Shadow Daddy by justgoesbylobster

Format: Commander

Commander: Shredder, Shadow Master

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

Shredder, Shadow Master leads an aggressive mono-black deck that turns combat into table-wide attrition. Instead of focusing damage on one opponent at a time, Shredder creates temporary attacking token copies for each other opponent whenever it attacks. Each unblocked hit deals 5 combat damage and cuts that player's remaining life total in half. With early mana rocks and haste equipment, the deck reliably deploys Shredder on Turn 4 and launches its first full-table attack on Turn 5, instantly reducing all three opponents from 40 to 17 life. Without disruption, follow-up attacks finish the table on Turn 7 over two response cycles. The supporting cards enhance this strategy using life-drain amplifiers like Warlock Class and Roaming Throne, heavy equipment-based protection, and sacrifice outlets that turn expiring attack tokens into extra cards and mana.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brass Knuckles
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chorale of the Void
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Dimension X Pizzasaur
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell Stinger
  • 1 Game Over
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Gix's Command
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Invoke Despair
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Merciless Executioner
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Northampton Farm
  • 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pain 101
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Pox Plague
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rush of Dread
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Stone of Erech
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 27 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Wealth and Power
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
  • 1 The Speed Demon
  • 1 Towering Viewpoint
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Triskaidekaphobia
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
  • 1 Warlock Class
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Zephyr Boots