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Katatonia [Belbe + Izoni + Garruk + Surrak + Vivien + Liliana + Overlord of the Balemurk]
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Est deck cost: $134.74
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Commander

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Belbe, Corrupted Observer

At the beginning of each postcombat main phase, the active player adds {C}{C} for each of your opponents who lost life this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Belbe, Corrupted Observer (cmr) 270

Commander

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Discard

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Eriette's Whisper

Target opponent discards two cards. Create a Wicked Role token attached to up to one target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Sorcery
Eriette's Whisper (woe) 88

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Finisher

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Gigantosaurus

Creature
Gigantosaurus (fdn) 718
Overrun

Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Sorcery
Overrun (fdn) 230

Finisher

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Lifegain

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Trespasser's Curse

Enchant player Whenever a creature enchanted player controls enters, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Trespasser's Curse (plst) AKH-112

Lifegain

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Recursion

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Macabre Waltz

Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand, then discard a card.

Sorcery
Macabre Waltz (fdn) 177
Zombify

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Zombify (fdn) 187

Recursion

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Burn

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Persistent Constrictor

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature they control. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature
Persistent Constrictor (dsc) 52

Burn

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Drain

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Sinister Monolith

At the beginning of combat on your turn, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. {T}, Pay 2 life, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Sinister Monolith (blb) 113
Vengeful Bloodwitch

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Vengeful Bloodwitch (fdn) 76

Drain

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Infect

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Spinebiter

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) You may have this creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

Creature
Spinebiter (nph) 121

Infect

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Mill

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Overlord of the Balemurk

Impending 5—{1}{B} (If you cast this spell for its impending cost, it enters with five time counters and isn't a creature until the last is removed. At the beginning of your end step, remove a time counter from it.) Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, mill four cards, then you may return a non-Avatar creature card or a planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Enchantment
Overlord of the Balemurk (dsk) 113

Mill

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Removal

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Archfiend of Ifnir

Flying Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Archfiend of Ifnir (akh) 78
Bite Down

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

Instant
Bite Down (fdn) 212
Clawing Torment

Enchant artifact or creature As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets -1/-1 and can't block. Enchanted permanent has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life."

Enchantment
Clawing Torment (neo) 91
Cut Down

Destroy target creature with total power and toughness 5 or less.

Instant
Cut Down (dmu) 89
Deadly Brew

Each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. If you sacrificed a permanent this way, you may return another permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Deadly Brew (fdn) 654
Eaten Alive

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

Sorcery
Eaten Alive (fdn) 172
Hero's Downfall

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Hero's Downfall (fdn) 175
Liliana, Death Wielder

+2: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature. −3: Destroy target creature with a -1/-1 counter on it. −10: Return all creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Planeswalker
Liliana, Death Wielder (akh) 275
Massacre Wurm

When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Creature
Massacre Wurm (fdn) 714
Primal Might

Target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn. Then it fights up to one target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Sorcery
Primal Might (fdn) 643
Reclamation Sage

When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Reclamation Sage (fdn) 340
Soul-Guide Lantern

When this artifact enters, exile target card from a graveyard. {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile each opponent's graveyard. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Soul-Guide Lantern (fdn) 680
Venom Connoisseur

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, all creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn.

Creature
Venom Connoisseur (fdn) 648
Vivien Reid

+1: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. −3: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying. −8: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have vigilance, trample, and indestructible."

Planeswalker
Vivien Reid (fdn) 234

Removal

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Counters

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Corpsejack Menace

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.

Creature
Corpsejack Menace (rtr) 152
Heroes' Bane

This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. {2}{G}{G}: Put X +1/+1 counters on this creature, where X is its power.

Creature
Heroes' Bane (fdn) 639
Kalonian Hydra

Trample This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever this creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

Creature
Kalonian Hydra (blc) 226
Liliana's Influence

Put a -1/-1 counter on each creature you don't control. You may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Liliana, Death Wielder, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Sorcery
Liliana's Influence (akh) 277
Managorger Hydra

Trample Whenever a player casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Managorger Hydra (blc) 230
Wildwood Scourge

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on another non-Hydra creature you control, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Wildwood Scourge (fdn) 236

Counters

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Draw

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Commune with Nature

Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Sorcery
Commune with Nature (woe) 166
Garruk's Uprising

When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card. Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.

Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (fdn) 220
Garruk, Caller of Beasts

+1: Reveal the top five cards of your library. Put all creature cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. −3: You may put a green creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may search your library for a creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle."

Planeswalker
Garruk, Caller of Beasts (j25) 659
Gnarlback Rhino

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, draw a card.

Creature
Gnarlback Rhino (fdn) 638
Pelakka Wurm

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) When this creature enters, you gain 7 life. When this creature dies, draw a card.

Creature
Pelakka Wurm (fdn) 720
Vizier of the Menagerie

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast creature spells from the top of your library. You can spend mana of any type to cast creature spells.

Creature
Vizier of the Menagerie (fdn) 649

Draw

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Land

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Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 420
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (j25) 93
Golgari Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Golgari Guildgate (dgm) 149
Jungle Hollow

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Jungle Hollow (fdn) 263
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (j25) 87
Temple of Malady

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Temple of Malady (fdn) 700

Land

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Protection

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Fake Your Own Death

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Fake Your Own Death (fdn) 174
Predator Ooze

Indestructible (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this creature.) Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Predator Ooze (fdn) 642
Snakeskin Veil

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Snakeskin Veil (fdn) 233
Undying Malice

Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."

Instant
Undying Malice (fdn) 528

Protection

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Tokens

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Izoni, Center of the Web

Menace Whenever Izoni enters or attacks, you may collect evidence 4. If you do, create two 2/1 black and green Spider creature tokens with menace and reach. Sacrifice four tokens: Surveil 2, then draw two cards. You gain 2 life.

Creature
Izoni, Center of the Web (mkm) 362
Primeval Bounty

Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put three +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 3 life.

Enchantment
Primeval Bounty (fdn) 644

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Creature

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Arbiter of Woe

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Flying When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life. You draw a card and gain 2 life.

Creature
Arbiter of Woe (fdn) 55
Elvish Regrower

When this creature enters, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Elvish Regrower (fdn) 104
Juggernaut

This creature attacks each combat if able. This creature can't be blocked by Walls.

Creature Artifact
Juggernaut (fdn) 255
Mild-Mannered Librarian

{3}{G}: This creature becomes a Werewolf. Put two +1/+1 counters on it and you draw a card. Activate only once.

Creature
Mild-Mannered Librarian (fdn) 228
Mossborn Hydra

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, double the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Creature
Mossborn Hydra (fdn) 107
Needletooth Pack

Morbid — At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control.

Creature
Needletooth Pack (fdn) 108
Quakestrider Ceratops

Creature
Quakestrider Ceratops (fdn) 110
Scaled Behemoth

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Creature
Scaled Behemoth (akh) 184
Spinner of Souls

Reach Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Spinner of Souls (fdn) 112
Tragic Banshee

Morbid — When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. If a creature died this turn, that creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead.

Creature
Tragic Banshee (fdn) 73
Wardens of the Cycle

Morbid — At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, choose one — • You gain 2 life. • You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Wardens of the Cycle (fdn) 125

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Evasion

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Surrak, the Hunt Caller

Formidable — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater, target creature you control gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)

Creature
Surrak, the Hunt Caller (fdn) 647

Evasion

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Landfall

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Rampaging Baloths

Trample Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.

Creature
Rampaging Baloths (fdn) 645

Landfall

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (fdc) 1
Channeler Initiate

When this creature enters, put three -1/-1 counters on target creature you control. {T}, Remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Channeler Initiate (akh) 160
Circuitous Route

Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Circuitous Route (fdn) 635
Gilded Lotus

{T}: Add three mana of any one color.

Artifact
Gilded Lotus (fdn) 725
Grow from the Ashes

Kicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell.) Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. If this spell was kicked, instead search your library for two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Grow from the Ashes (fdn) 225
Ichor Elixir

If you would roll one or more planar dice, instead roll that many planar dice plus one and ignore one. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ichor Elixir (moc) 46
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (fdn) 227
Ordeal of Nylea

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Then if it has three or more +1/+1 counters on it, sacrifice this Aura. When you sacrifice this Aura, search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Ordeal of Nylea (fdn) 641
Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (fdn) 257

Ramp

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Tokens & Extras

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Beast

Creature Token
Beast (tfdn) 32
Beast

Creature Token
Beast (tfdn) 33
Garruk, Caller of Beasts Emblem

Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may search your library for a creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

Emblem
Garruk, Caller of Beasts Emblem (tm14) 13
Spider

Menace, reach

Creature Token
Spider (tmkm) 11
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (tfdn) 23
Vivien Reid Emblem

Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have vigilance, trample, and indestructible.

