Living Stones by bamsax

Format: Commander

Commander: Ekthi, Contaminator Priest

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

Ekthi, Contaminator Priest commands a mono-white Equipment aggressive deck that solves the classic Voltron dilemma: lacking creature bodies. By granting every Equipment living weapon and buffing Phyrexians by +1/+1, Ekthi turns every cheap weapon into an immediate, self-equipped threat. The deck features zero standalone creature cards in the 99, instead relying on its commander and native living weapon spells to flood the board with combat threats. Card advantage is driven by engines like Skullclamp, which automatically draws two cards when Germs die to its stat reduction, supported by Tocasia's Welcome and Idol of Oblivion. Low-cost tutors such as Steelshaper's Gift and Enlightened Tutor find key power pieces like Colossus Hammer and Shadowspear. A robust package of 1-mana protection spells shields Ekthi from targeted removal. While vulnerable to artifact sweepers and reliant on combat steps to eliminate three opponents over several turns, Ekthi delivers high mana efficiency and resilient board development.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Ancestral Blade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argentum Armor
  • 1 Argivian Find
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Batterbone
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Bonesplitter
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Citizen's Crowbar
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Ekthi, Contaminator Priest
  • 1 Endless Atlas
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Flayer Husk
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glimmer Lens
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Goldwarden's Helm
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Infiltration Lens
  • 1 Inquisitorial Rosette
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Long-Lost Lances
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lost Jitte
  • 1 Mace of the Valiant
  • 1 Mandibular Kite
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moonsilver Spear
  • 1 Mortarpod
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 31 Plains
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sickleslicer
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 The Irencrag
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wrecking Ball Arm
  • 1 Zephyr Boots