Syr Vondam by Dusky90

Format: Commander

Commander: Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov blink and midrange engine led by Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar. The strategy focuses on extracting continuous value by flickering enter-the-battlefield creatures while Syr Vondam converts creature exile and death triggers into +1/+1 counters, life gain, and retaliatory removal. Early turns establish mana rocks and cantrip creatures such as Spirited Companion and Wall of Omens. By Turn 4, the deck deploys repeatable flicker engines like Teleportation Circle or Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd to draw cards and scale Syr Vondam's power. In the mid-game, the deck pivots toward decisive win conditions by blinking Gray Merchant of Asphodel for massive life drain or swarming the board with Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward. An infinite flicker combo between Felidar Guardian and Restoration Angel provides an instant win alongside drain pieces. Backed by premier instant-speed exile removal and powerful board-wipe protection like Ghostway, the deck grinds down opposing life totals through resilient attrition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Airbender Ascension
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animation Module
  • 1 Another Round
  • 1 Anticausal Vestige
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Dalkovan Encampment
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deathbringer Liege
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elegy Acolyte
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flickerwisp
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Ghostway
  • 1 Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Helpful Hunter
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Ketramose, the New Dawn
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wall of Omens