Enchantment — Aura

Standard efficient reanimation enchantment.

$29.0Buy
Pontiff of Blight

Pontiff of Blight

{4}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie Cleric

Huge drain potential via extort.

$0.0Buy
Abhorrent Overlord

Abhorrent Overlord

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

Generates flying tokens for Chainer to sacrifice.

$0.45Buy
Kokusho, the Evening Star

Kokusho, the Evening Star

{4}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit

Massive life drain upon death.

$22.06Buy
Syr Konrad, the Grim

Syr Konrad, the Grim

{3}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Pings opponents when cards leave or enter graveyard.

$0.59Buy
Dreadhound

Dreadhound

{4}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon Dog

Redundant Syracuse Konrad effect.

$0.26Buy
Gorgon Recluse

Gorgon Recluse

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Gorgon

Filler body that punishes blockers.

$0.14Buy
Zulaport Cutthroat

Zulaport Cutthroat

{1}{B}

Creature — Human Rogue Ally

Drains opponents when your creatures die.

$14.75Buy
Blood Artist

Blood Artist

{1}{B}

Creature — Vampire

Standard drain effect for sacrifice loops.

$3.25Buy
Reanimate

Reanimate

{B}

Sorcery

The most efficient single target reanimation spell.

$8.94Buy

Utility

10 cards
Viscera Seer

Viscera Seer

{B}

Creature — Vampire Wizard

Zero-mana sacrifice outlet for loops.

$0.0Buy
Carrion Feeder

Carrion Feeder

{B}

Creature — Zombie

Cheap sacrifice outlet.

$3.97Buy
Woe Strider

Woe Strider

{2}{B}

Creature — Horror

Sac outlet that provides a token and scry.

$2.23Buy
Swiftfoot Boots

Swiftfoot Boots

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

Protects Chainer from targeted removal.

$0.0Buy
Ayara, First of Locthwain

Ayara, First of Locthwain

{B}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Elf Noble

Continuous drain and sacrifice outlet.

$0.0Buy
Defiler of Flesh

Defiler of Flesh

{2}{B}{B}

Creature — Phyrexian Horror

Allows using health as mana for black permanents.

$0.51Buy
Endless Obedience

Endless Obedience

{4}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Cheap reanimation with convoke.

$0.13Buy
Persist

Persist

{1}{B}

Sorcery

Budget reanimation for non-legendary targets.

$5.19Buy
Dread Return

Dread Return

{2}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Can be cast from the graveyard for free.

$0.42Buy
Phyrexian Delver

Phyrexian Delver

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Phyrexian Zombie

Reanimates another creature for a life cost.

$0.62Buy

Lands

38 cards
Reliquary Tower

Reliquary Tower

Land

No maximum hand size.

$3.95Buy
War Room

War Room

Land

Card draw from the mana base.

$0.0Buy
Rogue's Passage

Rogue's Passage

Land

Makes a creature unblockable.

$0.37Buy
Temple of the False God

Temple of the False God

Land

Extra mana in the late game.

$0.23Buy
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog

Land

Free graveyard hate on ETB.

$1.65Buy
Castle Locthwain

Castle Locthwain

Land

Mono-color utility land.

$0.0Buy
Swamp

Swamp 32x

Basic Land — Swamp

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.

$0.34Buy