You Get a Curse, You Get a Curse, Curses for Everyone!! by goodgrief123

Format: Commander

Commander: Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis enchantment control strategy helmed by Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor. The primary objective is to attach disruptive Curses to opponents while using Lynde's triggered ability to draw cards and recur Curses that enter the graveyard. The deck controls the board through removal spells like Bedevil, Chaos Warp, and Blasphemous Act, while utilizing Constellation triggers from Grim Guardian, Agent of Erebos, and Thoughtrender Lamia to generate incremental advantage. Win conditions rely on grinding opponents down with cumulative life loss from Curse of Fool's Wisdom, Court of Ambition, and Curse of Bloodletting, or resolving a late-game Rise of the Dark Realms to steal all graveyards. While the card draw engine is powerful once established, the deck has slow closing speed and limited stack protection for its commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of Erebos
  • 1 Akoum Refuge
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Bitterheart Witch
  • 1 Blackbloom Rogue // Blackbloom Bog
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Beckoning
  • 1 Bloodchief's Thirst
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Crystal Chimes
  • 1 Curse of Bloodletting
  • 1 Curse of Chaos
  • 1 Curse of Death's Hold
  • 1 Curse of Disturbance
  • 1 Curse of Fool's Wisdom
  • 1 Curse of Hospitality
  • 1 Curse of Inertia
  • 1 Curse of Leeches // Leeching Lurker
  • 1 Curse of Obsession
  • 1 Curse of Shaken Faith
  • 1 Curse of Shallow Graves
  • 1 Curse of Stalked Prey
  • 1 Curse of Unbinding
  • 1 Curse of Verbosity
  • 1 Curse of Wizardry
  • 1 Curse of the Bloody Tome
  • 1 Curse of the Nightly Hunt
  • 1 Curse of the Pierced Heart
  • 1 Curse of the Restless Dead
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Grim Guardian
  • 1 Grixis Panorama
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
  • 1 Maddening Hex
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Locket
  • 1 Revenge of Ravens
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Rocky Tar Pit
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Thoughtrender Lamia
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Trespasser's Curse
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent