From the shadows by TrezFlare

Format: Commander

Commander: Etrata, Deadly Fugitive

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Dimir Assassin-tribal deck is helmed by Etrata, Deadly Fugitive, turning face-down mechanics and combat damage into a relentless value engine. The primary game plan involves deploying Assassins, connecting with them to cloak opponents' libraries, then turning those face-down cards face-up via Etrata's activated ability to cast them for free. The deck wins through incremental advantage and combat pressure, often leveraging Ramses, Assassin Lord to close the game when an opponent is eliminated. A robust interaction suite of counterspells, free spells, and efficient removal keeps the board clear while the tribe accumulates card advantage and mana via cards like Mari, the Killing Quill and Rogue Class. The deck is a slow-grinding control-combat hybrid with no infinite combos, relying on sustained value and disruption rather than explosive turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
• 1 Basim, Master Assassin
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
• 1 Brotherhood Regalia
• 1 Brotherhood Spy
• 1 Chain Assassination
• 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
• 1 Changeling Outcast
• 1 Charcoal Diamond
• 1 Chthonian Nightmare
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Cover of Darkness
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Deadly Cover-Up
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Desmond Miles
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Escape Tunnel
• 1 Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fetid Pools
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Flare of Denial
• 1 Flare of Malice
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 1 Gloomlake Verge
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Hidden Blade
• 1 Hookblade Veteran
• 1 Horizon of Progress
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 1 Interceptor, Shadow's Hound
• 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
• 6 Island
• 1 Leyline of Transformation
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Maskwood Nexus
• 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
• 1 Memory Lapse
• 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
• 1 Misinformation
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Nanogene Conversion
• 1 Negate
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Ravenloft Adventurer
• 1 Reno and Rude
• 1 Roaming Throne
• 1 Rogue Class
• 1 Rooftop Bypass
• 1 Roshan, Hidden Magister
• 1 Ruthless Ripper
• 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1 Sakashima the Impostor
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Scheming Symmetry
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Silver Shroud Costume
• 1 Sky Diamond
• 1 Smoke Bomb
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spark Double
• 1 Spymaster's Vault
• 1 Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
• 1 Surveyor's Scope
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Training Grounds
• 1 Undercity Sewers
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble