Requiescat In Pace by Diorama

Format: Commander

Commander: Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a five-color Assassin tribal deck helmed by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, built around the commander's unique alt-win condition: dealing combat damage to a player at 10 or less life and paying {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} to make them lose the game. The deck leverages the freerunning mechanic to accelerate Assassin spells and extra-combat effects, creating explosive turns where multiple combats chain together. Support cards like Unstoppable Slasher and Virtus the Veiled halve opponents' life totals, setting up the Ezio kill, while Ramses, Assassin Lord provides a backdoor victory whenever any opponent loses to an Assassin's attack. The strategy relies on a dense swarm of legendary Assassins, equipment that grants evasion and protection, and a robust recursion engine to recover from disruption. Mana acceleration from Smothering Tithe, Sword of Feast and Famine, and The Reaver Cleaver fuels the expensive activation cost and keeps the pressure on. The deck wins primarily through combat damage, with no infinite combos; its inevitability comes from repeated life-reduction effects and protection pieces that safeguard the critical turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Achilles Davenport
  • 1 Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arno Dorian
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Aya of Alexandria
  • 1 Back in Town
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Bayek of Siwa
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Callidus Assassin
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desmond Miles
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Edward Kenway
  • 1 Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
  • 1 Etrata, the Silencer
  • 1 Evie Frye
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezio Auditore da Firenze
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hidden Blade
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jacob Frye
  • 1 Kassandra, Eagle Bearer
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Layla Hassan
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Mary Read and Anne Bonny
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ramses, Assassin Lord
  • 1 Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Roshan, Hidden Magister
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Thraximundar
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vein Ripper
  • 1 Viewpoint Synchronization
  • 1 Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Virtus the Veiled
  • 1 Vraska Joins Up
  • 1 Vraska, the Silencer
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Zagoth Triome