Sheoldred by Lord-of-pig

Format: Commander

Commander: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy mono-black control and combo engine commanded by Sheoldred, the Apocalypse. The primary strategy converts symmetrical draw effects into asymmetric life loss for opponents and substantial life gain for the pilot. By deploying artifacts such as Teferi's Puzzle Box, Howling Mine, and Font of Mythos, the deck rapidly erodes opposing life totals whenever players draw cards. High-efficiency black tutors like Demonic Tutor and Beseech the Mirror provide reliable access to game-closing finishers, including Peer into the Abyss, Bloodletter of Aclazotz, and the infinite life-drain combination of Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond. The deck defends its board with efficient 1-mana protection spells and controls the battlefield through low-cost removal like Deadly Rollick and Toxic Deluge. While vulnerable to mass exile and noncreature stack interaction, its robust mana base, big-mana engines like Cabal Coffers, and redundant combo pieces give it resilient, inevitable closing power.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dread Presence
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Erebos, God of the Dead
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Font of Mythos
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Master of the Feast
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seizan, Perverter of Truth
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 24 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment