Sephiroth by user9557273

Format: Commander

Commander: Sephiroth, Planet's Heir

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 20

Deck overview

This Dimir Midrange Control deck revolves around Sephiroth, Planet's Heir, utilizing its enter-the-battlefield -2/-2 effect to sweep low-toughness utility creatures and tokens while growing into a lethal combat threat as opposing creatures die. Backed by high-cost thematic permanents like Summon: Bahamut, Ultimecia, Temporal Threat, and Bolas's Citadel, the deck seeks to grind down opposing boards with targeted removal and opportunistic attrition before closing games through commander damage and aristocrat life loss. Because the deck runs a low land count of 32 alongside minimal low-cost ramp, its early game consists primarily of land drops and selective cantrips. Once it establishes 5 to 6 mana, it transitions into deploying resilient threats and equipment such as The Masamune and Genji Glove. While capable of dominating creature-based battlefields, the list remains vulnerable to prolonged table rotations and noncreature permanents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Ahriman
  • 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Capital City
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clive's Hideaway
  • 1 Combat Tutorial
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Dark Knight's Greatsword
  • 1 Deadly Embrace
  • 1 Demon Wall
  • 1 Eject
  • 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld
  • 1 Espers to Magicite
  • 1 Ether
  • 1 Evil Reawakened
  • 1 Excalibur II
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Fight On!
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
  • 1 Golbez, Crystal Collector
  • 1 Hecteyes
  • 1 Ice Flan
  • 1 Ice Magic
  • 1 Il Mheg Pixie
  • 1 Iron Giant
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice
  • 1 Lion Heart
  • 1 Locke Cole
  • 1 Louisoix's Sacrifice
  • 1 Lunatic Pandora
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Magitek Scythe
  • 1 Malboro
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Namazu Trader
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Poison the Waters
  • 1 Qutrub Forayer
  • 1 Reno and Rude
  • 1 Resentful Revelation
  • 1 Ring of the Lucii
  • 1 Sahagin
  • 1 Sephiroth's Intervention
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
  • 1 Seymour Flux
  • 1 Shinra Reinforcements
  • 1 Sidequest: Hunt the Mark // Yiazmat, Ultimate Mark
  • 1 Sleep Magic
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Summon: Anima
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Summon: Shiva
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Syncopate
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Final Days
  • 1 The Gold Saucer
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Tonberry
  • 1 Travel the Overworld
  • 1 Treno, Dark City
  • 1 Ultimecia, Temporal Threat
  • 1 Ultimecia, Time Sorceress // Ultimecia, Omnipotent
  • 1 Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus
  • 1 Vincent's Limit Break
  • 1 World Map
  • 1 Xande, Dark Mage