Gods of the Scarab's Shadow
Strategy
This deck is built around the powerful The Scarab God as a commander, utilizing its ability to reanimate creatures and drain opponents. The deck focuses on a midrange strategy with a combo finish, leveraging value creatures and support spells to maintain board presence and control. The goal is to establish a strong board state with utility creatures, artifacts, and enchantments, while threatening a win with The Scarab God's ability or Revel in Riches.
- The Scarab God + Baleful Strix: Reanimating Baleful Strix provides card draw and a blocker.
- The Scarab God + Revel in Riches: Create treasure tokens with Revel in Riches and reanimate creatures for a potential win condition.
- Silas Renn, Seeker Adept + Panharmonicon: Use Silas to recur artifacts while Panharmonicon doubles ETB effects.
Mainboard (100 cards)
Creature
37 cards
The Scarab God
$20.83
Shambling Goblin
$0.14
Baleful Strix
$1.26
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
$1.47
Greenbelt Rampager
Elvish Warmaster
$2.42
Keldon Flamesage
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
$1.52
Promising Duskmage
$0.07
Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist
$3.75
Gurgling Anointer
$0.14
Thrashing Brontodon
$0.11
Master Thief
$0.09
Gurmag Drowner
$0.06
Rangers of Ithilien
Polukranos, World Eater
$0.73
Steel Overseer
$0.98
Filigree Attendant
$0.15
Thornhide Wolves
Noxious Gearhulk
$1.15
Angel of Grace
$1.00
Storm Fleet Arsonist
$0.09
Adriana, Captain of the Guard
$0.34
Bastion Mastodon
Karn, Silver Golem
Kappa Cannoneer
$0.44
Shining Aerosaur
$0.07
Scourge of Nel Toth
Moldgraf Millipede
$0.12
Keeper of Fables
$0.23
Tenement Crasher
$0.02
Enlisted Wurm
$0.17
Evershrike
$1.09
Bioplasm
$0.26
Moonshaker Cavalry
$16.72
Goblin Assassin
$0.46
Lord of the Pit
$5.88
Instant
3 cards
Karn's Touch
$0.48
Disenchant
$0.99
Reach of Branches
$0.36
Sorcery
10 cards
Brotherhood's End
Cabal Conditioning
$0.77
Down // Dirty
Mind Rot
Fugue
$0.16
Turn to Slag
$0.08
Phthisis
$0.13
Catastrophe
$4.06
Desert Twister
$49.11
Olivia's Wrath
$0.52
Enchantment
4 cards
Liliana's Mastery
$0.27
Revel in Riches
$17.48
Warp Artifact
$2.00
Power Artifact
Artifact
8 cards
Darksteel Ingot
$0.24
Gruul Keyrune
$0.13
Vexing Arcanix
$0.46
Bottle of Suleiman
The Hive
$0.83
Panharmonicon
$7.41
Millstone
$12.95
Earthrumbler
$0.18
Planeswalker
1 cards
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
$0.87
Land
37 cards
Cabal Coffers
Safe Haven
Forbidden Orchard
$8.48
Temple of Deceit
$0.44
Alchemist's Refuge
$1.02
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
$4.70
Bonders' Enclave
$0.60
Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
$0.34
Plains
Island
Swamp
$0.38 × 10
Mountain
$25.46 × 3
Forest
Deck Statistics
CMC Curve
AI-Generated Synergies
The Scarab God allows you to recur Baleful Strix for consistent card draw and board control, while also using its ability to create Zombie tokens.
Silas Renn can return artifacts from the graveyard, enabling repeated use of sacrificed creatures like Keldon Flamesage to deal damage, creating a powerful combo.
Elvish Warmaster generates additional Elf tokens, which can be sacrificed with Gurgling Anointer to create Zombies, fueling The Scarab God's ability.
Nissa can ramp up your mana and provide additional lands while Greenbelt Rampager can be a strong attacker, enabling early pressure on opponents.
Master Thief can steal opposing artifacts while Thrashing Brontodon provides utility by removing problematic permanents, offering control elements to the deck.
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