Knighty Night by Corpo

Format: Commander

Creator: Corpo

Commander: Celes, Rune Knight

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a specialized Mardu Aristocrats combo list commander-helmed by Celes, Rune Knight. The central strategy revolves around an infinite sacrifice engine powered by the persist mechanic. When a persist creature such as Putrid Goblin, Lesser Masticore, or Murderous Redcap returns from the graveyard with a -1/-1 counter, Celes triggers to place a +1/+1 counter on every creature you control. These opposing counters annihilate each other via state-based actions, resetting the persist creature indefinitely. When paired with any free sacrifice outlet like Goblin Bombardment, Carrion Feeder, or Viscera Seer, the loop generates infinite enter-the-battlefield, death, and damage triggers to eliminate the table on Turn 5. A robust reanimation suite including Reanimate, Victimize, and Animate Dead ensures resilience against removal, while cards like Grand Abolisher and Silence shield the win window.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Celes, Rune Knight
  • 1 Chainer, Nightmare Adept
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Espers to Magicite
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Lesser Masticore
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Phoenix Down
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Puppeteer Clique
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Summon: Knights of Round
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Warring Triad
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat