Child of Alara
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Well, this has terrified me beyond sanity. I expect sleeping tonight will be difficult, if not actively strenuous.
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Posted By: DrHix (8/11/2013 7:55:24 PM)
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I use this as my EDH Commander. I use her with sac effects like diabolic intent, victimize, cabal therapy and mind extraction. Victimize this baby with a Prince of Thralls in play and watch your opponent cry. Especially if you use the Victimize to reanimate a Lord of Extinction and whatever else (I like Jin-Gitaxias)! Go baby sacrifice!
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Posted By: CptStormCrow (9/20/2013 8:01:57 AM)
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+ Gift of Immortality & a sac outlet. Shenanigans.
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Posted By: S4VY (11/2/2013 9:29:48 PM)
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I figured Mother Earth was pregnant...
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Posted By: SirLibraryEater (11/26/2013 6:56:01 AM)
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Creepy art. It looks like the baby from Trainspotting.
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Posted By: car2n (2/15/2014 7:49:21 PM)
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As was mentioned, because of the command zone rule, if you choose to not put him in the command zone, he does in fact die, blowing up the board.

This makes it difficult to use him as a commander, since he only blows up the board once, right? WRONG. Using cards like Genesis and Ichorid, you can return him from your graveyard to your hand/battlefield or exile him (which lets you put him in the command zone instead).

Unfortunately, those two cards are the only repeatable recyclers of child of alara. However, the rest of the deck could be instants/sorceries that do the same thing, such as unburial rites.

After that, stick in the Pantheon of Gods, other indestructible creatures, and man lands; and watch your opponents cringe because of all the dead babies.
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Posted By: MagicalHacker (4/19/2014 2:21:33 PM)
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I recommend this lil baby as the go-to Commander for people wanting to make a 15-God deck. Indestructable Gods + steady Mass Destruction? Oh yeah.
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Posted By: Silver-Paladin (4/20/2014 8:08:01 PM)
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Works well with Scapegoat or Worthy Cause... really any sac outlet, but instants are great.
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Posted By: zoomba5000 (5/1/2014 11:09:11 AM)
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Since we're talking about generals that have to actually die to work, and the Theran gods, Pharika can exile this from your graveyard and give you a snake, while Child goes to the command zone
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Posted By: infinimyr (5/13/2014 6:21:51 AM)
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