The Graveyard Shift by SpiritWolf_1221

Format: Commander

Commander: Bartolomé del Presidio

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Aristocrats and Reanimator strategy commanded by Bartolomé del Presidio. Bartolomé acts as a zero-mana, instant-speed sacrifice outlet in the command zone, serving as an indispensable engine piece for graveyard loops. The deck uses low-cost creatures and artifacts to mill cards and sculpt the graveyard in the opening turns. Once the graveyard is populated, reanimation spells like Dread Return, Unburial Rites, and Sevinne's Reclamation return combo cornerstones like Sun Titan or Boonweaver Giant. By combining these creatures with self-recurring auras or creatures like Angelic Renewal, Fiend Hunter, and Kaya's Ghostform, the deck loops infinite death and enter-the-battlefield triggers. Aristocrat payoffs including Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, Bastion of Remembrance, Marionette Apprentice, and Zulaport Cutthroat turn these loops into immediate, lethal table-wide drain. Supported by dense two-mana ramp and versatile spot removal, the deck delivers consistent mid-game combo finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Angelic Renewal
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Body Snatcher
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boonweaver Giant
  • 1 Bound in Gold
  • 1 Brotherhood Outcast
  • 1 Changing Loyalty
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Corpse Augur
  • 1 Crow of Dark Tidings
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope
  • 1 Demonic Bargain
  • 1 Dimir House Guard
  • 1 Diresight
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Funeral Rites
  • 1 Fungal Fortitude
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Gnawing Vermin
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Infernal Offering
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mariposa Military Base
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Minion's Return
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necrogen Communion
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Oblivion Ring
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Paramecia Coloniex
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Prized Statue
  • 1 Redemption Choir
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Seal from Existence
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shepherd of the Cosmos
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Summon Undead
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 The Warring Triad
  • 1 Throne of the Grim Captain // The Grim Captain
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Undead Butler
  • 1 Valgavoth's Faithful
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Werefox Bodyguard
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat