New Untitled Deck by radagastly

Format: Commander

Commander: Malik, Grim Manipulator

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

Malik, Grim Manipulator commands a Mardu aristocrats strategy that synergizes blink effects with forced edict sacrifices and Treasure production. The deck establishes early mana velocity through two-mana rocks, casting Malik on curve to strip opposing creatures and generate immediate artifact mana. Repeatable flicker engines like Teleportation Circle, Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd, and Far Traveler continuously re-trigger Malik and companion edict creatures, controlling opposing boards while accumulating critical Treasure mass. These artifacts fuel lethal life drain through pingers such as Mirkwood Bats, Mayhem Devil, Agate Instigator, and Reckless Fireweaver, or enable explosive alpha strikes by animating Treasures into 3/3 Assassins with Vihaan, Goldwaker. While the deck lacks fast nonland tutors and hard countermagic, it maintains remarkable resilience against creature removal and sweepers using mass-flicker instants like Eerie Interlude and Ghostway.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Academy Manufactor
• 1 Accursed Marauder
• 1 Agate Instigator
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Boros Signet
• 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Cloudshift
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crackling Doom
• 1 Cursed Mirror
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Descent into Avernus
• 1 Eerie Interlude
• 1 Elegant Parlor
• 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
• 1 Ephemerate
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Far Traveler
• 1 Felidar Guardian
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flicker of Fate
• 1 Flickerwisp
• 1 Ghostway
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Goldspan Dragon
• 1 Grim Hireling
• 1 Impact Tremors
• 1 Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1 Malik, Grim Manipulator
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mayhem Devil
• 1 Mechanized Warfare
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 1 Monologue Tax
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Multiversal Passage
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Pactdoll Terror
• 1 Panharmonicon
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 1 Plaguecrafter
• 6 Plains
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Professional Face-Breaker
• 1 Quantum Entanglement
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Raucous Theater
• 1 Reckless Fireweaver
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Restoration Angel
• 1 Revel in Riches
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Scrollshift
• 1 Shadowy Backstreet
• 1 Sheoldred's Edict
• 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Shatter
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Teleportation Circle
• 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
• 1 Turbulent Moor
• 1 Turbulent Steppe
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vihaan, Goldwaker
• 1 Vona's Hunger
• 1 Weftstalker Ardent
• 1 Xorn