Legendary comeback by user5244030

Format: Commander

Commander: Ratadrabik of Urborg

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov aristocrats combo engine built around Ratadrabik of Urborg. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Ratadrabik on turn 3 or 4, followed by Boromir, Warden of the Tower alongside any death or enters-the-battlefield drain payoff, such as Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, Blood Artist, or Altar of the Brood. When Boromir sacrifices itself to grant indestructible and trigger the Ring, Ratadrabik generates a non-legendary token copy of Boromir. Choosing the new token as the Ring-bearer makes it legendary, allowing it to sacrifice itself immediately in an infinite, mana-free loop that eliminates all opponents on the spot. If the primary combo is disrupted, the deck pivots into an asymmetric value engine utilizing powerful legendary creatures like Kokusho, the Evening Star, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, and K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth, backed by mass reanimation from Living Death and raw card advantage from Bolas's Citadel and Necropotence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Athreos, God of Passage
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Doomed Necromancer
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wrath of God