Sephiroth Sacrifice by user9956639

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 59

Deck overview

This mono-black aristocrats deck is commanded by Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER, who acts as a built-in sacrifice outlet, card draw engine, and life-drain payoff directly from the command zone. The deck accelerates in the opening turns with efficient mana rocks, rituals, and self-recurring creatures like Gravecrawler and Forsaken Miner. By Turn 4, it establishes an oppressive attrition engine or initiates a lethal loop with pieces like Warren Soultrader or Phyrexian Altar. Once four creatures die in a single turn, Sephiroth transforms into Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel, granting an indestructible emblem that doubles all subsequent death triggers. Strong attrition cards like Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos keep opposing creature boards completely clear, while low-cost reanimation spells ensure rapid recovery from interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Ghoulish Procession
  • 1 Gisa, the Hellraiser
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plague of Vermin
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sifter of Skulls
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 20 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Tombstone Stairwell
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat