Touched up Ardyn by OblivionArchive

Format: Commander

Commander: Ardyn, the Usurper

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

A mono-black Demon battlecruiser. The primary plan is to use Ardyn's Starscourge to turn graveyard creatures into 5/5 haste Demons each combat, while discard and sacrifice disruption clears blockers. The deck's most compact win is Archfiend of Despair plus Pox Plague: Pox halves every opponent's life, then Archfiend makes them lose that same amount again at end step. Secondary wins come from Liliana's Contract with four Demons, Bolas's Citadel attrition, and commander/equipment damage. Ardyn is the engine rather than a required combo piece, and there is no hidden commander; the deck functions as a fast midrange demon pile when unchecked.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demon of Wailing Agonies
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Fanatic of the Harrowing
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Infernal Sovereign
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Let's Play a Game
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nyx Lotus
  • 1 Oppression
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plague Drone
  • 1 Pox Plague
  • 1 Rakshasa Debaser
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
  • 1 Scytheclaw
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Storm Cauldron
  • 32 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Speed Demon
  • 1 Tragedy Feaster
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vile Mutilator
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Virus Beetle
  • 1 Worn Powerstone