Thirteenth Commandment by steadfast

Format: Commander

Commander: Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Mono-Black Aristocrats build that wins through incremental attrition and explosive life drain. Commanded by Jerren, Corrupted Bishop, the deck leverages its commander primarily as a low-cost human token producer and occasional lifelink buffer, while relying on the 99 to assemble a resilient sacrifice engine. The game plan centers on three core pillars: free sacrifice outlets like Carrion Feeder and Viscera Seer, infinitely recurring fodder such as Gravecrawler and Bloodsoaked Champion, and potent drain payoffs including Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Bastion of Remembrance. Massive late-game swings are powered by Bolas's Citadel, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Living Death, and Torment of Hailfire. Opponents face continuous board suppression through Dictate of Erebos and repeatable edict creatures. While vulnerable to graveyard hate and lacking stack interaction, the deck's deep functional redundancy and powerful card draw allow it to rebuild rapidly and close games with lethal inevitability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Champion
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Cult Conscript
  • 1 Dark Prophecy
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Doomed Dissenter
  • 1 Doomed Necromancer
  • 1 Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 God-Eternal Bontu
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Ozox, the Clattering King
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 25 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wall of Blood
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat