Golbez by user5947356

Format: Commander

Creator: user5947356

Commander: Syr Konrad, the Grim

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This mono-black deck leverages Syr Konrad, the Grim to turn graveyard churn, creature deaths, and mutual mill into game-ending burn damage. By ramping during the opening turns with artifacts like Arcane Signet and Thought Vessel, the deck deploys its commander on Turn 5. Once Konrad is established, the deck pivots into mass-casualty events using board sweepers like Crux of Fate and The Rise of Sozin, which trigger Konrad for each creature destroyed. Unique synergies like The Master of Lake-town turn individual damage pings into cascading mill triggers across all opposing libraries. While the deck boasts heavy creature interaction and resilient graveyard recursion through cards like Fight On! and Rewrite Regrets, it lacks stack interaction and artifact removal. It relies on steady group slug pressure to eliminate all three opponents simultaneously around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent Venom
  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baron Helmut Zemo
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Baxter Building
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Black Widow, Daring Operative
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
  • 1 Eerie Gravestone
  • 1 Elixir
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fang, Fearless l'Cie
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fight On!
  • 1 Foggy Swamp Visions
  • 1 Gaius van Baelsar
  • 1 Gollum the Abandoned
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
  • 1 High-Society Hunter
  • 1 Joo Dee, One of Many
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana the Repentant
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mindwrack Harpy
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Project Deathlok Soldier
  • 1 Realm of Koh
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Resentful Revelation
  • 1 Rewrite Regrets
  • 1 Risky Research
  • 1 Robot Domination
  • 1 Ruinous Waterbending
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shambling Ghast
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 29 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 The Final Days
  • 1 The Fire Nation Drill
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin
  • 1 The Spot's Portal
  • 1 The Warring Triad
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
  • 1 Tomb Trawler
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Undead Hand Ninja
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Winter, Tormented Loner
  • 1 Zodiark, Umbral God
  • 1 Zuko's Conviction