Du Opfer by TerrorBilly

Format: Commander

Commander: Malik, Grim Manipulator

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This Mardu control deck is built around Malik, Grim Manipulator, converting opponent creature sacrifices into Treasure tokens to ramp into game-ending threats. The early game focuses on deploying mana rocks and fixing colors across a high count of enters-tapped lands. Once Malik, Grim Manipulator enters the battlefield on Turn 4 or 5, the deck layers symmetrical and asymmetric edict effects to strip opponents of their creatures while banking artifact mana. In the mid-to-late game, oppressive control pieces like Braids, Cabal Minion, Tergrid, God of Fright, and Archfiend of Depravity restrict opponent development and steal resources. The deck secures victory by Turn 8, either through massive flying combat damage from Archon of Cruelty and Zodiark, Umbral God, copy effects like Blade of Selves, or an alternate win condition via Revel in Riches.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abraded Bluffs
• 1 Academy Manufactor
• 1 Acrobatic Maneuver
• 1 Akoum Refuge
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archfiend of Depravity
• 1 Archon of Cruelty
• 1 Blade of Selves
• 1 Blasphemous Edict
• 1 Bloodfell Caves
• 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
• 1 Burning Sands
• 1 Cinder Barrens
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Concealed Courtyard
• 1 Conjurer's Closet
• 1 Crackling Doom
• 1 Cursed Mirror
• 1 Deadpool, Trading Card
• 1 Diabolic Tutor
• 1 Doctor Doom
• 1 Fake Your Own Death
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Forsaken Sanctuary
• 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
• 1 Gisa's Favorite Shovel
• 1 Gravelighter
• 1 Harvester of Souls
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 It That Betrays
• 1 Jecht, Reluctant Guardian // Braska's Final Aeon
• 1 Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace
• 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1 Malik, Grim Manipulator
• 1 Mardu Siegebreaker
• 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Mythos of Snapdax
• 1 Night Market
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Photon, Lady of Light
• 1 Plaguecrafter
• 7 Plains
• 1 Rakdos Guildgate
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
• 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
• 1 Razortrap Gorge
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Revel in Riches
• 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1 Saw in Half
• 1 Scoured Barrens
• 1 Shard of the Void Dragon
• 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
• 1 Sheoldred's Edict
• 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1 Shineshadow Snarl
• 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
• 1 Single Combat
• 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Soul Shatter
• 1 Spiteful Banditry
• 1 Stone Quarry
• 1 Sulfurous Mire
• 1 Summon: Anima
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Temple of Malice
• 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
• 1 The Eternal Wanderer
• 1 The Jolly Balloon Man
• 1 The Mind Stone
• 1 The Sentry, Golden Guardian
• 1 Tibalt's Trickery
• 1 Twinflame
• 1 Urborg Volcano
• 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
• 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
• 1 Zodiark, Umbral God