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Plagues of the Troll King
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Est deck cost: $95.52
Salt sum: 32.5
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Commander

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Grismold, the Dreadsower

Trample At the beginning of your end step, each player creates a 1/1 green Plant creature token. Whenever a creature token dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Grismold.

Creature
Grismold, the Dreadsower (c19) 44

Commander

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Draw

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Deathreap Ritual

Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Deathreap Ritual (ncc) 336
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

Indestructible As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. Whenever another creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card. {1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Target creature gets -2/-1 until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted (cmm) 868
Fecundity

Whenever a creature dies, that creature's controller may draw a card.

Enchantment
Fecundity (c13) 145
Moldervine Reclamation

Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment
Moldervine Reclamation (c21) 225
Plumb the Forbidden

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice one or more creatures. When you do, copy this spell for each creature sacrificed this way. You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Instant
Plumb the Forbidden (stx) 81
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Read the Bones (cmm) 182
Shamanic Revelation

Draw a card for each creature you control. Ferocious — You gain 4 life for each creature you control with power 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Shamanic Revelation (ncc) 311
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (gn3) 61

Draw

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GY Recursion

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Fungal Rebirth

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If a creature died this turn, create two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

Instant
Fungal Rebirth (m21) 182
Ghost Lantern

Artifact
Ghost Lantern // Bind Spirit (clb) 128
Unnatural Restoration

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Sorcery
Unnatural Restoration (one) 191

GY Recursion

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Land

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Blighted Woodland

{T}: Add {C}. {3}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Blighted Woodland (clb) 881
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (clb) 351
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (plst) RIX-186
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (onc) 152
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (ltr) 270
Jund Panorama

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Jund Panorama (ncc) 408
Jungle Hollow

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

Land
Jungle Hollow (m21) 247
Khalni Garden

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, create a 0/1 green Plant creature token. {T}: Add {G}.

Land
Khalni Garden (pc2) 122
Llanowar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Llanowar Wastes (m15) 244
Necroblossom Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Forest card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Necroblossom Snarl (ltc) 321
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (cmm) 425
Riveteers Overlook

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Riveteers Overlook (snc) 255
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (cmm) 426
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (itp) 61
Tainted Wood

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Wood (ddm) 78
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 (m20) 254
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (cmr) 357
Woodland Cemetery

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Woodland Cemetery (dmr) 261

Land

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Plagues

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Culling Ritual

Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less. Add {B} or {G} for each permanent destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Culling Ritual (cmm) 921
Golgari Charm

Choose one — • All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. • Destroy target enchantment. • Regenerate each creature you control.

Instant
Golgari Charm (rtr) 164
Illness in the Ranks

Creature tokens get -1/-1.

Enchantment
Illness in the Ranks (gtc) 69
Kaervek, the Spiteful

Other creatures get -1/-1.

Creature
Kaervek, the Spiteful (pm21) 106p
Massacre

If an opponent controls a Plains and you control a Swamp, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Massacre (nem) 58
Massacre Girl

Menace When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Creature
Massacre Girl (war) 99
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 (moc) 256
Night of Souls' Betrayal

All creatures get -1/-1.

Enchantment
Night of Souls' Betrayal (ima) 99
Vampiric Rites

{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment
Vampiric Rites (scd) 116
Virulent Plague

Creature tokens get -2/-2.

Enchantment
Virulent Plague (dtk) 125

Plagues

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Protection

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Alpha Authority

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has hexproof and can't be blocked by more than one creature.

Enchantment
Alpha Authority (gtc) 114
Aspect of Mongoose

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Aspect of Mongoose (tsp) 191
Blessing of Leeches

Flash Enchant creature At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life. {0}: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Blessing of Leeches (bok) 62
Canopy Cover

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach. Enchanted creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.

Enchantment
Canopy Cover (wwk) 98
Dark Privilege

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Dark Privilege (vis) 56
Demonic Vigor

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When enchanted creature dies, return that card to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Demonic Vigor (dom) 85
Kaya's Ghostform

Enchant creature or planeswalker you control When enchanted permanent dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
Kaya's Ghostform (war) 94
Mirror Shield

Equipped creature gets +0/+2 and has hexproof and "Whenever a creature with deathtouch blocks or becomes blocked by this creature, destroy that creature." Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Mirror Shield (thb) 234
Soul Channeling

Enchant creature Pay 2 life: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Soul Channeling (mmq) 163
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (scd) 279

Protection

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Ramp

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Awakening Zone

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Enchantment
Awakening Zone (ncc) 281
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (c19) 159
Golgari Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{G}.

Artifact
Golgari Signet (rav) 262
Primal Growth

Kicker—Sacrifice a creature. (You may sacrifice a creature in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.) Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. If this spell was kicked, instead search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Primal Growth (pls) 87
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (9ed) 263
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
Talisman of Resilience

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Resilience (c21) 270

Ramp

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Short Kings

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Bloodflow Connoisseur

Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Bloodflow Connoisseur (2x2) 71
Champion of Lambholt

Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block creatures you control. Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Champion of Lambholt (mic) 136
Slaughter Specialist

When this creature enters, each opponent creates a 1/1 white Human creature token. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Slaughter Specialist (mid) 122
Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Haste Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Yahenni. Sacrifice another creature: Yahenni gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Yahenni, Undying Partisan (cmm) 201

Short Kings

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Single Target

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Putrefy

Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Putrefy (plst) KHC-91
Return to Nature

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard.

Instant
Return to Nature (thb) 197
Tear Asunder

Kicker {1}{B} (You may pay an additional {1}{B} as you cast this spell.) Exile target artifact or enchantment. If this spell was kicked, exile target nonland permanent instead.

Instant
Tear Asunder (dmu) 183
Windswift Slice

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Create a number of 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens equal to the amount of excess damage dealt this way.

Instant
Windswift Slice (ltc) 45

Single Target

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Tokens

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Akroan Horse

Defender When this creature enters, an opponent gains control of it. At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent creates a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

Creature Artifact
Akroan Horse (c16) 241
Awaken the Erstwhile

Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then creates that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

Sorcery
Awaken the Erstwhile (rna) 61
Genesis Chamber

Whenever a nontoken creature enters, if this artifact is untapped, that creature's controller creates a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token.

Artifact
Genesis Chamber (bbd) 235
Infernal Genesis

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player mills a card. Then they create X 1/1 black Minion creature tokens, where X is the milled card's mana value.

Enchantment
Infernal Genesis (pcy) 68
One with the Kami

Flash Enchant creature you control Whenever enchanted creature or another modified creature you control dies, create X 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens, where X is that creature's power. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Enchantment
One with the Kami (nec) 27
Skeletal Swarming

Each Skeleton you control has trample, attacks each combat if able, and gets +X/+0, where X is the number of other Skeletons you control. At the beginning of your end step, create a tapped 1/1 black Skeleton creature token. If a creature died this turn, create two of those tokens instead.

Enchantment
Skeletal Swarming (afr) 232
Sylvan Offering

Choose an opponent. You and that player each create an X/X green Treefolk creature token. Choose an opponent. You and that player each create X 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens.

Sorcery
Sylvan Offering (ltc) 261
Tend the Pests

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life," where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Instant
Tend the Pests (stx) 242
Tribute to Horobi

Enchantment
Tribute to Horobi // Echo of Death's Wail (neo) 124Tribute to Horobi // Echo of Death's Wail (neo) 124

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Win-Cons

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Bastion of Remembrance

When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Bastion of Remembrance (cmm) 138
Falkenrath Noble

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Falkenrath Noble (j22) 414
Mirkwood Bats

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 421
Nadier's Nightblade

Whenever a token you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Nadier's Nightblade (cmm) 641
Poison-Tip Archer

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Whenever another creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Poison-Tip Archer (m19) 220
Syr Konrad, the Grim

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Syr Konrad, the Grim (moc) 269
Tainted Strike

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Instant
Tainted Strike (som) 80
Zulaport Cutthroat

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

Creature
Zulaport Cutthroat (a25) 117

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{"ops":[{"insert":"[The original deck list and primer for the 2020 /r/BudgetBrews July Secret Santa.](https://www.reddit.com/r/BudgetBrews/comments/hxr98i/50_plagues_of_the_troll_king_antitoken_voltron/?) Original budget was $47.44 (7/24/20, TCG Mid). Now $49.70 on 8/3/2023 at TCG Mid. \n\n**Goal:** Grismold is an unusual voltron commander that creates tokens for the entire table and gets bigger when tokens die. The goal of this deck is to generate lots of tokens and to use \"plague\" effects to ensure that no one else benefits from them. The deck has a side effect of shutting down opponents who rely on tokens or small creatures for their game-plan. \n\n**Themes:** \n\n**Plagues:** These are effects that give -X/-X primarily or work to kill the tokens. [[Virulent Plague]] and [[Illness in the Ranks]] are the best plague effects in the deck because they are a static ability that specifically hits creature tokens. Other plagues like [[Kaervek, the Spiteful]] target all creatures which may draw more removal and interfere with other creatures in the deck. Some plagues like [[Massacre]] are single use (but in this case usually free). \n\n**Tokens:** Grismold is the primary token generator as he is always in the command zone. Other token generators are designed to minimize the impact of Grismold (or other similiarly large creatures) being removed like [[One with the Kami]] and [[Tend the Pests]]. [[Genesis Chamber]] and [[Infernal Genesis]] are the best effects in the deck that can make Grismold grow out of control very quickly. \n\n**Win-Cons:** While swinging with Grismold is the primary stategy, the deck runs many effects like [[Bastion of Remembrance]] and [[Falkenrath Noble]] that can drain the whole table. [[Tainted Strike]] can make Grismold knockout a single player very quickly. Creatures like [[Yahenni, Undying Partisan]] and [[Slaughter Specialist]] give some redundancy in case Grismold is taxed out of the game. \n\n**Protection:** Most cards are relying on giving cards hexproof like [[Alpha Authority]] or regeneration like [[Soul Channeling]]. Cards like [[Demonic Vigor]] and [[Kaya's Ghostform]] protect Grismold by letting him survive a death. \n\n**Draw:** Most cards in this category rely on creatures dying like [[Deathreap Ritual]] or [[Moldervine Reclamation]]. [[Fecundity]] is a unique group hug variant that you will benefit the most from as most of the token generators are one sided. \n\n**Ramp:** Relatively generic budget ramp. [[Primal Growth]] is great if you have your token generators. [[Awakening Zone]] is finally cheap enough to be included. \n"}]}
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