Barts Super Combo by Theverb

Format: Commander

Commander: Bartolomé del Presidio

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck is a high-power Aristocrats Reanimator combo deck commanded by Bartolomé del Presidio, who provides a free, instant-speed sacrifice outlet in the command zone. The deck's primary win condition is an infinite loop between Leonin Relic-Warder and Animate Dead, which repeatedly triggers on-board drain effects such as Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Marionette Apprentice to eliminate all opponents in a single turn. To ensure safe execution, the deck establishes early proactive stax pieces like Drannith Magistrate, Archon of Emeria, and Deafening Silence to slow down opposing strategies while shielding its own combo turn with Silence, Orim's Chant, and Defense Grid. Supported by efficient reanimation spells, sacrifice-based card draw, and flexible removal, the deck transitions rapidly from early disruption to a decisive Turn 4 finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Vial
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Corpse Churn
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Gnawing Vermin
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mausoleum Secrets
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Return to the Ranks
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snarling Gorehound
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tombstone Stairwell
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat