The One Winged Angel by Howyaledouxin

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power mono-black Aristocrats combo-control engine commanded by Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER. The strategy revolves around leveraging cheap sacrifice fodder, recursive creatures, and high-impact death triggers to control the battlefield and draw cards. Sephiroth acts as both a card engine and a win condition in the command zone, draining opponents and gaining life whenever creatures die before transforming into Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel to grant a permanent drain emblem. The deck accelerates through black rituals and low-cost rocks into compact infinite drain loops, primarily utilizing Warren Soultrader with Gravecrawler or Forsaken Miner. Strong edict effects paired with Grave Pact and Tergrid, God of Fright systematically strip opposing boards of threats. Dense black tutors ensure high consistency in assembling combo pieces, while alternate win lines such as Bloodchief Ascension with The Master of Lake-town provide resilience if the primary commander line is contested.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Gatekeeper
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Innocent Blood
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plague of Vermin
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 26 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vein Ripper
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witch's Cottage