Legendary Creature — Snake Shaman

Sidisi, Brood Tyrant

Mana value4EDHREC#3,490

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The Commander

Whenever Sidisi enters or attacks, mill three cards.

Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from your library, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Guide

Gameplan

Self-mill aggressively to fill your graveyard, generating 2/2 Zombie tokens whenever creatures hit your yard, then convert that fuel into value via reanimation and a wide zombie board. You grind incrementally each turn—milling on every Sidisi attack—and close games by reanimating bombs or going wide and sacrificing for value.

Strengths

Free, repeatable Zombie token generation from self-mill triggers
Sultai (BUG) gives access to the best reanimation, ramp, and card advantage
Fills the graveyard fast, enabling powerful recursion and graveyard payoffs
Tokens provide both fodder and bodies, supporting multiple build paths

Weaknesses

Graveyard hate (Rest in Peace, Bojuka Bog) shuts off her engine
Tokens only trigger off creature cards, so mill quality varies
Reliant on the command zone—frequent recasts get taxed and slow
No built-in evasion or protection; she's a removal magnet

Key Cards

Splinterfright — Mills cards each upkeep, snowballing both your graveyard and Sidisi's Zombie triggers.
Reanimate — Cheaply pulls the fatties you mill straight onto the battlefield for huge tempo swings.
Mesmeric Orb — Repeatedly mills every untap, churning creatures into your yard for constant Zombie tokens.
Altar of Dementia — Sacrifices Zombies to mill yourself, creating a loop that feeds reanimation or mills opponents out.
Gravecrawler — Recurs endlessly as a sacrifice outlet payoff and pairs with Zombie synergies.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana (Mana Crypt, mana rocks) and efficient tutors (Demonic Tutor, Entomb, Buried Alive) to set up reanimation targets reliably. Lean into a compact combo like Gravecrawler + sac outlet + Blood Artist, or Altar of Dementia mill loops, and include protection like Heroic Intervention. Upgrade the manabase with fetches and shocks to support consistent BUG casting and graveyard fuel.

Core Cards

The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.

Win Conditions

▸Reanimate a game-ending threat like Razaketh or Craterhoof Behemoth
▸Go wide with Zombies and finish via overrun effects or anthems
▸Aristocrats drain with Blood Artist plus repeatable sacrifice
▸Mill opponents out with Altar of Dementia loops

Archetypes

Reanimator — Self-mill dumps huge threats that Sidisi's deck reanimates cheaply for explosive turns.
Aristocrats — Constant Zombie tokens give sacrifice fodder for drain and value engines.
Tokens/Go-Wide — Mill triggers flood the board with 2/2 Zombies for anthem-fueled beatdowns.
Self-Mill Combo — Altar of Dementia plus token loops can mill the table or assemble reanimation combos.