BUH YOU, I'M RACIST by MemerGeist

Format: Commander

Commander: Killian, Ink Duelist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This Orzhov Voltron deck leverages Killian, Ink Duelist to reduce the cost of all creature-targeting spells by two generic mana. By turning powerful 2-to-3 CMC auras and removal spells into single-mana plays, the deck accelerates into early combat dominance. Killian hits the board on turn 2 and rapidly accumulates massive power, double strike, lifelink, and evasion by turn 3. Card advantage engines such as Sram, Senior Edificer and Kor Spiritdancer replenish your hand with every aura cast, while cheap protection spells defend Killian against spot removal. Because the deck must eliminate each opponent sequentially through combat damage, closing out the entire table requires 3 opponent response cycles. Mass board wipes and sacrifice effects represent the primary obstacles to maintaining tempo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abzan Runemark
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Angelic Destiny
  • 1 Apostle's Blessing
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arrest
  • 1 Asha's Favor
  • 1 Astarion's Thirst
  • 1 Battle Mastery
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bound in Gold
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chains of Custody
  • 1 Coercive Impetus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cost of Brilliance
  • 1 Courageous Resolve
  • 1 Curtains' Call
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dog Umbra
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Edge of the Divinity
  • 1 Eidolon of Countless Battles
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Feather of Flight
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flickering Ward
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grisly Transformation
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Holy Mantle
  • 1 Idolized
  • 1 Inner Demon
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karametra's Blessing
  • 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
  • 1 Kor Spiritdancer
  • 1 Light of Promise
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Blessing
  • 1 Mandate of Abaddon
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 On Serra's Wings
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Redemption Arc
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reprobation
  • 1 Retether
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sage's Reverie
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shardmage's Rescue
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silverquill Command
  • 1 Songbirds' Blessing
  • 1 Spirit Mantle
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tempest Technique
  • 1 Timely Ward
  • 1 Triclopean Sight
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Unquestioned Authority
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 V.A.T.S.
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vow of Duty
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 With Great Power . . .