The widow’s tithe by Soletraxis

Format: Commander

Commander: Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

Savra, Queen of the Golgari turns creature sacrifice into opposing creature removal while the deck builds an aristocrats engine. Cheap outlets such as Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder, and Yahenni, Undying Partisan work with token makers including Ophiomancer, Pest Rescuer, and Creakwood Liege. The strongest ordinary setup is Grave Pact, a repeatable token source, and an outlet. Death triggers from Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Poison-Tip Archer, and Bastion of Remembrance convert the attrition into life loss. The deck has solid creature and permanent removal, but limited stack interaction and no deterministic two-card combo. Its commander, tutors, and sacrifice redundancy make the deck functional, although finding enchantment payoffs remains a major bottleneck. It usually establishes a controlling board around turn 7, but it does not reliably convert that state into a fast table kill.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creakwood Liege
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Brew
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fiend Artisan
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mycoloth
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nemata, Primeval Warden
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Teacher's Pest
  • 1 Tend the Pests
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 Trudge Garden
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vicious Rivalry
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Witch of the Moors
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat