Batima by Gevu

Format: Commander

Commander: Zoraline, Cosmos Caller

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck is commanded by Zoraline, Cosmos Caller and focuses on an aggressive, highly resilient Bat typal and lifegain-drain strategy. The deck curves low-cost flying Bats and Clerics into early combat, using Zoraline's attack trigger to repeatedly reanimate key permanents with mana value 3 or less. To bypass the downside of finality counters, the list incorporates counter-manipulation tech like Power Conduit, Nesting Grounds, and Thrull Parasite. Win conditions rely on compounding lifegain and drain triggers from pieces like Starscape Cleric, Marauding Blight-Priest, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, and Valley Rotcaller, supported by token generation from Mirkwood Bats and Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal. While it avoids infinite combos and high-end fast mana, its density of low-mana threats, evasion, and graveyard recursion makes it remarkably difficult to grind out in standard Commander pods.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Basilica Screecher
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 1 Desecrated Tomb
  • 1 Dewdrop Cure
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Folk Hero
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jackdaw Savior
  • 1 Lifecreed Duo
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Lupinflower Village
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Momo, Friendly Flier
  • 1 Momo, Playful Pet
  • 1 Moonstone Harbinger
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Power Conduit
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Ruin-Lurker Bat
  • 1 Sanguine Evangelist
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Star Charter
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Starseer Mentor
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Thrull Parasite
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Valley Questcaller
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat