Ketramose by Dusky90

Format: Commander

Commander: Ketramose, the New Dawn

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

Ketramose, the New Dawn commands an Orzhov midrange strategy centered on exile synergies, enter-the-battlefield triggers, and gradual life drain. The deck accelerates through early mana artifacts and catch-up ramp before deploying Ketramose on Turn 3. It establishes its core engine on Turn 4 by pairing the commander with repeatable blink effects like Teleportation Circle or graveyard exilers like Lion Sash, turning exile events into steady card advantage. In the midgame, the deck leverages high-impact ETB creatures—including Skyclave Apparition, Solitude, and Ravenous Chupacabra—to control opposing boards while maintaining card flow. The primary win condition materializes around Turn 6 by repeatedly flickering potent drain creatures like Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Obzedat, Ghost Council, or by casting a massive Exsanguinate powered by Cabal Coffers and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth. With robust graveyard interaction and resilient mass-protection spells, the deck grinds down all three opponents by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Emperor of Bones
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Flickerwisp
  • 1 Ghost Vacuum
  • 1 Ghostway
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Guardian of Ghirapur
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Ketramose, the New Dawn
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lion Sash
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Obzedat, Ghost Council
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Withered Wretch