Master of the Lake by limitedroark

Format: Commander

Commander: The Master of Lake-town

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This mono-black aristocrats and combo deck centers on weaponizing life totals, drain mechanics, and graveyard recursion to close out games swiftly. While The Master of Lake-town provides incremental card draw upon death and incidental mill when opponents lose life, the deck functions primarily as a potent life-drain engine. It leverages powerful universal tutors like Demonic Tutor and Grim Tutor to assemble redundant two-card infinite loops, most notably Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with Sanguine Bond or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, alongside secondary wins like Bloodchief Ascension with Mindcrank and Doctor Doom, Unrivaled with Demonic Consultation. Efficient removal such as Deadly Rollick, Snuff Out, and Toxic Deluge keeps opposing boards under control, while oppressive attrition pieces like Grave Pact and Sheoldred, Whispering One starve opponents of resources. Rich reanimation spells ensure immediate recovery from removal, making the deck resilient, fast, and lethal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Basilica Screecher
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blood Seeker
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Filth
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Merchant of Venom
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 32 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Wound Reflection
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan