New Untitled Deck by willyamleitao

Format: Commander

Commander: Valgavoth, Terror Eater

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black big-mana control deck centered on ramping into Valgavoth, Terror Eater and devastating attrition bombs. The early game focuses on deploying efficient mana rocks and land ramp to reach explosive mana doublers like Crypt Ghast, Nirkana Revenant, and K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth. Once established on Turn 5 or 6, casting Valgavoth exerts immense pressure by exiling all opposing cards destined for graveyards and casting them using life instead of mana. Opponents face heavy taxes from cards like Painful Quandary and Meathook Massacre II while dealing with a 9/9 flying, lifelink commander protected by a steep Ward cost. If the commander is answered, the deck pivots cleanly into devastating black finishers including Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Massacre Wurm, Doomsday Excruciator, and a game-ending Exsanguinate.

Decklist (223 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Arbiter of Woe
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Arvinox, the Mind Flail
  • 1 Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
  • 1 Bandit's Talent
  • 1 Black Cat, Cunning Thief
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Bringer of the Last Gift
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caustic Bronco
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Come Back Wrong
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Commune with Evil
  • 1 Conspiracy
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Crabomination
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Defiler of Flesh
  • 1 Defiling Daemogoth
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demon of Dark Schemes
  • 1 Demon of Fate's Design
  • 1 Demon of Loathing
  • 1 Demon's Horn
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Covenant
  • 1 Demonlord Belzenlok
  • 1 Derelict Attic // Widow's Walk
  • 1 Desecration Demon
  • 1 Doomsday Excruciator
  • 1 Dread Presence
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dreadfeast Demon
  • 1 Dredge the Mire
  • 1 Dusk Mangler
  • 1 Elegy Acolyte
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fanatic of the Harrowing
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Geode Golem
  • 1 Geth, Lord of the Vault
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Goremand
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Grisly Spectacle
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Herald of Anguish
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Indulgent Tormentor
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Infernal Sovereign
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Koh, the Face Stealer
  • 1 Leaden Myr
  • 1 Let's Play a Game
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Live or Die
  • 1 Lorcan, Warlock Collector
  • 1 Marshland Bloodcaster
  • 1 Mask of Griselbrand
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Meathook Massacre II
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindwrack Harpy
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Morlun, Devourer of Spiders
  • 1 Multiply by Zero
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nightmare Shepherd
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
  • 1 Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 One Ring to Rule Them All
  • 1 Osseous Sticktwister
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Parker Luck
  • 1 Pestilence Demon
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Pontiff of Blight
  • 1 Popular Egotist
  • 1 Promise of Power
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Rakshasa Debaser
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reaper from the Abyss
  • 1 Risky Research
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rot-Curse Rakshasa
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Sanguine Syphoner
  • 1 Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Shard of the Nightbringer
  • 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sinister Monolith
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spawn of Mayhem
  • 1 Staff of the Death Magus
  • 1 Starving Revenant
  • 1 Summon: Anima
  • 33 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Taborax, Hope's Demise
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tendrils of Corruption
  • 1 The Eldest Reborn
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Speed Demon
  • 1 Thieving Amalgam
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
  • 1 Tombstone Stairwell
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Tymaret, Chosen from Death
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Unseal the Necropolis
  • 1 Valgavoth's Faithful
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Venomcrawler
  • 1 Vicious Rumors
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vile Mutilator
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warlock Class
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Worn Powerstone