Rowan by raceramp848

Format: Commander

Commander: Rowan, Scion of War

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Rakdos combo engine commanded by Rowan, Scion of War. The strategy turns self-inflicted life loss into massive generic mana discounts for black and red spells. By leveraging painlands, Phyrexian mana spells like Snuff Out and Dismember, and cheap cyclers like Street Wraith, the deck routinely reduces generic mana costs by 4 to 20 or more on Turn 4. Rowan then casts high-impact draw spells such as Peer into the Abyss, Cruel Bargain, or Stargaze for mere colored pips. These draw bursts chain into rituals, Treasonous Ogre, and Storm-Kiln Artist, generating the resources needed to eliminate all three opponents simultaneously with a massive Exsanguinate or a Repay in Kind burn sequence. The deck plays very quickly, threatening lethal same-turn finishes on Turn 4, but relies heavily on Rowan surviving a full turn cycle without summoning sickness.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Craving
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Celebrant
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Pact
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Pit
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caustic Bronco
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Bargain
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Elemental Eruption
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fervent Mastery
  • 1 Fevered Suspicion
  • 1 Flame Rift
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Goldhound
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Megaton's Fate
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Overwhelming Forces
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Priest of Urabrask
  • 1 Profane Transfusion
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Ramunap Ruins
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Repay in Kind
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rocky Tar Pit
  • 1 Rowan, Scion of War
  • 1 Searing Touch
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Street Wraith
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Surge to Victory
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Temporal Extortion
  • 1 Tomb of Urami
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Vendetta
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zenith Festival