Devilish Angels by OblivionArchive

Format: Commander

Commander: Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Angel Reanimator and Aristocrats strategy led by Shilgengar, Sire of Famine. The primary game plan accelerates mana and stocks the graveyard with high-toughness Angels and aristocrat payoffs during the opening turns. On turn 5, the deck deploys Shilgengar and prepares its activation. On turn 6, Shilgengar sacrifices an Angel to generate six or more Blood tokens, then spends three mana to return all creature cards from the graveyard to the battlefield as Vampires. This mass reanimation triggers removal effects like Angel of the Ruins and life-drain engines like Mirkwood Bats and Marionette Apprentice. The resulting flying board overwhelms opponents through combat damage and direct life loss on turn 7, giving opponents only one response cycle. The deck features strong single-target removal, solid mana velocity, and alternate win routes through Bolas's Citadel and Angel beatdown. It remains vulnerable to instant-speed graveyard hate and targeted removal targeting Shilgengar before its activation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Admonition Angel
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brokers Hideout
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabaretti Courtyard
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crossway Troublemakers
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Dazzling Angel
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
  • 1 Eviscerator's Insight
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Firemane Commando
  • 1 Firja's Retribution
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glass-Cast Heart
  • 1 Havengul Laboratory // Havengul Mystery
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Nyx Lotus
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Renewed Solidarity
  • 1 Requiem Angel
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Segovian Angel
  • 1 Shattered Angel
  • 1 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Starfield Shepherd
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vanguard Seraph
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Vat of Rebirth
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Youthful Valkyrie