Sephiroth/Tergrid by Kronicalchaos

Format: Commander

Commander: Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This mono-black aristocrats deck harnesses Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER to convert creature sacrifice into steady card draw, board attrition, and direct life drain. The primary game plan accelerates mana with pieces like Dark Ritual, Jet Medallion, and Warren Soultrader, then establishes recursive sacrifice loops using Bitterblossom and Gravecrawler. On Turn 4, the deck deploys Sephiroth and an outlet to sacrifice creatures, triggering Sephiroth's ability four times by Turn 5 to transform him into Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel. This grants the permanent Super Nova emblem, which drains opponents whenever any creature dies. Stax pieces like Grave Pact, Braids, Cabal Minion, and Oppression systematically dismantle opposing boards and hands, while The Darkness Crystal exiles enemy graveyards. The table is eliminated on Turn 7 after two response cycles of continuous drain, flying commander damage, and mass reanimation spells like Behold the Sinister Six!.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Afterlife from the Loam
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Behold the Sinister Six!
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Cat, Cunning Thief
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bone Shards
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
  • 1 Extract the Truth
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Final Act
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Gaius van Baelsar
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Hecteyes
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jecht, Reluctant Guardian // Braska's Final Aeon
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Oppression
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Rush of Dread
  • 1 Ruthless Technomancer
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sudden Edict
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 25 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Vayne's Treachery
  • 1 Villainous Wrath
  • 1 Virus Beetle
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Worthy Cost
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival
  • 1 Zodiark, Umbral God