This commander deck centers around Obzedat, Ghost Council, aka Ghost Dad. The original idea was to include a crapton of instant speed removal, some damage prevention and some card advantage to just casually ride out games on the back of Obzedat, Ghost Council. After I was done flipping through my rares binder to find cards I wanted to include, I came to the conclusion that there would not be much room left for damage prevention. In addition to that, who would want to play a draw-go style Commander deck? It might be strong but seems a bit boring. This is the first list I ended up with, with some card choices down
below:
[deck]// Commander
1 Obzedat, Ghost Council
// Creatures
1 Thrull Parasite
1 Vizkopa Confessor
1 Treasury Thrull
1 Syndicate Enforcer
1 Basilica Screecher
1 Kingpin's Pet
1 Syndic of Tithes
1 Basilica Guards
1 Sepulchral Primordial
1 Luminate Primordial
1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1 Reya Dawnbringer
1 Twilight Shepherd
1 Pristine Angel
1 Carnifex Demon
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Ogre Slumlord
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Entomber Exarch
1 Walking Atlas
1 Seht's Tiger
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Suture Priest
1 Soul Warden
1 Falkenrath Noble
1 False Prophet
// Artifacts
1 Sol Ring
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Mind Stone
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Journeyer's Kite
1 Executioner's Capsule
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Urza's Blueprints
1 Druidic Satchel
// Enchantments
1 Blind Obedience
1 Debtors' Knell
1 Seal of Doom
1 Mobilization
1 Sanguine Bond
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Underworld Connections
// Instants
1 Divine
Deflection
1 Intervention Pact
1 Moonlight Bargain
1 Disenchant
1 Chill to the Bone
1 Dawn Charm
1 Mortify
1 Undying Evil
1 Devour Flesh
1 Grisly Spectacle
1 Unmake
// Sorceries
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Planar Cleansing
1 Unburial Rites
1 Day of Judgment
1 Damnation
1 Merciless Eviction
1 Exsanguinate
// Planeswalker
1 Gideon, Champion of Justice
// Lands
1 Esper Panorama
1 Vivid Meadow
1 Orzhov Guildgate
1 Bojuka Bog
15 Swamp
16 Plains[/deck]
Creatures (in order of appearance):
- Most (maybe all?) of the extort creatures, since the ability works nice in multiplayer + gives you a little life buffer and value out of everything you play
- Fatties
- Utility creatures
The artifacts are mostly mana rocks, instants removal, some sorcery sweepers, and the Gideon I happen to own.
Not sure if the 35 lands in this list are enough, there are definitely some more nonbasics that I could use. The extort critters are decent, but I'm not sure they are a good fit in the list since I'm
not really (re)playing a lot of spells.
