Art by Karl Kopinski
Commander deckBGU
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Fill the graveyard rapidly with creature-heavy self-mill to create Zombie tokens with Sidisi, then cheat huge threats into play with cheap reanimation spells and recur value creatures.
Asked for“A $150 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
Ramp creature that easily dies to trigger graveyard synergies
Satyr Wayfinder
1GCreature — Satyr
Creature ramp that self-mills and triggers Sidisi
Deranged Assistant
1UCreature — Human Wizard
Blue mana dork that self-mills on tap
Card Draw
8
Mulldrifter
4UCreature — Elemental
Evoke draws cards and puts a creature into the graveyard
Fact or Fiction
3UInstant
Selects cards while dumping the rest into the graveyard
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
Converts Sidisi's 2/2 Zombie tokens into massive card draw
Gravebreaker Lamia
4BEnchantment Creature — Snake Lamia
Entomb on a creature body that reduces spell costs from the yard
River Kelpie
3UUCreature — Beast
Draws cards whenever cards leave or are cast from the graveyard
Lifecrafter's Bestiary
3Artifact
Consistent scry and draw on casting creature spells
Removal
9
Reclamation Sage
2GCreature — Elf Shaman
Creature-based artifact and enchantment removal
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BBCreature — Beast Horror
Creature-based unconditional creature removal
Acidic Slime
3GGCreature — Ooze
Destroys artifacts, enchantments, or land on a deathtouch body
Threats/Wincons
24
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Drains opponents whenever creatures enter or leave the graveyard
End-Raze Forerunners
5GGGCreature — Boar
Budget overrun finisher for a wide Zombie board
Lord of Extinction
3BGCreature — Elemental
Becomes massive quickly in a graveyard-heavy pod
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
BBGGLegendary Creature — Zombie Elf
Fling big creatures like Lord of Extinction to kill the table
Wonder
3UCreature — Incarnation
Gives your entire Zombie army flying while in the graveyard
Sepulchral Primordial
5BBCreature — Avatar
Steals the best creatures from all opponents' graveyards
Terastodon
6GGCreature — Elephant
Massive target that blows up noncreature threats on ETB
Doom Whisperer
3BBCreature — Nightmare Demon
Repeatable instant-speed surveillance to stock the graveyard
Golgari Grave-Troll
4GCreature — Troll Skeleton
Massive Dredge 6 self-mill engine and big threat
Splinterfright
2GCreature — Elemental
Self-mills every turn and scales in size with the graveyard
Kessig Cagebreakers
4GCreature — Human Rogue
Generates a swarm of Wolf tokens when attacking
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
5BGBGLegendary Creature — Avatar
Free recurring threat using delve and convoke
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
3BGULegendary Creature — Elemental Avatar
Ultimate recursion engine to cast anything from the yard
Shriekmaw
4BCreature — Elemental
Cheap creature removal via terror evoke that lands in the yard
Archfiend of Depravity
3BBCreature — Demon
Keeps opponent creature boards small and manageable
Genesis
4GCreature — Incarnation
Returns key creatures to hand during upkeep from the yard
Brawn
3GCreature — Incarnation
Gives all your creatures trample while in the graveyard
Nyx Weaver
1BGEnchantment Creature — Spider
Self-mills every turn and can exile itself to recur any card
Skullwinder
2GCreature — Snake
Deathtouch blocker that recurs a card from the yard
Fleshbag Marauder
2BCreature — Zombie Warrior
Forces all players to sacrifice creatures on ETB
Demon of Dark Schemes
3BBBCreature — Demon
Board shrink engine that reanimates creatures with energy
Fiend Artisan
BGBGCreature — Nightmare
Grows with graveyard and tutors creatures straight to battlefield
Utility
10
Living Death
3BBSorcery
Symmetrical board wipe and mass reanimation win condition
Dread Return
2BBSorcery
Reanimator spell that can be cast for free from the graveyard
Perpetual Timepiece
2Artifact
Self-mills and protects your graveyard from targeted hate
Altar of Dementia
2Artifact
Sacrifice outlet that mills yourself or opponents heavily
World Shaper
3GCreature — Merfolk Shaman
Returns all lands from your graveyard to play on death
Oversold Cemetery
1BEnchantment
Returns a creature from graveyard to hand every upkeep
Tortured Existence
BEnchantment
Repeatable B-mana swap between hand and graveyard creatures
