Shilgengar, Sire of Famine | Choir of the Damned | Orzhov Angels Reanimator Tribal by Shilgengar

Format: Commander

Commander: Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov reanimator and aristocrats strategy led by Shilgengar, Sire of Famine. The primary game plan centers on filling the graveyard with high-toughness Angels and aristocrat payoffs using self-mill cards like Stinkweed Imp and targeted setup like Buried Alive. Once Shilgengar enters the battlefield, sacrificing a single Angel generates six or more Blood tokens at zero mana. Shilgengar then spends three mana and six Blood tokens to return every creature card from your graveyard to play. A critical interaction features Thief of Blood, which removes all finality counters from the reanimated creatures as they enter, allowing them to die and be sacrificed normally. Life-drain engines like Mirkwood Bats, Marionette Apprentice, and Marionette Master weaponize token creation and artifact sacrifices, burning opponents for lethal damage alongside massive flying Angels. Robust interaction, free protection spells, and asymmetric hate pieces ensure the deck smoothly transitions from graveyard setup to decisive table-wide finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angel of Despair
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Angel of Suffering
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Angelic Sell-Sword
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Disciple of the Vault
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Firja's Retribution
  • 1 Firja, Judge of Valor
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Golgari Thug
  • 1 Herald of the Host
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Incarnation Technique
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Merchant of Truth
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nuclear Fallout
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rampage of the Valkyries
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Renegade Reaper
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Sanctuary Warden
  • 1 Scholar of New Horizons
  • 1 Seraph Sanctuary
  • 1 Serra Paragon
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snowfield Sinkhole
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Stinkweed Imp
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thief of Blood
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Youthful Valkyrie