Golgari Aristocrats by GJW568

Format: Commander

Commander: Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Golgari Aristocrats deck leverages Savra, Queen of the Golgari to convert creature sacrifices into continuous board control and lethal drain. The strategy establishes early mana acceleration through 1–2 mana ramp spells, followed by recurring token producers such as Ophiomancer, Pest Rescuer, and Teacher's Pest. By sacrificing dual-colored black and green creatures to free sacrifice outlets like Viscera Seer and Umbral Collar Zealot, Savra triggers both abilities simultaneously: gaining life to offset the payment while forcing each opponent to sacrifice a creature on every turn cycle. This asymmetric attrition suffocates opposing creature-based boards while card draw engines like Moldervine Reclamation and Deathreap Ritual keep the hand full. Heavy payoffs including Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest, Syr Konrad, the Grim, Mirkwood Bats, and Beledros Witherbloom rapidly close the game through massive combat buffs and pervasive life drain. Without fast combo finishes or stack countermagic, the deck wins through inevitable attrition and engine resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compy Swarm
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Creakwood Liege
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Essenceknit Scholar
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Festering Thicket
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Gardenize
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Immoral Bargain
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Khalni Garden
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Mosswood Dreadknight // Dread Whispers
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ominous Harvest
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Ribtruss Roaster
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz
  • 1 Teacher's Pest
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vat of Rebirth
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat