Corpse Economy by user7830753

Format: Commander

Commander: Syr Konrad, the Grim

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black aristocrats and mill strategy commanded by Syr Konrad, the Grim. The primary game plan revolves around exploiting Konrad's passive ability, which deals 1 damage to each opponent whenever a creature dies, leaves your graveyard, or is put into a graveyard from a library. Early turns focus on accelerating mana with low-cost rocks and rituals, establishing recurring token generators like Bitterblossom or Ophiomancer, and deploying sacrifice outlets such as Viscera Seer or Phyrexian Altar. Once Konrad enters on Turn 4, synergistic cards such as Mindcrank, Mesmeric Orb, and Dread Summons trigger compounding damage cascades across all opponents. In addition to aristocrat attrition, the deck contains an infinite two-card combo with Exquisite Blood and Marauding Blight-Priest for instant table kills. Robust reanimation spells ensure rapid recovery if Konrad is removed, while efficient single-target removal keeps opposing threats in check.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bonecaller Cleric
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Cheerful Osteomancer // Raise Dead
  • 1 Collective Brutality
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dread Summons
  • 1 Dreadhound
  • 1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Gríma Wormtongue
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Multiply by Zero
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strategic Betrayal
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 31 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Temporal Intervention
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vendetta
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer