zhulodok_paper by doublevp

Format: Commander

Commander: Zhulodok, Void Gorger

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

This is a colorless Zhulodok, Void Gorger ramp deck that turns large spells into bursts of free value. Its best games use early mana rocks, deploy the commander, then cast a 7-or-more-mana colorless spell to receive two cascade triggers. Cards such as Desolation Twin, Cityscape Leveler, Artisan of Kozilek, and Bane of Bala Ged can create large boards while removing opposing permanents. The deck also has useful artifact recursion and several flexible answers. Its main weakness is joint access: it needs the commander, a qualifying spell, and substantial mana at the same time. The cascade plan is powerful but variable, and the deck lacks haste, compact damage, reliable tutoring, and broad low-cost protection. It can overwhelm a casual table through repeated large threats, but its pressure is not a deterministic or quickly repeating kill. It is best understood as a high-end battlecruiser deck rather than a competitive combo or lock deck.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Ancient Stone Idol
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Bane of Bala Ged
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Breaker of Armies
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cityscape Leveler
  • 1 Conduit of Ruin
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Darksteel Monolith
  • 1 Desolation Twin
  • 1 Dreamstone Hedron
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Echoes of Eternity
  • 1 Eldrazi Temple
  • 1 Endbringer
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Guardian Idol
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hedron Crawler
  • 1 Introduction to Prophecy
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Not of This World
  • 1 Oblivion Sower
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Triniform
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanctum of Ugin
  • 1 Sandstone Oracle
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scour from Existence
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spatial Contortion
  • 1 Spine of Ish Sah
  • 1 Staff of Nin
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Titan's Presence
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Trading Post
  • 1 Ugin, the Ineffable
  • 1 Ulamog's Crusher
  • 1 Unstable Obelisk
  • 1 Urza's Factory
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warping Wail
  • 21 Wastes
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Zhalfirin Void
  • 1 Zhulodok, Void Gorger