Death Toll
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- Commander
- Winter, Cynical Opportunist
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $89.34
- Grade
- B
How it grades
Fundamentals 75/100. Plays like Reanimator / graveyard and Mill.
This reads as Reanimator / graveyard · Mill, built around Winter, Cynical Opportunist. The graveyard is a second hand: stock it fast, then cheat the biggest things in it onto the battlefield for a fraction of their cost. Self-mill and discard are card selection, not card loss. Graveyard hate is the deck's nightmare, so diversify threats and keep a fair backup plan. Its strongest fundamental is land count (38 lands. About 40 fits this curve for Reanimator / graveyard); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 23 of 61 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want graveyard support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Mill; from EDHREC).
- A+Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- AMana curve
- A+Ramp
- B+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- C+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- ACard quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Card draw8 draw effects (want 10+ for Reanimator / graveyard).
- C+Commander synergyOnly 23 of 61 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want graveyard support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Mill; from EDHREC).
Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, interaction, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
89 cards graded: A- 4, B+ 33, B 44, B- 6, C+ 2. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Death Toll from B to B+.
Skull ProphetBG$0.85
In place of Deluge of Doom: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Fuels your graveyard payoffs (7 in deck). Fits the graveyard build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Marionette Apprentice1B$2.04
In place of Gnarlwood Dryad: weakest slot in the deck (55/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (17 producers). Works with the commander directly. Fits the commander's plan.
Champion of Lambholt1GG$4.79
In place of Obsessive Skinner: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Pays off your token engine (10 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (28 producers). Works with the commander directly.
Tireless Tracker2G$0.26
In place of Demonic Covenant: weakest slot in the deck (69/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Pays off your land engine (8 producers). Works with the commander directly.
Six2G$5.85
In place of Into the Pit: weakest slot in the deck (58/100)
EDHREC Reanimator / graveyard staple. Fuels your graveyard payoffs (7 in deck). Fits the graveyard build players run with your commanders.
Icetill Explorer2GG$20.84
In place of Carrion Grub: weakest slot in the deck (58/100)
Pays off your land engine (8 producers). Fuels your graveyard payoffs (7 in deck). Fits the graveyard build players run with your commanders.
Colossal Grave-Reaver6BG$11.89
In place of Mulch: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
Fuels your graveyard payoffs (7 in deck). Fits the graveyard build players run with your commanders. EDHREC Reanimator / graveyard staple.
Return of the Wildspeaker4G$2.31
In place of Deathcap Cultivator: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your token engine (10 producers). Works with the commander directly. Top-5% staple by play data.
Ripples of Undeath1B$8.47
In place of Inscription of Abundance: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Fuels your graveyard payoffs (7 in deck). Fits the graveyard build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Morbid Opportunist2B$0.33
In place of Solemn Simulacrum: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (70/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Works with the commander directly. Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 26
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Planeswalkers 4
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Instants 6
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Sorceries 9
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Artifacts 8
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Enchantments 8
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Lands 38
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