Famine by user7356309

Format: Commander

Commander: Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Angel tribal and aristocrat reanimator strategy led by Shilgengar, Sire of Famine. The primary game plan focuses on filling the graveyard using self-mill and discard, deploying high-toughness Angels, and using Shilgengar's free sacrifice outlet to convert Angel toughness directly into Blood tokens. Once six Blood tokens are assembled, Shilgengar pays three hybrid mana to return every creature card from the graveyard to the battlefield as Vampires. The mass reanimation floods the board with flying threats, lifegain synergies, and game-ending payoffs like Moonshaker Cavalry, which buffs the entire board for a decisive turn 7 aerial strike. The list is supported by efficient removal, token fodder like Bitterblossom and Abdel Adrian, and utility pieces like Eerie Interlude to strip finality counters from reanimated creatures.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Admonition Angel
  • 1 Afterlife Insurance
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Angel of Destiny
  • 1 Angel of Suffering
  • 1 Angelic Field Marshal
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkblast
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diresight
  • 1 Discerning Taste
  • 1 Doomed Traveler
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Funeral Rites
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Glass-Cast Heart
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grimoire of the Dead
  • 1 Hazoret's Monument
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Infernal Sovereign
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Inspiring Overseer
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Legions to Ashes
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Null Profusion
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Resolute Archangel
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Scroll of Fate
  • 1 Seraph of the Scales
  • 1 Shattered Angel
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Stinkweed Imp
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tombstone Stairwell
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vengeful Reaper
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow