Art by Mark Zug

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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, 202616 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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1 Chainer, Dementia Master
1 Sol Ring
1 Arcane Signet
1 Jet Medallion
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Bontu's Monument
1 Leaden Myr
1 Burnished Hart
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Caged Sun
1 Crypt Ghast
1 Charcoal Diamond
1 Stitcher's Supplier
1 Altar of Dementia
1 Buried Alive
1 Vile Entomber
1 Morbid Curiosity
1 Disciple of Bolas
1 Harvester of Souls
1 Read the Bones
1 Sign in Blood
1 Gravebreaker Lamia
1 Midnight Reaper
1 Grim Haruspex
1 Feed the Swarm
1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1 Sepulchral Primordial
1 Noxious Gearhulk
1 Ravenous Chupacabra
1 Shriekmaw
1 Mutilate
1 Victimize
1 Animate Dead
1 Living Death
1 Pontiff of Blight
1 Butcher of Malakir
1 Abhorrent Overlord
1 Meteor Golem
1 Hero's Downfall
1 Infernal Grasp
1 Viscera Seer
1 Carrion Feeder
1 Woe Strider
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Plaguecrafter
1 Merciless Executioner
1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
1 Dreadhound
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Defiler of Flesh
1 Gorgon Recluse
1 Overseer of the Damned
1 Endless Obedience
1 Persist
1 Dread Return
1 Zulaport Cutthroat
1 Blood Artist
1 Phyrexian Delver
1 Reanimate
1 Reliquary Tower
1 War Room
1 Rogue's Passage
1 Temple of the False God
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Castle Locthwain
32 Swamp

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Some cards were dropped or normalized during validation because of legality, duplication, or color identity checks.

Commander

1 cards

Chainer, Dementia Master

{3}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Minion

Chosen commander for the requested strategy.

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Ramp

11 cards

Sol Ring

{1}

Artifact

Essential mana acceleration.

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Arcane Signet

{2}

Artifact

Standard efficient color fixing.

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Jet Medallion

{2}

Artifact

Reduces the cost of all black spells.

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Wayfarer's Bauble

{1}

Artifact

Land-based ramp in mono-black.

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Bontu's Monument

{3}

Legendary Artifact

Cost reduction and incidental drain.

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Leaden Myr

{2}

Artifact Creature — Myr

Mana dork that can be reanimated if needed.

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Burnished Hart

{3}

Artifact Creature — Elk

Repeatable land ramp via recursion.

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Solemn Simulacrum

{4}

Artifact Creature — Golem

Valuable ETB and death trigger for reanimation.

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Caged Sun

{6}

Artifact

Doubles black mana for expensive Chainer activations.

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Crypt Ghast

{3}{B}

Creature — Spirit

Manaba doubling and extort for life gain.

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Charcoal Diamond

{2}

Artifact

Budget mana rock.

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Card Draw

12 cards

Stitcher's Supplier

{B}

Creature — Zombie

Premier self-mill engine.

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Altar of Dementia

{2}

Artifact

Sacrifice outlet and self-mill engine.

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Buried Alive

{2}{B}

Sorcery

Tutors specific creatures directly to the graveyard.

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Vile Entomber

{2}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie Warlock

Entomb on a stick for recursion.

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Morbid Curiosity

{1}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Sacrifice a reanimated fat creature for cards.

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Disciple of Bolas

{3}{B}

Creature — Human Wizard

Life gain and card draw on a creature body.

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Harvester of Souls

{4}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

Draws cards when other creatures die.

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Read the Bones

{2}{B}

Sorcery

Efficient scry and draw.

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Sign in Blood

{B}{B}

Sorcery

Classic cheap black card draw.

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Gravebreaker Lamia

{4}{B}

Enchantment Creature — Snake Lamia

Cost reduction and graveyard tutoring.

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Midnight Reaper

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Knight

Draws cards upon creature deaths.

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Grim Haruspex

{2}{B}

Creature — Human Wizard

Non-token death trigger card draw.

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Removal

15 cards

Feed the Swarm

{1}{B}

Sorcery

Only black card that removes enchantments.

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Noxious Gearhulk

{4}{B}{B}

Artifact Creature — Construct

Removal and life gain on a body.

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Ravenous Chupacabra

{2}{B}{B}

Creature — Beast Horror

Targeted creature removal.

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Shriekmaw

{4}{B}

Creature — Elemental

Cheap evoke cost or removal on a stick.

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Mutilate

{2}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Board wipe based on Swamp count.

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Living Death

{3}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Mass board wipe and mass reanimation.

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Butcher of Malakir

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Vampire Warrior

Dictate of Erebos effect on a creature.

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Meteor Golem

{7}

Artifact Creature — Golem

Handles any non-land permanent.

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Hero's Downfall

{1}{B}{B}

Instant

Cheap creature or planeswalker removal.

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Infernal Grasp

{1}{B}

Instant

Efficient targeted creature removal.

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Fleshbag Marauder

{2}{B}

Creature — Zombie Warrior

Edict effect that can be looped.

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Plaguecrafter

{2}{B}

Creature — Human Shaman

Strictly better Fleshbag Marauder.

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Merciless Executioner

{2}{B}

Creature — Orc Warrior

Additional edict effect for consistency.

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Massacre Wurm

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

Creature — Phyrexian Wurm

Board wipe for small creatures and heavy damage.

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Overseer of the Damned

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

Removal that generates tokens for fodder.

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Threats/Wincons

13 cards

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

Primary win condition through life drain loops.

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Sepulchral Primordial

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Avatar

Steals opponents creatures from graveyards.

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Victimize

{2}{B}

Sorcery

Double reanimation for a cheap cost.

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Animate Dead

{1}{B}

Enchantment — Aura

Standard efficient reanimation enchantment.

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Pontiff of Blight

{4}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie Cleric

Huge drain potential via extort.

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Abhorrent Overlord

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

Generates flying tokens for Chainer to sacrifice.

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Kokusho, the Evening Star

{4}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit

Massive life drain upon death.

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Syr Konrad, the Grim

{3}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Pings opponents when cards leave or enter graveyard.

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Dreadhound

{4}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon Dog

Redundant Syracuse Konrad effect.

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Gorgon Recluse

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Gorgon

Filler body that punishes blockers.

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Zulaport Cutthroat

{1}{B}

Creature — Human Rogue Ally

Drains opponents when your creatures die.

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Blood Artist

{1}{B}

Creature — Vampire

Standard drain effect for sacrifice loops.

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Reanimate

{B}

Sorcery

The most efficient single target reanimation spell.

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Utility

10 cards

Viscera Seer

{B}

Creature — Vampire Wizard

Zero-mana sacrifice outlet for loops.

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Carrion Feeder

{B}

Creature — Zombie

Cheap sacrifice outlet.

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Woe Strider

{2}{B}

Creature — Horror

Sac outlet that provides a token and scry.

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Swiftfoot Boots

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

Protects Chainer from targeted removal.

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Ayara, First of Locthwain

{B}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Elf Noble

Continuous drain and sacrifice outlet.

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Defiler of Flesh

{2}{B}{B}

Creature — Phyrexian Horror

Allows using health as mana for black permanents.

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Endless Obedience

{4}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Cheap reanimation with convoke.

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Persist

{1}{B}

Sorcery

Budget reanimation for non-legendary targets.

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Dread Return

{2}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Can be cast from the graveyard for free.

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Phyrexian Delver

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Phyrexian Zombie

Reanimates another creature for a life cost.

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Lands

38 cards

Reliquary Tower

Land

No maximum hand size.

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War Room

Land

Card draw from the mana base.

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Rogue's Passage

Land

Makes a creature unblockable.

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Temple of the False God

Land

Extra mana in the late game.

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Bojuka Bog

Land

Free graveyard hate on ETB.

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Castle Locthwain

Land

Mono-color utility land.

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Swamp 32x

Basic Land — Swamp

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.

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