Orzhov Bats by user9865174

Format: Commander

Commander: Zoraline, Cosmos Caller

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov lifegain midrange strategy commanded by Zoraline, Cosmos Caller. It establishes an early board of low-cost creatures that trigger lifegain, such as Guide of Souls and Deep-Cavern Bat, before deploying Zoraline on turn 3. On turn 4, Zoraline attacks to recur destroyed or milled permanents with mana value 3 or less, cementing an engine of evasive threats and incremental card flow. As the midgame progresses, the deck layers taxing stax pieces like Archon of Emeria and Blind Obedience to slow opposing combo lines. The primary win condition revolves around turning lifegain triggers into lethal table-wide damage via Starscape Cleric, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, backed by evasive combat. Efficient interaction and reanimation redundancy give the deck resilient grind capability, although it remains vulnerable to mass exile effects that bypass graveyard loops.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Case of the Uneaten Feast
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dewdrop Cure
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jackdaw Savior
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Lupinflower Village
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Momo, Friendly Flier
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Necrodominance
  • 1 Necrologia
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Silverquill Charm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Valley Questcaller
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Zoraline, Cosmos Caller