Shirei, Apostle Ruler by Scourtney

Format: Commander

Commander: Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-black Shadowborn Apostle sacrifice deck built around Shirei as a recursion engine. The goal is to flood the board with 1/1 Apostles, sacrifice six per activation to put Demons like Razaketh, Rune-Scarred Demon, and Vilis into play, and have Shirei return the sacrificed Apostles at end step for repeated use. Secondary accelerants are Thrumming Stone and Secret Salvage, while Cabal Coffers, Nykthos, and Black Market can power a lethal Torment of Hailfire. Liliana's Contract offers an alternate demon-lord victory. There is no hidden commander; the deck is centered on its Commander plus the Apostle engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Archfiend of Despair
• 1 Ashnod's Altar
• 1 Black Market
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Cabal Coffers
• 1 Culling the Weak
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Defile
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Dread Return
• 1 Echoing Return
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Gate to Phyrexia
• 1 Grave Pact
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Harvester of Souls
• 1 Jet Medallion
• 1 Liliana's Contract
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Necropotence
• 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1 Phyrexian Altar
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 1 Pitiless Plunderer
• 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1 Secret Salvage
• 30 Shadowborn Apostle
• 1 Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
• 1 Sol Ring
• 28 Swamp
• 1 Taborax, Hope's Demise
• 1 Thrumming Stone
• 1 Torment of Hailfire
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
• 1 Witch's Cottage
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat