Sephiroth by Balrog_mtg

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This mono-black aristocrats and control deck is commanded by Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER, using sacrifice engines, recursive creatures, and symmetric edicts to dominate creature-based boards and drain life totals. The deck curves into Sephiroth on Turn 3, leveraging edict creatures like Fleshbag Marauder and Plaguecrafter on Turn 4 to trigger four creature deaths in a single turn. This transforms Sephiroth into Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel, generating an unremovable emblem that doubles down on death-drain triggers across the entire table. Asymmetric control pieces like Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos completely strip opposing boards of creatures whenever recursive fodder like Gravecrawler and Bloodghast are sacrificed. The deck converts high card draw velocity and big mana from Cabal Coffers and Crypt Ghast into a lethal closing state around Turn 7 via compounded drain triggers, combat damage with flying threats, or an overwhelming Torment of Hailfire.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Fanatical Offering
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Merciless Executioner
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slaughter Pact
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 29 Swamp
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Winter, Tormented Loner
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat