I debated for a while which BR legend to make to complete my commander rainbow, and while I looked at Olivia and Kaervek, eventually I realized Grenzo would give me what I really like about the color combination. Lots of really cool, small, efficient dudes who affect the battlefield in big ways despite a small body and often low cost. Dudes like dragonmaster outcast, viashino heretic, dark imposter, and bone dancer. And the other thing I love about black specifically is all the great instant-speed removal it has available to it.
Grenzo gives me both of those in a great package. Just cast Grenzo for 2-3, then draw-go all day. EOT, activate the crap out of Grenzo. Once you've got some dudes onto the battlefield, they can start to take over the responsibilities of your removal spells, and to move you towards an endgame with token swarm while locking down people's hands.
Possibly, although it's not an instant and it's not a creature, and it's not feasibly recurrable, which means it's competing for a pretty tight spot in the deck.
Cool deck design! I'm putting together Grenzo and I think I'll try something similar because I love draw-go style decks. I think Sangromancer would be good in your build with all the discard and removal.
Cool deck design! I'm putting together Grenzo and I think I'll try something similar because I love draw-go style decks. I think Sangromancer would be good in your build with all the discard and removal.
Sangromancer would gain a lot of life potentially. I was in the possibilities list, but I've just never been a big fan of lifegain. I tried to keep the 3-power dudes to a minimum in case you have to play krenko for 2.
Grenzo gives me both of those in a great package. Just cast Grenzo for 2-3, then draw-go all day. EOT, activate the crap out of Grenzo. Once you've got some dudes onto the battlefield, they can start to take over the responsibilities of your removal spells, and to move you towards an endgame with token swarm while locking down people's hands.
1 Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Creatures(36)
Recursion
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Toshiro Umezawa
1 Coffin Queen
1 Golgari Thug
1 Feldon of the Third Path
Discard
1 Cao Cao, lord of Wei
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Shimian Specter
Removal
1 Olivia Voldaren
1 keeper of the dead
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Sparksmith
1 Siege-gang commander
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Diaochan, artful Beauty
1 Dark Imposter
1 Kiku, Night's Flower
1 Royal Assassin
1 Deathbringer Thoctar
Recruitment
1 Dragonmaster Outcast
1 Krenko, Mob boss
1 Skirdag High Priest
1 Cemetery Reaper
1 Bloodline Keeper
1 Bone Dancer
1 Rakka Mar
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Draw, Tutor, and Master of Cruelties
1 Moggcatcher
1 Imperial Recruiter
1 Dark Confidant
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Grim Haruspex
1 Master of Cruelties (couldn't find anywhere else for the guy)
Wipes
1 Fault Line
1 Magmaquake
1 Starstorm
1 damnation
Targeted
1 Reckless Spite
1 Malicious Affliction
1 Ulcerate
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Snuff Out
1 Murderous Cut
1 Silence the Believers
1 Hero's Downfall
1 Tragic Slip
1 Dismember
1 Go for the Throat
1 Victim of Night
1 Rekindled Flame
1 Terminate
1 Fire covenant
1 Comet Storm
1 Chaos Warp
1 Volcanic Offering
Other shenanigans(6)
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Illusionist's Bracers
1 imperial seal
1 grim tutor
Mana (37)
Ramp
1 braid of fire
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Chrome Mox
1 Winding Canyons
1 Wasteland
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Strip Mine
1 Urborg, tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Gemstone Caverns
1 Buried Ruin
1 Petrified Field
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Temple of Malice
1 Sulfurous Springs
1 Shadowblood Ridge
1 Graven Cairns
1 Dragonskull Summit
1 Blood Crypt
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Badlands
7 fetchlands
1 command tower
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
4 swamp
1 mountain
removed:
1 hollow specter
1 cuombajj witches
1 nightshade seer
1 guul draz specter
1 blazing specter
1 fiend of the shadows
1 needle specter
1 damnation
1 kiki-jiki, mirror breaker
1 grim tutor
1 feldon of the third path
1 rakka mar
1 imperial seal
1 keeper of the dead
EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6
Standard: Mono Red #GetSwol
Elsewhere: Random Brews All Day, Erreday
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EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6
EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6