Emblem
Vivien Reid Emblem (tfdn) 25
Wicked

Enchantment Token
Wicked // Cursed (twoe) 17

Tokens & Extras

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"(In the following text, when refering to this deck, i will just call it by it's name \"Katatonia\".)\n\nI saw Belbe's card on YouTube and was immediately captured by her artwork. So i had to buy her card as single and build a deck around her using the cards i already had. I wanted to build a second green plus anything creature deck for a while now, so she was a perfect fit, providing ramp herself, as a commander. I recently got myself the last Amonkhet Planeswalker Decks my vendor had, of Liliana and Gideon. Liliana, Death Wielder from those Amonkhet Planeswalker Decks actually turns into a devourer of enemy creatures with her own ability and the Persistent Constrictor being on the battlefield, so she's a perfect addition for the wither mechanics and removal in Katatonia. Focusing on counters so much makes Katatonia a great deck to use my countless green Hydra creature cards in.\n\nBelbe is a main character in the Novel \"Nemesis\" by Paul B. Thompson, where she is a Phyrexian Agent created and sent by Volrath, using the body of the daughter of the Eleven Lord of the plane of Rath: Eladamri.\n\nKatatonia uses a commander combo between Belbe and Sinister Monolith (and similar burn/ping cards), where burn during or before combat turns into mana in each post combat main phase to ramp creatures into play during the second main phase. This excludes burn during any opponent's turns, like cards that burn an opponent during their upkeep. This 2nd main phase ramp focus allows for open mana, and thus black and green instants, during combat.\n\nKatatonia ramps, withers and eats your opponents' creatures while it generates huge creatures for yourself using a ton of floating mana, that's the goal. And once it starts it won't stop.\n\nCombo List"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nSinister Monolith combos into....\nVengeful Bloodwitch combos into...\nArbiter of Woe combos into...\nMassacre Wurm combos into...\nEriette's Whisper creates Wicked, which"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"combos into...\nAdding Damage to an opponent player via (non-Infect) Creatures during your Combat Phase combos into...\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Belbe, Corrupted Observer"},{"insert":"'s 2nd Main Phase Ramp"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Liliana, Death Wielder"},{"insert":"'s +2 Loyalty Ability combos into...\nLiliana's Influence combos into...\nSpinebiter combos into...\nArchfiend of Ifnir combos into....\nPersistent Constrictor combos into....\nTragic Banshee may combo into...\nClawing Torment combos into...\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Liliana, Death Wielder"},{"insert":"'s -3 Loyalty Ability"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nGarruk's Uprising's combos into...\n19 Creatures with Power 4+"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nCorpsejack Menace combos into...\nHero's Bane"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Kalonian Hydra"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mossborn Hydra"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Wildwood Scourge"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Managorger Hydra"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mild-Mannered Librarian"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Predator Ooze"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Needletooth Pack"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Ordeal of Nylea"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Primeval Bounty"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Snakeskin Veil"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nPredator Ooze combos into...\nMild-Mannered Librarian combos into...\nWildscourge Hydra"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nUndying Malice combos into...\nFake your own Death combos into...\nArbiter of Woe"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Eaten Alive"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nTutor List"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nLiliana's Influence is a Tutor for...\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Liliana, Death Wielder"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nSpinner of Souls is a Tutor for...\nCommune with Nature is a Tutor for...\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Garruk, Caller of Beasts"},{"insert":" is a Tutor for...\nVizier of the Menagerie is a Tutor for...\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Vivien Reid"},{"insert":" is a Tutor for...\nAny Creature(s)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Overlord of the Balemurk"},{"insert":" is a Tutor for...\nAny Creature or "},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Planeswalker"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nSolemn Simulacrum is a Tutor for...\nOrdeal of Nylea is a Tutor for...\nGrow from the Ashes is a Tutor for...\nCircuitous Route is a Tutor for...\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Vivien Reid"},{"insert":" is a Tutor for...\nBasic Land Card(s)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nAdditional Suggestions"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nUse Eriette's Whisper on the Juggernaut to create a Wicked Juggernaut, once Belbe is on the battlefield aswell. Since the Juggernaut is a creature that will attract a lot of ire once its on the battlefield, it will be the most likely to get targeted by Removal spells from enemies. Especially because it will go around (mostly Blue Mana players') walls. (\"Walls\" are creatures with initial Power 0, Toughness >= 1 and the \"Defender\" keyword, making them, by default, unable to attack. Walls are commonly found on blue mana cards.)\n\nCaution"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nBe aware that Belbe provides her ramp to everyone. Every player, you and your opponents, will benefit from Belbe's main ability. But even if 3 commander players took damage before the second main phase of an opponent, each turn, the opponent will only gain 2x2 mana at maximum. You are the only player who is able to gain 3x2 if every one of your opponents lost life before the 2nd main phase(s), because you are not your own opponent and the card still watches the battlefield from your position. Any effect that adds another combat phase or another main phase after the second main phase still counts for her ability - means if somebody on their turn had some of your opponents loose damage and then goes into second main phase and another phase through a card again they gain 2x2 + 2x2 (or in your case 3x2 + 3x2) floating mana. Belbe is a loose ramp cannon.\n\nGiven the massive ramp in Katatonia it's Mana Curve is pretty flat, providing for an array of achievable, big or flexible creatures. I didn't add massive 8+ mana creatures because i expect you to beat your competition quick enough, and there are plenty creatures who will have enough power on them once you would reach the 8+ mana cost draw range of turns. Also, a few cards let you reveal creatures before they are getting played when you tutor for them, and revealing an 8+ mana creature usually makes you the main target immediately.\n\nKatatonia's weakness (as with most of my decks) are Board Wipes, because there are barely any counter spells, but i added some hexproof and indestructible effects in Katatonia, besides the recursion effects, so you aren't completely lost against Board Wipes. Creature Exile enchantments your opponents may play against you are also pretty dangerous, Reclamation Sage is the only card that can break those. So my personal favorite mana color - White - could become Katatonia's fiercest enemy. Enemy creatures with evasion effects (e.g. Flying) are also a danger.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Unclear Ruling: -1/-1"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nClawing Torment and Tragic Banshee both say that a creature \"gets -1/-1\". It is unclear to me if this means that the effected creature now has a -1/-1 token on it or not. If your judge/playgroup rules that the cards don't say \"put a -1/-1 counter on target/enchanted creature\" and thus don't actually create a counter, those two Liliana combo pieces fall away and you can feel free to replace Tragic Banshee or both with other cards, preferably with Amonkhet cards if you want to have replacements for the same combo.\n\nCustomize"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFeel free to replace Ichor Elixir, i just thought it nails the deck's flair, since i imagine that this elixir would be what Belbe as an agent of Phyrexia would carrry and if somebody actually wanted to do Planechase, Katatonia would be ready for it. Technically it's too expensive for a 2-ramp outside of Planechase, and Belbe already provides plenty colorless, but you could technically still easily pay for it to boost future turns even more. My suggestion for replacement would be any green and/or black Amonkhet card that removes -1/-1 counters from the Persistent Constrictor once it Perists. (Persist = If the creature dies without a -1/-1 counter on it it will immediately come back from the graveyard with a -1/-1 counter on it.)\n\nNo Sol Ring? Yes, because mechnically Belbe is Katatonia's multiplied, more reliable and cost effective Sol Ring. Gilded Lotus, Arcane Signet and Channeler Initiate are mana fixers, if the wild color balance of Katatonia isn't met immediately in your match they make sure you still get the colors you need.\n\nThe greatest power boost would be replacing any card that isn't part of a crucial combo, tutor activity or ramp with a card that adds another main phase to your 2nd main phase, doubling the effect of Belbe's floating mana engine.\n\nCommand Zone"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nI personally try to not put any Planeswalkers on Command Zones because they tend to have their own little game plan, additionally to a deck's game plan, and those Planeswalker game plans are always tied to their Loyalty. If a Planeswalker dies and is the Commander, they get reset to their original Loyalty, once they are summoned for addtional mana, making them expensive and near impossible to reach their ultimate ability, unless you have cards that proliferate their loyalty counters. Planeswalkers are strongminded beasts of their own. The only moment a Planeswalker can comfortably sit in and return to the Command Zone is when you have a \"Superfriends\" deck, meaning a deck that actually cares actively for Planeswalkers being around and their Loyalty being boosted.\n\nIn Katatonia's case it's pretty straight forward anway, Belbe, Corrupted Observer only makes sense in the Command Zone for the Commander format. I think she'd be a risky Mana Dork (creature that generates mana) if she's not the Commander. So having her in the deck for a \"burn/ping to mana\" gameplan forbids any other Creature beside her from being in the Command Zone.\n\nCritique"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFor this decks version on the 01/13/2025\nThanks to forsenK\n\nCorpsejack Menace highlights a few disconnects in the deck and is useless if you have no Hydras on hand. The commander is an elf zombie, but not a single card cares for elves or zombies, there are a few elves and zombies, but there is no affinity or synergies with creature types. The deck claims to care about Hydras, but there is no affinity and only few cards that care about +1/+1 counters, which is the Hydra mechanic. The only synergies are with Liliana as a -1/-1 counter creature muncher and with Belbe's 2nd main phase ramp, but that alone is not enough to get the deck going in a more competitive environment.\n\nv=IbDUiCZWAS4\n"}]}
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