L&D 2 by Curlewgirl

Format: Commander

Commander: Selenia, Dark Angel

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 61

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Orzhov combo list centered on life manipulation and instant-speed life-drain loops. Led by Selenia, Dark Angel, who serves as an instant-speed life sink from the command zone, the deck leverages life total as an aggressive resource. It runs a deep suite of tutors, including Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor, to consistently assemble its primary two-card win condition: Exquisite Blood paired with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity. Powerful card advantage engines like Necropotence, Ad Nauseam, and Bolas's Citadel rapidly dig through the library, while cards like Children of Korlis and Tainted Sigil turn massive life loss into lethal fuel for Aetherflux Reservoir. Backed by ultra-efficient removal like Swords to Plowshares and Deadly Rollick, along with turn-silencing protection from Grand Abolisher and Silence, the deck reliably threatens decisive table-wide kills on Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flagstones of Trokair
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Hatred
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Phyrexian Unlife
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Plunge into Darkness
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Repay in Kind
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Selenia, Dark Angel
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Sigil
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Wall of Blood
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Witch's Cottage