anowon by user8030630

Format: Commander

Commander: Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Dimir Rogue tempo and aggro-mill strategy commanded by Anowon, the Ruin Thief. In the opening turns, it deploys cheap, evasive Rogues like Slither Blade and Triton Shorestalker to establish early board presence. Casting Anowon on Turn 4 turns every unblocked attack into milling and card draw. The mid-game transitions into aggressive damage scaling using anthem effects like Stinkdrinker Bandit and game-warping kindred spells like Notorious Throng. The deck supplements its combat clock with premier black and blue disruption pieces, including Opposition Agent to deny tutors and Notion Thief to punish card draw. A dense 9-card counterspell suite protects the board from sweepers, while an active Bloodchief Ascension paired with The Master of Lake-town provides a lethal infinite drain combo. The list maintains steady pressure, consistent card advantage, and tight control over opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Thief
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Back in Town
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blackbloom Rogue // Blackbloom Bog
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Double Down
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Get Out
  • 1 Ghost, Spectral Saboteur
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Invisible Stalker
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Krydle of Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Merfolk Windrobber
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Open into Wonder
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shoreline Looter
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Soaring Thought-Thief
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Manipulation
  • 1 Stinkdrinker Bandit
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thieves' Guild Enforcer
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Zareth San, the Trickster