Sephiroth by LegalEagle245

Format: Commander

Commander: Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This mono-black Aristocrats deck is commanded by Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER, utilizing sacrifice synergies, graveyard recursion, and life-drain engines to grind down opponents before ending the game with compact infinite loops. The primary strategy focuses on deploying recurring creatures such as Forsaken Miner, Gravecrawler, and Bloodghast, which fuel sacrifice outlets like Phyrexian Altar, Ashnod's Altar, and Warren Soultrader. Sephiroth provides built-in card draw and an incremental drain engine that transforms into Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel to lock in a permanent drain emblem. The deck can pivot seamlessly between high-attrition control using Grave Pact and The Darkness Crystal and explosive Turn 4 combo kills via Forsaken Miner loops. Fast mana rituals and efficient tutors ensure high consistency, while redundant blood-artist effects guarantee lethality even if the commander is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Crowded Crypt
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat