Whispers in the Dark by SearingLumber

Format: Commander

Commander: Krydle of Baldur's Gate

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Rogue tempo list commanded by Krydle of Baldur's Gate. It deploys cheap, unblockable Rogues such as Slither Blade, Triton Shorestalker, and Changeling Outcast in the opening turns. These creatures consistently trigger card-advantage engines like Sygg, River Cutthroat, Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar, and Military Intelligence while disrupting opposing game plans with incidental mill and discard. The primary win condition is the compact infinite combo between Duskmantle Guildmage and Mindcrank, assembled via black tutors and activated on Turn 5 to eliminate the table in a single combat step. If the combo pieces are removed, the deck transitions into a lethal combat plan using Notorious Throng to swarm the board with flying Faerie Rogues on an extra turn, or drains life totals directly with Syr Konrad, the Grim alongside mill triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Thief
  • 1 Anticognition
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azure Beastbinder
  • 1 Back in Town
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blackbloom Rogue // Blackbloom Bog
  • 1 Blighted Agent
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake
  • 1 Cast Down
  • 1 Cephalid Facetaker
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cloak and Dagger
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Double Down
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Hoard Robber
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Ice Out
  • 1 Invisible Stalker
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Krydle of Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Looter il-Kor
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Merfolk Windrobber
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Rogue Class
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shoot the Sheriff
  • 1 Shoreline Looter
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Soaring Thought-Thief
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stinkdrinker Bandit
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
  • 1 Thieves' Fortune
  • 1 Thieves' Guild Enforcer
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 True-Name Nemesis
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Witness Protection
  • 1 Zareth San, the Trickster