slaughterhouse by user5294589

Format: Commander

Commander: Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Aristocrats engine powered by 18 copies of Hare Apparent. Its primary strategy leverages the relentless nature of Hare Apparent to create exponentially scaling boards of 1/1 Rabbit creature tokens. These wide boards fuel premier card-draw engines like Skullclamp and Grim Haruspex, while providing endless sacrifice fodder for Warren Soultrader and Pitiless Plunderer. The deck reaches critical velocity through Secret Salvage, which tutors every remaining Hare Apparent from the library directly to hand, or through low-cost mass reanimation like Raise the Past. With commander Shilgengar, Sire of Famine or Warren Soultrader in play, the deck converts these bodies into massive bursts of mana and Blood tokens, draining all three opponents out in a single turn via Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, Marionette Apprentice, and Mirkwood Bats. The deck boasts exceptional consistency, high card flow, and rapid recovery from sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent Venom
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ascend from Avernus
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Body Count
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
  • 1 Eventide's Shadow
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Hanged Executioner
  • 18 Hare Apparent
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lupinflower Village
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Secret Salvage
  • 1 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat