Sephiroth IRA by peanutbh

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This mono-black deck leverages Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER at the helm of an aggressive aristocrats and creature-attrition engine. The strategy focuses on establishing cheap, self-recurring fodder like Gravecrawler, Forsaken Miner, and Bloodghast, which are fed into versatile sacrifice outlets to draw cards and drain opponents. On Turn 3, Sephiroth enters to convert sacrifices into immediate card advantage and life swings. Achieving four creature deaths in a single turn transforms Sephiroth into Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel, granting a permanent Super Nova emblem that persists through removal. Simultaneously, heavy edict effects from Grave Pact, Dictate of Erebos, and Tergrid, God of Fright strip opposing boards while generating overwhelming resource disparity. The game concludes on Turns 6 to 7 through explosive drain sequences powered by Warren Soultrader, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, and Gray Merchant of Asphodel.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Innocent Blood
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 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 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 27 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat