Sephiroth by phntmthf

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a Mono-Black Aristocrats control engine commanded by Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER. The primary strategy deploys recurring creature fodder and sacrifice outlets to trigger continuous death triggers, draining opponents while drawing cards. On Turn 4, the deck assembles Sephiroth alongside recursive creatures such as Reassembling Skeleton or token generators like Ophiomancer. By Turn 5, triggering four creature deaths transforms Sephiroth into Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel, granting a permanent, non-interactable Super Nova emblem that drains opponents on every creature death. Simultaneously, attrition engines like Grave Pact, Dictate of Erebos, and edict creatures strip opposing boards of blockers and commanders. The deck closes the game across two response cycles through compounded death triggers, flying combat damage, and massive life drain, backed by a compact two-card infinite combo between Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. The deck boasts exceptional card velocity, resilient death triggers, and asymmetric creature suppression, though it remains vulnerable to noncreature exile sweepers and stack interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agent Venom
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Clackbridge Troll
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Decode Transmissions
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Final Vengeance
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Gaius van Baelsar
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Merciless Executioner
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Necrosynthesis
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nightblade Brigade
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slaughter Specialist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 32 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Worthy Cost
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat