Immortal Engines by b.templar428

Format: Commander

Commander: Malik, Grim Manipulator

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This Mardu Reanimator-Combo deck leverages Malik, Grim Manipulator to generate early mana advantages through edict effects and Treasure creation while setting up rapid graveyard recursion. The primary game plan focuses on discarding high-impact creature targets such as Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward, Razaketh, the Foulblooded, and Archon of Cruelty in the opening turns, then reviving them using low-cost reanimation spells like Reanimate, Animate Dead, and Necromancy. The deck reliably achieves an infinite creature token loop via Abdel Adrian and Animate Dead on Turn 4, threatening lethal combat damage on Turn 5 or winning immediately if sacrifice drain outlets like Mayhem Devil are present. Supporting this core strategy is a premier suite of proactive shielding spells, including Grand Abolisher, Silence, and Deflecting Swat, alongside a backup non-graveyard combo in Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Captured by the Consulate
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Celes, Rune Knight
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Chimes
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Faithless Salvaging
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Funeral Rites
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghen, Arcanum Weaver
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grip of Chaos
  • 1 Immortal Obligation
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Incarnation Technique
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kroxa and Kunoros
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malik, Grim Manipulator
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mathas, Fiend Seeker
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Perpetual Timepiece
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Putrid Imp
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tempt with Immortality
  • 1 The Immortal Sun
  • 1 The Immortal Weapons
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tymaret Calls the Dead
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Wild Ricochet