Manaless Dredge Combo

by shumdailumdai on 11 May 2014

Main Deck (61 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (3)


Instants (4)


Land (3)

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Deck Description

My Manaless Dredge build has evolved over time, and for a while was pretty close to Hollywood's build (http://jupitergames.info/articles/2012/52180/the-cutting-room-floor-manaless-dredge-in-legacy). However I've made some changes since Gatecrash hit to make the deck feel more like my own.

How to Play

Manaless Dredge Primer: Opt to play second to get the draw. Use the clean-up step to discard a dredger into the graveyard (ie. Golgari Grave-Troll , Stinkweed Imp , Golgari Thug , or Shambling Shell ). Then, each draw, dredge instead, using Street Wraith to accelerate and Phantasmagorian to dump your hand into your graveyard. Dredging allows threats like Narcomoeba , Ichorid , and Nether Shadow to pop into play for free, with Bridge from Below netting you 2/2 tokens whenever your creatures die.

How to win: There are two basic ways to win, first is beatdown: each Ichorid can swing for 3 per turn, and self-sacrifices at end of turn giving you a 2/2 Zombie for each Bridge from Below you have in your graveyard. This puts your opponent on a very short clock, and in some matches, allows you to cruise to an easy beat-down victory.

The second win condition is anything from the set of possible win conditions enabled by Dread Return : Optionally you can begin by Sacrificing something to flashback Cabal Therapy to try to remove counter spells from the opponent's hand. Once in the clear, Sack three to Dread Return one of three possible this-turn-game-enders (dependent on what is available in the graveyard).

1) Dread Return : Balustrade Spy . When he hits, self target, and since the deck has no lands, his ability flips the whole library into the graveyard. At this point your options are limitless! Dread Return : Reveillark , sack it to Cabal Therapy to strip the opponent's hand of anything that may disrupt you ending the game, and off Reveillark 's leave battlefield ability, bring in Azami, Lady of Scrolls and Laboratory Maniac . Tap either one to draw a card and win.

2) Dread Return : Griselbrand , pay 7 life to draw 7 cards, dredge with every single one of them, filling the graveyard. Dread Return : Laboratory Maniac , use Griselbrand 's ability again to deck yourself for the win.

3) Dread Return : Flayer of the Hatebound , then Dread Return : Golgari Grave-Troll , dealing obscene amounts of damage, dependent on the size of your graveyard.

Versatile and explosive!

The sideboard is lands and disenchant to deal with graveyard hate, plus an Iona, Shield of Emeria to lock out Mono-Colored decks. Balustrade Spy and Land don't work well together, so when I board for hate I remove most of the components of the first Combo I mentioned and rely on Beatdown or being able to put grislebrand to work. I try to play around Surgical Extraction , Deathrite Shaman , and the like; I have so many threats that I can win through a fair bit of disruption. I primarily sideboard to deal with Leyline of the Void , and Rest in Peace . I've been happy with how it has performed so far, but it is still in early days.

Deck Tags

  • Dredge
  • Self Mill
  • Combo
  • Manaless

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Manaless Dredge Combo

I'm kinda new, and i don't know how to change my deck. Could someone tell me? (by the way, the four cards to make it 61 are 4 balustrade spies. You can use dread return to get it on the battle field, so you mill your whole deck because you have no lands. Therefor, you can do the Azami/Lab Man combo)

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 16:36

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hmmm i dont think this looks very consistant i have a deck like this tough like the no mana part about it u can use that to help you out

http://www.mtgvault.com/xxxeleshnornxxx/decks/experiment-3/

this is a combo deck it wins by 1,2, or 3 turn normaly

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 16:47

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thanks, what could i change?

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 16:52

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i have these decks to they have no mana

http://www.mtgvault.com/xxxeleshnornxxx/decks/its-all-about-zero-drops/

http://www.mtgvault.com/xxxeleshnornxxx/decks/i-said-no-lands/

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 16:52

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also, how do i edit my deck?

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 16:53

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well i dont see how you play your cards rly so add in some cards like lotus petal or something

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 16:54

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since narcomoeba, nether shadows, and ichorid go to the graveyard, they go onto the battle field, so you can use it to flashback dread return, therefor leading into the combos.

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 16:59

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it sucks against graveyard hate decks, that's why i have the sideboard

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 17:17

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