How it grades
Fundamentals 73/100.
No single established archetype dominates. This is its own brew around Anje Falkenrath, so the fundamentals below carry the grade. Anje Falkenrath sits on the cEDH tier list, so the ceiling here is tournament-grade, and experienced tables will treat it that way. Its strongest fundamental is legality & size (Legal and full-size); the first thing to tighten is mana curve: 19% of spells cost ≤2, 24% cost 6+.
- AMana reliability
- B+Land count
- CMana curve
- C+Ramp
- ACard draw
- A+Interaction
- ACommander synergy
- AWin conditions
- BCard quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Land count40 lands. About 43 fits this curve.
- CMana curve19% of spells cost ≤2, 24% cost 6+.
- C+Ramp7 ramp effects (want 12+ for this curve).
- BCard qualityMedian EDHREC rank #7,257
Strong on mana reliability, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions and legality & size.
85 cards graded: A- 3, B+ 17, B 46, B- 15, C+ 4. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Merciless Rage from B- to B.
Lion's Eye Diamond0—
In place of Scaretiller: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (65/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 7 of 12+). Fuels your discard payoffs (22 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Thought Vessel2—
In place of Armillary Sphere: weakest slot in the deck (66/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (14 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Lowers the curve.
Decanter of Endless Water3$5.19
In place of Rakdos Locket: weakest slot in the deck (66/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 7 of 12+). Pays off your card-draw engine (14 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Big Score3R$0.38
In place of Bone Miser: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (68/100)
Feeds the commanders' discard payoff. Fills the ramp gap (you're at 7 of 12+). Fuels your discard payoffs (22 in deck).
Unexpected Windfall2RR$3.14
In place of Hedron Archive: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (68/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 7 of 12+). Fuels your discard payoffs (22 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
NecropotenceBBB$37.96
In place of Aeon Engine: weakest slot in the deck (48/100)
Pays off your discard engine (8 producers). WotC game-changer. Pays off the commanders' discard plan.
Psychosis Crawler5$2.68
In place of Violent Eruption: its R cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (50/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (14 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan.
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse2BB$101.76
In place of Hedonist's Trove: weakest slot in the deck (52/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (14 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan.
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty2R$25.72
In place of Solemn Simulacrum: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (71/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 7 of 12+). Fuels your discard payoffs (22 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Seize the Spoils2R$0.30
In place of Murderous Compulsion: conditional removal: dead against some boards (54/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 7 of 12+). Fuels your discard payoffs (22 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 28
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- B
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- B
- B
- B
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- B
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- B
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- B
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- B
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- B
- B
- B-
- B-
- B-
- B+
- B
- B+
Planeswalkers 1
- B+
Instants 4
- B+
- B
- B
- C+
Sorceries 12
- B-
- B-
- B-
- B
- B
- B-
- B-
- B-
- B
- B-
- B-
- B-
Artifacts 8
- C+
- B
- A-
- B
- B
- B+
- B
- A-
Enchantments 6
- B
- C+
- B+
- B
- B
- B+
Lands 40
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B×4
- B×3
- B×3
- B×4
- B×3
- B×3
- B
- B
- B
- B+
- B-
- B
- B
- B
- B-
- B
- B+
- B+
- B
- B-
- B
- C+
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