Shadrix, the Indian giver by adankdoughnut

Format: Commander

Commander: Shadrix Silverquill

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov political midrange and tokens strategy commanded by Shadrix Silverquill. It establishes early defense using pillowfort effects like Ghostly Prison, Windborn Muse, and Orzhov Advokist to deter attacks and redirect aggression toward opponents. Midgame turns leverage symmetrical draw and token engines like Breena, the Demagogue, Master of Ceremonies, and Court of Grace to accumulate cards and evasive flying bodies. Shadrix Silverquill provides consistent card advantage and distributes +1/+1 counters to turn small Inkling and Spirit tokens into substantial aerial threats. The deck closes games around Turn 9 through evasive double-strike commander damage, wide flying combat swings buffed by Felidar Retreat or Dramatic Finale, and aristocrat life drain from Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim and Kambal, Profiteering Mayor. Backed by a dense suite of versatile spot removal, board wipes, and surprise defensive cards like Inkshield, the deck comfortably navigates interactive multiplayer tables.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Basri's Lieutenant
  • 1 Batwing Brume
  • 1 Benevolent Offering
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blot Out the Sky
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Combat Calligrapher
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathbringer Liege
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dramatic Finale
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 1 Orzhov Advokist
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Shaile, Dean of Radiance // Embrose, Dean of Shadow
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tempting Contract
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 Tomik, Wielder of Law
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack