[EDH] Reaper King

[Amon Amarth]

"Fertile Ground is pretty sweet. For years this relatively benign Urza's Saga common has been neglected, relegated to dusty card boxes in closets. After the success of Finkel's groundbreaking neo-ramp deck, including a landmark win at the Pro Tour, I don't think anyone is going to bee taking this card lightly."
- Luis Scott-Vargas

"You remember Jace? The broken one? The best card in magic, Jace, the Mind Sculptor? Get ready for this. Jungle Barrier is BETTER than Jace. Not only that but it also works wonderfully with Jace; the interaction is reminiscent of the best deck ever (Necro decks, Academy decks, you aint even close!) Caw-Blade's SFM into Batterskull. Which is, you know, kinda good. If you aren't playing four Jungle Barrier in every format you're doing it wrong.
- Patrick Chapin

"I fucking love Hellkite Overlord."
- Brian Kibler

Reaper King

Lands: 37
9 Forest
5 Island
3 Swamp
2 Plains
2 Mountain
Bant Panorama
Naya Panorama
Grixis Panorama
Jund Panorama
Esper Panorama
Seaside Citadel
Jungle Shrine
Crumbling Necropolis
Savage Lands
Arcane Sanctum
Terramorphic Expanse
Evolving Wilds
Rupture Spire
Transguild Promenade
Command Tower
Thawing Glaciers

Ramp: 8
Chromatic Lantern
Fellwar Stone
Star Compass
Explosive Vegetation
Harrow
Lay of the Land
Rampant Growth
Fertile Ground

Creatures: 22
Krosan Tusker
Diligent Farmhand
Jungle Barrier
Hellkite Overlord
Scuttlemutt
Rakavolver
Necravolver
Bogardan Hellkite
Spiritmonger
Lightning Angel
Mystic Snake
Verdant Force
Wall of Blossoms
Yavimaya Elder
Utopia Tree
Mana-Charged Dragon
Charnelhoard Wurm
Maelstrom Archangel
Bringer of the Black Dawn
Bringer of the Blue Dawn
Consecrated Sphinx
Tradewind Rider

Counters: 3
Desertion
Spelljack
Time Stop

Spot Removal: 4
Dismantling Blow
Terminate
Hull Breach
Hide//Seek

Sweepers: 3
Void
Decree of Pain
Jokulhaups

Draw/Tutors/Etc: 8
Fact or Fiction
Maelstrom Nexus
Genesis Wave
Conflux
Defense of the Heart
Oath of Druids
Diabolic Tutor
Pattern of Rebirth

Stax: 4
Destructive Flow
Opposition
Kismet
Collective Restraint

Recursion: 6
Gaea's Blessing
Crucible of Worlds
All Suns' Dawn
Yawgmoth's Agenda
Living Death
Praetor's Counsel

Utility: 4
Crystal Shard
Overgrown Estate
Squirrel Nest
Xenograft


I wanted to harness the awesome power of scarecrow tribal and I think came up with a pretty streamlined, powerful list. Although they are the best tribe in the game, scarecrows require some support and you have to make a few concessions in your deck construction. Fortunately, Reaper King is a lord of lords, with each subsequent scarecrow you cast you can really put the hurt on. It's harvest time, bitches.

[Mnemon]

There is Conspiracy in case you need one more of those cards. Rite of Replication on Reaper King = destroy 20 permanents. Or you can copy the allmighty Jungle Barrier :P

[Offler]

+1 for Collective Restraint and way how you use card pool. Its really rare to see Maelstrom Archangel or Utopia Tree.

Kismet = Frozen Aether, but you have more Islands in your mana base.

I would try all Changelings for more interactions.

[FTW]

The first Scarecrows in any Scarecrow tribal deck I make are generally:


Chameleon Colossus
//he is also my favorite Bear, Cat and Dandan
Taurean Mauler
Mirror Entity
Shapesharer
Pili-Pala
Scarecrone


You might find the interaction of Xenograft/Conspiracy and any cheap token generator (Awakening Zone, Dragon Broodmother, Sliver Queen, Mycoloth, Avenger of Zendikar, Assemble the Legions, etc.) or any blinking card (Norin the Wary) pretty ridiculous. That's assuming you want to play 100 Vindicates.dec. And who doesn't?

[Amon Amarth]

@Everyone: Thank you for the advice!

Regarding Conspiracy, I think if I can find room for another it that would be pretty sweet. Xenograft tends to draw a lot of hate so a redundant copy isn't a bad idea.

Rite on Jungle Barrier is pretty sweet. Or Reaper King That's a decent play too :D

The token generator + scarecrow enchantment seems like a pretty cool idea. I'll just have to find a sweet, old, obscure one to play.

Taurean Mauler and Chameleon Colossus are definitely cool enough to play. I'll have to Gatherer search up some changelings.

The reason why I'm running Kismet and not Frozen Aether is because the former is older but the latter is easier to cast because I have more blue sources. Also, that's the reason for pretty much every card choice in the deck: it's cool, I like it and/or nostalgia.

[FTW]

The tokens would synergize really well with Opposition too... something to think about. Old token generators include Breeding Pit, Verdant Force (which you already have), Verdeloth the Ancient, and Sliver Queen!

In line with the throwback theme:

Regrowth
Propaganda
Phyrexian Arena
Allied Strategies
Nevinyrall's Disk


There may not be room, but those are all fun old school control allstars.

[FTW]

Hmm.. if I was to build a Reaper King deck around those Conspiracy interactions instead of the old school stuff, I'd probably dump in a lot of tutors and recursion to keep a Conspiracy effect on the table, and then have some fun.


//Commander: 1
Reaper King

//Engine: 2
Xenograft
Conspiracy

//Tokens: 5
Bitterblossom
Shrine of Loyal Legions
Awakening Zone
Sacred Mesa
Assemble the Legions

//Tutors: 9
Vampiric Tutor
Enlightened Tutor
Demonic Tutor
Sterling Grove
Idyllic Tutor
Diabolic Tutor
Academy Rector
Enduring Ideal
Bringer of the Black Dawn

//Recursion: 5
Eternal Witness
All Suns Dawn
Praetor's Counsel
Open the Vaults
Replenish

//Protection: 6
Greater Auramancy
Fountain Watch
Lightning Greaves
Darksteel Plate
Defense Grid
Karmic Justice

//Stax: 10
Opposition
City of Solitude
Collective Restraint
Sphere of Safety
Propaganda
Ghostly Prison
Blind Obedience
Kismet
Global Ruin
Destructive Force

//Removal: 6
Austere Command
Jokulhaups
Decree of Annihilation
Wrath of God
Chaos Warp
Oblation

//Draw: 8
Allied Strategies
Conflux
Phyrexian Arena
Sylvan Library
Enchantress' Presence
Jungle Barrier
Wall of Blossoms
Wall of Omens

//Ramp/Fixing: 9
Abundant Growth
Fertile Ground
Farseek
Kodama's Reach
Cultivate
Explosive Vegetation
Prismatic Omen
Chromatic Lantern
Coalition Relic

//Scarecrows: 4
Scarecrone
Chameleon Colossus
Taurean Mauler
Mirror Entity

//Lands: 39
Exotic Orchard
Reflecting Pool
Command Tower
Rupture Spire
Transguild Promenade
City of Brass

Serra's Sanctum
Volrath's Stronghold
Grim Backwoods
Academy Ruins
Phyrexian Tower

10 Forest
6 Plains
3 Swamp
6 Island
3 Mountain


That's the general idea anyway. Would need to cut some cards.

This basically turned into an enchantment control/Stax-type deck with Reaper King doing precision strikes on problem cards, and an eventual token win condition.

This has too many cards and needs streamlining, but you get the idea.