Shel3 by Zbebda

Format: Commander

Commander: Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine pilots an Orzhov aristocrat-reanimator deck that aims to convert creatures and Blood tokens into mass graveyard returns. The hidden combo commander is Abdel Adrian, whose loop with reanimation auras (Animate Dead/Necromancy) is the primary kill while a Blood Artist effect is on board, generating infinite Soldier tokens and drain triggers. A secondary plan uses Shilgengar's finality-counter reanimation to flood the battlefield with ETB payoffs like Gray Merchant, Abhorrent Overlord, and Karmic Guide. The deck also has a token/artifact sacrifice angle with Mirkwood Bats, Marionette effects, and Grave Pact. It is a midrange combo deck, not a turbo combo; it needs setup turns and is vulnerable to graveyard hate.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Abhorrent Overlord
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Evangel of Heliod
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Herald of the Host
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
  • 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Gix
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Requiem Angel
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Thief of Blood
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Underworld Hermit
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Weaponcraft Enthusiast
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat