Bat colony by XavierSt33l

Format: Commander

Commander: Zoraline, Cosmos Caller

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck leverages Zoraline, Cosmos Caller at the helm of a fast, evasive Bat-tribal and lifegain-drain strategy. The primary game plan curves out early with low-cost flying Bats and mana ramp on Turns 1 through 3, establishing commander deployment and attack-driven reanimation by Turn 4. From there, the deck compounds board presence and life totals through tribal synergy pieces like Lifecreed Duo and Essence Channeler. It achieves critical onset on Turn 6 by stacking anthem effects such as Banner of Kinship with potent group-drain engines like Starscape Cleric, Valley Rotcaller, and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. The deck protects its board through efficient defensive instants like Dawn's Truce and And They Shall Know No Fear while using premium removal such as Deadly Rollick and Anguished Unmaking to clear opposing obstacles. Without relying on infinite combos, it steadily depletes opposing life totals to close the game on Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Basilica Screecher
  • 1 Bat Colony
  • 1 Batwing Brume
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Courier Bat
  • 1 Crumb and Get It
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desecrated Tomb
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dreaded Bat-Cloud
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Folk Hero
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gurmag Swiftwing
  • 1 Hazel's Nocturne
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Lifecreed Duo
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Lupinflower Village
  • 1 Malakir Familiar
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Momo, Friendly Flier
  • 1 Moonrise Cleric
  • 1 Moonstone Harbinger
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Power Conduit
  • 1 Regal Bloodlord
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruin-Lurker Bat
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starlit Soothsayer
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Starseer Mentor
  • 1 Sunken Citadel
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Valley Questcaller
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Zoraline, Cosmos Caller