shilgengar by user9660790

Format: Commander

Commander: Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Angel tribal and aristocrat reanimator strategy commanded by Shilgengar, Sire of Famine. The primary game plan focuses on filling the graveyard with high-toughness Angels using efficient self-mill and targeted burial spells like Buried Alive. Once Shilgengar is cast, sacrificing an Angel instantly generates a massive supply of Blood tokens. Shilgengar then converts six Blood tokens and three mana into a one-sided mass resurrection, returning every creature from the graveyard directly to the battlefield. This sudden influx of airborne threats—bolstered by Avacyn, Angel of Hope for indestructibility, Righteous Valkyrie for team-wide buffs, and Mirkwood Bats for life-draining token triggers—quickly overwhelms the table. The deck also features strong single-target removal, anti-counter tech via Solemnity, and resilient recovery lines through secondary reanimators.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angel of Despair
  • 1 Angel of Finality
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Angel of Suffering
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Angelic Field Marshal
  • 1 Angelic Renewal
  • 1 Angelic Sell-Sword
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Bishop of Wings
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cemetery Tampering
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firemane Commando
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gorging Vulture
  • 1 Herald of the Host
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
  • 1 Magister of Worth
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mire Triton
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perpetual Timepiece
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Pointed Discussion
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Renegade Reaper
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rodolf Duskbringer
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Seraph Sanctuary
  • 1 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sickening Dreams
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Starnheim Aspirant
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thief of Blood
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vengeful Dreams
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Youthful Valkyrie