Bat out of Hell by Lostfrog66

Format: Commander

Commander: Zoraline, Cosmos Caller

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Bat typal midrange and lifegain-drain engine led by Zoraline, Cosmos Caller. The strategy deploys low-cost flying Bats to generate early combat evasion, trigger life gain on attack, and fuel graveyard recursion. Zoraline serves as both a lifegain engine and a repeatable recursion outlet, returning key nonland permanents with mana value 3 or less directly to play with finality counters. The deck scales its damage output using typal anthems such as Banner of Kinship, Valley Questcaller, and Patchwork Banner, while simultaneously applying table-wide pressure through drain triggers from Starscape Cleric, Valley Rotcaller, and Bastion of Remembrance. While the deck features strong resilience through commander recursion and flexible spot removal, its lack of dedicated countermagic or mass protection leaves its wide boards exposed to sweepers. It operates as a resilient synergy deck that closes games between Turns 6 and 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bandit's Talent
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Barrensteppe Siege
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bat Colony
  • 1 Bat Whisperer
  • 1 Blight Keeper
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Courier Bat
  • 1 Crumb and Get It
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 1 Desecrated Tomb
  • 1 Diresight
  • 1 Early Winter
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fell
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Glidedive Duo
  • 1 Grasping Shadows // Shadows' Lair
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hidden Courtyard
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Hidden Necropolis
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Ifnir Deadlands
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Lifecreed Duo
  • 1 Luminous Rebuke
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Lupinflower Village
  • 1 Malakir Familiar
  • 1 Malicious Eclipse
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mephitic Draught
  • 1 Moonrise Cleric
  • 1 Moonstone Eulogist
  • 1 Moonstone Harbinger
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Nocturnal Hunger
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Regal Bloodlord
  • 1 Ruin-Lurker Bat
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Screeching Bat // Stalking Vampire
  • 1 Season of Loss
  • 1 Silverquill Campus
  • 1 Sinister Monolith
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sonar Strike
  • 1 Star Charter
  • 1 Starlit Soothsayer
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Starseer Mentor
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
  • 1 Treacherous Greed
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Unknown Shores
  • 1 Valley Questcaller
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Wax-Wane Witness
  • 1 Zoraline, Cosmos Caller