Controlled Exile by FrostBytes

Format: Commander

Commander: Ketramose, the New Dawn

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov exile-focused control and engine deck commanded by Ketramose, the New Dawn. The strategy revolves around weaponizing exile mechanics: every piece of exile removal or graveyard hate triggers Ketramose to draw cards and steadily unlock its 4/4 indestructible body. The deck controls the board with premier spot removal like Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, and Anguished Unmaking, alongside asymmetric lock pieces such as Rest in Peace, Leyline of the Void, and Dauthi Voidwalker. Once board supremacy and resource advantage are established, the deck transitions into compact win conditions, including the Rest in Peace plus Helm of Obedience mill combo or the Opalescence plus Parallax Wave permanent exile loop. Supported by blink effects like Teleportation Circle and Ephemerate, the deck maintains resilience against opposing interaction while grinding out the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang, Airbending Master
  • 1 Abstruse Appropriation
  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Aerial Extortionist
  • 1 Angel of Condemnation
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Appa, Steadfast Guardian
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Auron, Venerated Guardian
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cast Out
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cling to Dust
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Consulate Crackdown
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emperor of Bones
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faceless Butcher
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 1 Ghost Vacuum
  • 1 Glorious Protector
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Helm of Obedience
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Journey to Nowhere
  • 1 Ketramose, the New Dawn
  • 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
  • 1 Leyline of the Void
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lion Sash
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Oblivion Ring
  • 1 Opalescence
  • 1 Parallax Wave
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Relic of Progenitus
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 The Spot, Living Portal
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Unlicensed Hearse
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Withered Wretch