Ardbert FFXIV by user5731426

Format: Commander

Commander: Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov legendary aggro and +1/+1 counters strategy commanded by Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness. The game plan focuses on establishing a dense board of low-cost legendary creatures, casting cheap white and black spells to trigger Ardbert, and overwhelming opponents with large, evasive attackers endowed with menace and vigilance. The deck accelerates on curve using rocks like Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, and Relic of Legends, while engines such as Lord Jyscal Guado and Black Market Connections maintain card advantage. Functional redundancy is a major strength: over fifteen low-cost legends guarantee early board presence. The interaction suite is robust, packing premier removal like Swords to Plowshares, Toxic Deluge, and Vanishing Verse, alongside proactive taxes like Thalia, Heretic Cathar. Protection from Boromir, Warden of the Tower and General's Enforcer shields the board from wipes. While vulnerable to mass exile effects, the deck presents a fast, resilient clock that closes games efficiently through combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abigale, Poet Laureate // Heroic Stanza
  • 1 Abzan Battle Priest
  • 1 Abzan Falconer
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Arvad the Cursed
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Brigone, Soldier of Meletis
  • 1 Can't Stay Away
  • 1 Chocobo Knights
  • 1 Cloak of the Bat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dire Tactics
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dual-Sun Technique
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
  • 1 Fix What's Broken
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gift of Orzhova
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Killian's Confidence
  • 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lord Jyscal Guado
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Neglected Manor
  • 1 Orzhov Charm
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Practiced Offense
  • 1 Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shay Cormac
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Snowfield Sinkhole
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 The Kingpin of Crime
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unmake
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Warrior's Resolve
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
  • 1 Zack Fair