taborax acolytes by enderwiggin101

Format: Commander

Commander: Taborax, Hope's Demise

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

Taborax, Hope's Demise leads a monoblack Aristocrats and Demon Tribal deck centered on a package of 17 Shadowborn Apostles. The deck's primary plan is to deploy Taborax early, amass Apostles, and activate their sacrifice ability to tutor formidable Demons directly onto the battlefield while simultaneously growing Taborax and refilling the hand. High-impact Demon payoffs like Sower of Discord, Ob Nixilis, Unshackled, and Reaper from the Abyss apply severe combat pressure and attrition, while mass recursion spells such as Patriarch's Bidding, Echoing Return, and Secret Salvage provide resilient engine recovery. The deck excels at explosive card advantage bursts and rapid board development, though its reliance on combat damage over multiple turn cycles and vulnerability to targeted creature removal leave critical response windows open for opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Body Count
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Desperate Measures
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forever Young
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nightmare Shepherd
  • 1 No Rest for the Wicked
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Overwhelming Remorse
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Reaper from the Abyss
  • 1 Relic Vial
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Secret Salvage
  • 17 Shadowborn Apostle
  • 1 Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Songs of the Damned
  • 1 Sower of Discord
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 28 Swamp
  • 1 Séance Board
  • 1 Taborax, Hope's Demise
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrilling Encore
  • 1 Thrumming Stone
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Witch's Cottage