Shadowheart by user8591736

Format: Commander

Commander: Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar and Agent of the Iron Throne

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck combines mono-black aristocrats attrition with a compact reanimation combo finish. Commanded by Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar and Agent of the Iron Throne, the strategy focuses on converting expendable tokens and high-power creatures into substantial card advantage while shaving away opposing life totals. In the early game, token producers like Bitterblossom and Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia feed the sacrifice engine, accelerating resources and sculpting hands. By turns 5 and 6, the deck leverages efficient tutors such as Buried Alive and Entomb to place Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose directly into play or into the graveyard for cheap reanimation via Victimize or Reanimate. Once both creatures are on the battlefield, any life gain or opponent life loss immediately starts an infinite loop that eliminates all three opponents in a single turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archfiend of the Dross
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blast Zone
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rotting Regisaur
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 29 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat