Ozox, the Clattering King by Nixilis42

Format: Commander

Commander: Ozox, the Clattering King

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This mono-black Aristocrats combo deck centers on Ozox, the Clattering King, utilizing its unique death and leaves-the-battlefield trigger loop to achieve deterministic table kills. Because Ozox creates a Jumblebones token upon dying and Jumblebones returns Ozox directly to hand when sacrificed, Ozox avoids the commander tax entirely. By combining Ozox with a free sacrifice outlet like Phyrexian Altar and a cost reducer such as Bontu's Monument or Jet Medallion, the deck generates an infinite cast-and-sacrifice loop. High-density drain payoffs like Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Marionette Apprentice convert this loop into an instant lethal burst across all opponents on Turn 5. Dense black rituals and efficient tutors ensure consistent assembly, while cards like Skullclamp and Ayara, First of Locthwain maintain steady card advantage. The deck remains vulnerable to instant-speed artifact removal and graveyard interaction, but its redundancy provides solid recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Extraplanar Lens
  • 1 Falkenrath Noble
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ozox, the Clattering King
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Sanguinary Priest
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 30 Swamp
  • 1 Tormod, the Desecrator
  • 1 Undead Hand Ninja
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vat of Rebirth
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vindictive Vampire
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat