Yawgmoth by user5963887

Format: Commander

Commander: Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a classic mono-black aristocrats and combo engine piloted by Yawgmoth, Thran Physician. The core strategy revolves around establishing cheap, self-recurring creatures or token producers in the early turns, then casting Yawgmoth on Turn 4 to convert creatures and life into card advantage and board control. By distributing -1/-1 counters, Yawgmoth suppresses opposing utility creatures and commander engines while rapidly churning through the 99. The deck aims to close the game on Turn 6 by assembling an undying loop—such as Butcher Ghoul and Geralf's Messenger canceling each other's counters—or by generating swarms with Nest of Scarabs alongside aristocrat drain outlets like Blood Artist or Zulaport Cutthroat. Without tutors or premium fast mana, the deck functions as a resilient synergy engine that leverages mono-black ramp like Cabal Coffers and Crypt Ghast to rebuild efficiently, though it remains vulnerable to graveyard hate and artifact-based strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Bridge from Below
  • 1 Butcher Ghoul
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darklight Phoenix
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathgreeter
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Geralf's Messenger
  • 1 Gisa, the Hellraiser
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Nest of Scarabs
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sifter of Skulls
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 33 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undying Evil
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat