Mass Grave by Barbatos_Slim

Format: Commander

Commander: Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This Golgari Aristocrats deck leverages Savra, Queen of the Golgari to turn creature sacrifice into asymmetric board control and life manipulation. Early turns focus on accelerating mana and establishing token generators like Bitterblossom and Ophiomancer alongside free sacrifice outlets such as Carrion Feeder and Ashnod's Altar. Once Savra or redundant edict enchantments like Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos hit the board, every sacrificed token forces opponents to sacrifice their own creatures, systematically wiping opposing boards while preserving life totals. The deck converts this dominance into victory through drain payoffs like Blood Artist, large token swarms from Chatterfang, Squirrel General, or the lethal two-card combo of Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Enduring Tenacity. Rich recursion packages ensure the engine recovers smoothly from removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Capital Punishment
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compy Swarm
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Eradicator Valkyrie
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Incarnation Technique
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lluwen, Exchange Student // Pest Friend
  • 1 Lolth, Spider Queen
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mire in Misery
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Realm of Koh
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tend the Pests
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wake the Dead
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wasteland Raider
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zodiark, Umbral God