Art by Karl Kopinski
Commander deckBGU
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Fill your graveyard using creature-based self-mill to trigger Sidisi and build a Zombie army, then cheat massive game-ending threats onto the battlefield with budget reanimation engines.
Asked for“A $50 Sidisi, Brood Tyrant commander deck — a graveyard-focused reanimator deck with self-mill, recursion engines, and big reanimation targets.”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 61 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
1BGULegendary Creature — Snake Shaman
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1GCreature — Snake Shaman
creature ramp that triggers Sidisi when milled or sacrificed
Springbloom Druid
2GCreature — Elf Druid
creature-based land fixer that puts lands into the yard
Deranged Assistant
1UCreature — Human Wizard
mana dork that self-mills to produce mana
Card Draw
8
Mulldrifter
4UCreature — Elemental
creature-based draw spell that can be reanimated later
Fact or Fiction
3UInstant
digs deep while dumping cards directly into the graveyard
Beast Whisperer
2GGCreature — Elf Druid
draws cards whenever creature-heavy spells are cast
Mire Triton
1BCreature — Zombie Merfolk
cheap creature that mills, gains life, and trades up
River Kelpie
3UUCreature — Beast
draws cards whenever things escape or enter from the graveyard
Frantic Search
2UInstant
free card selection that filters creatures into the yard
Removal
10
Shriekmaw
4BCreature — Elemental
creature-based terror effect that populates the graveyard
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BBCreature — Beast Horror
unconditional creature removal on a reanimatable body
Acidic Slime
3GGCreature — Ooze
flexible removal body for artifacts, enchantments, or lands
Reclamation Sage
2GCreature — Elf Shaman
cheap artifact and enchantment destruction on a creature
Sultai Charm
BGUInstant
flexible modal spell that doubles as self-mill card filtering
Fleshbag Marauder
2BCreature — Zombie Warrior
edict effect on a creature that fuels the graveyard
Plaguecrafter
2BCreature — Human Shaman
upgraded edict effect that forces discards or sacrifices
Threats/Wincons
21
Lord of Extinction
3BGCreature — Elemental
grows to massive sizes based on all graveyards
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
BBGGLegendary Creature — Zombie Elf
sacrifices massive threats to fling damage at every opponent
Golgari Grave-Troll
4GCreature — Troll Skeleton
premier dredge engine that grows huge in the late game
Kessig Cagebreakers
4GCreature — Human Rogue
creates an army of attacking wolves based on creature density
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
5BGBGLegendary Creature — Avatar
reanimates itself repeatedly using delve and convoke
Pathrazer of Ulamog
11Creature — Eldrazi
massive budget Eldrazi reanimation target
Ghoultree
7GCreature — Zombie Treefolk
massive 10/10 beatstick for virtually one green mana
Splinterfright
2GCreature — Elemental
self-milling threat that scales with your graveyard
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
pings opponents whenever creatures enter or leave the graveyard
Archfiend of Depravity
3BBCreature — Demon
suppresses opponent creature swarms and acts as a large flier
Woodfall Primus
5GGGCreature — Treefolk Shaman
huge persist creature that destroys noncreature permanents
End-Raze Forerunners
5GGGCreature — Boar
budget Craterhoof overrun effect to swing with your Zombie army
Terastodon
6GGCreature — Elephant
massive elephant that destroys troublesome noncreatures
Sepulchral Primordial
5BBCreature — Avatar
steals the best creatures from all opponent graveyards
Vulturous Zombie
3BGCreature — Plant Zombie
flying threat that grows whenever cards enter opponent graveyards
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
3UUBLegendary Creature — Kraken
evasive threat that casts spells out of opponent graveyards
Decimator of the Provinces
10Creature — Eldrazi Boar
emerge overrun finisher that triggers on cast
Nemesis of Mortals
4GGCreature — Snake
cheap budget beatstick that becomes monsterous for cheap
Pelakka Wurm
4GGGCreature — Wurm
gains life, draws a card, and provides a trample body
Utility
12
Stitcher's Supplier
BCreature — Zombie
insanely efficient self-mill trigger for Sidisi
Satyr Wayfinder
1GCreature — Satyr
mills cards and guarantees land hits on a creature body
Nyx Weaver
1BGEnchantment Creature — Spider
passive self-mill that can be exiled for recursion
Skullwinder
2GCreature — Snake
deathtouch creature that buys back key cards from the graveyard
Timeless Witness
2GGCreature — Human Shaman
eternalize recursion spell on a creature body
Dread Return
2BBSorcery
flashback reanimation spell powered by Sidisi Zombie tokens
Perpetual Timepiece
2Artifact
repeatable self-mill and anti-graveyard-hate protection
Wonder
3UCreature — Incarnation
gives all your creatures flying while sitting in the graveyard
Filth
3BCreature — Incarnation
gives swampwalk to your board when sitting in the graveyard
