white black by user9860585

Format: Commander

Commander: Abigale, Eloquent First-Year

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov midrange control list that weaponizes high-stat creatures with severe mechanical drawbacks by cleansing them with Abigale, Eloquent First-Year. Casting Abigale targets creatures like Lupine Prototype, Rot-Curse Rakshasa, Woolly Razorback, or Clackbridge Troll, permanently stripping their negative abilities while granting flying, first strike, and lifelink counters. This converts inexpensive cards into massive, evasive beaters that dominate combat and stabilize life totals. The deck backs up this aggressive tempo engine with a dense Orzhov control shell, utilizing efficient spot removal, flexible sweepers such as Farewell and Toxic Deluge, and asymmetrical stax pieces including Archon of Emeria and Voice of Victory. In the late game, it finishes opponents through doubled aerial damage with Duelist's Heritage, recursive life-drain loops via Gray Merchant of Asphodel and blink effects, or an alternate win condition in Approach of the Second Sun.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of the Dross
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clackbridge Troll
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 1 Desecration Demon
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lupine Prototype
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monoist Sentry
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Restless Fortress
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Rot-Curse Rakshasa
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shakedown Heavy
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turncoat Kunoichi
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Woolly Razorback