Endless Punishment by Conlemagne

Format: Commander

Creator: Conlemagne

Commander: Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos group-slug strategy helmed by Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls. The primary objective is to deploy persistent, low-cost damage sources that guarantee an opponent loses life on each of their turns. This continuously feeds Valgavoth, growing the commander into a lethal airborne threat while drawing three extra cards per table rotation. Backed by life-gain prevention from Sulfuric Vortex and Roiling Vortex, the deck prevents opponents from offsetting the continuous bleed. High-impact punishers like Painful Quandary, The Lord of Pain, and Massacre Wurm accelerate table-wide life loss, while Chandra's Ignition converts Valgavoth's accumulated power into an immediate table sweep. Spot removal and redirects keep key engines alive, grinding opposing life totals to zero in a war of inevitable attrition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exhume
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Florian, Voldaren Scion
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Gleeful Arsonist
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Harsh Mentor
  • 1 Kederekt Parasite
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Mask of Griselbrand
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
  • 1 Mogis, God of Slaughter
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Persistent Constrictor
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rampaging Ferocidon
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Roiling Vortex
  • 1 Rug of Smothering
  • 1 Screaming Nemesis
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Spiteful Visions
  • 1 Stormfist Crusader
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Séance Board
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Lord of Pain
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Withering Torment