Sheoldred by user2038186

Format: Commander

Commander: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 62

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Mono-Black Combo build centered on Sheoldred, the Apocalypse. It combines rapid mana acceleration and unconditional black tutors to assemble game-ending combos by Turn 4. The commander serves as both an attrition piece against opponents' draw engines and an enormous life engine. Resolving Peer into the Abyss with Sheoldred on board draws half the library and gains massive life, fueling immediate same-turn wins through Professor Onyx plus Chain of Smog, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose plus Exquisite Blood, or Bolas's Citadel storm lines. The deck supports this game plan with efficient creature removal, flash stax pieces like Opposition Agent and Orcish Bowmasters, and explosive mana acceleration from cards like Dark Ritual, Mana Vault, and Lake of the Dead.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Memory Jar
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 24 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician