How it grades
Fundamentals 80/100. Plays like Lands-matter and Reanimator / graveyard.
This reads as Lands-matter · Reanimator / graveyard, built around The Necrobloom. Lands are the engine, not the tax: extra land drops and landfall triggers turn every land into ramp, bodies, and card advantage at once. The land count runs deliberately high, recursion makes fetches replayable, and the late game wins through land-fueled payoffs the table can't interact with easily. The Necrobloom 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 mana curve (35% of spells cost ≤2, 12% cost 6+); the first thing to tighten is card draw: 6 draw effects (want 10+ for Lands-matter).
- A-Mana reliability
- B+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- C+Card draw
- B+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- A+Win conditions
- A+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Land count39 lands. About 42 fits this curve for Lands-matter.
- C+Card draw6 draw effects (want 10+ for Lands-matter).
- B+Interaction8 removal/protection effects (want 10+ for Lands-matter).
Strong on mana reliability, mana curve, ramp, commander synergy, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
94 cards graded: A 4, A- 25, B+ 30, B 35. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take The Necrobloom from B to B+.
Tireless Tracker2G$0.27
In place of Thalia and The Gitrog Monster: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (67/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Pays off your land engine (21 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Garruk's Uprising2G$0.58
In place of Cultivator Colossus: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (71/100)
Pays off your token engine (10 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan.
Inspiring Call2G$0.39
In place of Braids, Arisen Nightmare: weakest slot in the deck (73/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Pays off your token engine (10 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers).
Shamanic Revelation3GG$1.55
In place of The Gitrog Monster: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (74/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Pays off your token engine (10 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers).
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds1GG$5.38
In place of Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Pays off your token engine (10 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (24 producers).
EphemerateW$5.25
In place of Anguished Unmaking: weakest slot in the deck (72/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Pays off your enters-the-battlefield engine (25 producers). Pays off the commanders' enters-the-battlefield plan.
Conjurer's Closet5$4.05
In place of Assassin's Trophy: weakest slot in the deck (72/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Pays off your enters-the-battlefield engine (25 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Mossborn Hydra2G$13.33
In place of Conduit of Worlds: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Chases the same land plan as your commanders. EDHREC Lands-matter staple. Pays off your land engine (21 producers).
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen3BB$2.36
In place of Eerie Ultimatum: its B cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (63/100)
Pays off your land engine (21 producers). Chases the same land plan as your commanders. EDHREC Lands-matter staple.
Emeria Angel2WW$0.32
In place of Toxic Deluge: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Pays off your land engine (21 producers). Chases the same land plan as your commanders. EDHREC Lands-matter staple.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 27
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Planeswalkers 1
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Instants 9
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Sorceries 11
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Artifacts 5
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Enchantments 7
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Lands 39
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- B×2
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- B×3
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