Korlash by StolenMacaroni

Format: Commander

Commander: Korlash, Heir to Blackblade

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 16

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black Voltron strategy led by Korlash, Heir to Blackblade. The game plan revolves around playing a land every turn from a massive 51-land mana base to steadily grow Korlash's power and toughness. Early turns focus on establishing Swamps and deploying utility equipment such as Blackblade Reforged, Lightning Greaves, and Grafted Wargear. Once Korlash enters the battlefield, he quickly becomes a massive combat threat capable of eliminating opponents with lethal commander damage over several combat steps. The deck also features an incidental infinite-power combo between Crackdown Construct and repeatable non-mana activations like Basalt Monolith or Shuko. However, the deck operates entirely at sorcery speed, lacking instant-speed interaction, card draw engines, and tutor effects. This leaves it vulnerable to exile removal and combo strategies, making it a straightforward, combat-focused deck that relies on steady land drops and resilient regeneration.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accorder's Shield
  • 1 Ace's Baseball Bat
  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Adventuring Gear
  • 1 Aeronaut's Wings
  • 1 Aettir and Priwen
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Alien Symbiosis
  • 1 Amorphous Axe
  • 1 Andúril, Flame of the West
  • 1 Argentum Armor
  • 1 Arm-Mounted Anchor
  • 1 Armory of Iroas
  • 1 Aspect of Gorgon
  • 1 Aspect of Lamprey
  • 1 Avacyn's Collar
  • 1 Avarice Amulet
  • 1 Bad Moon
  • 1 Barbed Battlegear
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Batterbone
  • 1 Batterskull
  • 1 Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Chimeric Idol
  • 1 Chimeric Staff
  • 1 Cloak and Dagger
  • 1 Crackdown Construct
  • 1 Crypt Rats
  • 1 Diviner's Wand
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Eater of the Dead
  • 1 Grafted Wargear
  • 1 Hopping Automaton
  • 1 Hyalopterous Lemure
  • 1 Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magitek Scythe
  • 1 Mobilized District
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Scythe of the Wretched
  • 1 Shuko
  • 50 Swamp
  • 1 Turtle Van
  • 1 Ultima Weapon
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Urza's Avenger
  • 1 Viscid Lemures