sharkman by user5151196

Format: Commander

Commander: Tiger Shark, Abyssal Hunter

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This Dimir deck executes a dedicated reanimator strategy supported by a robust control package. Its primary game plan is to deposit massive, game-warping creatures into the graveyard early and cheat them onto the battlefield using efficient reanimation spells. The commander, Tiger Shark, Abyssal Hunter, provides a reliable discard and card-filtering outlet directly from the command zone whenever it enters or attacks. The deck features a lethal lineup of reanimation targets, including Archon of Cruelty, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, Void Winnower, and Toxrill, the Corrosive, which severely restrict opposing resources, wipe creature boards, and strip hands. Backed by free and low-cost countermagic like Fierce Guardianship and Swan Song, along with flexible removal, the deck protects its reanimated threats from interaction. Once a dominant creature is established on turn four, the deck compounds card advantage and closes the game across three combat cycles or mass reanimation with Living Death.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Angel of Suffering
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
  • 1 Behold the Sinister Six!
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Doctor Octopus, Master Planner
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exhume
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Koh, the Face Stealer
  • 1 Leader, Super-Genius
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 M.O.D.O.K.
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Theorix Charm
  • 1 Tiger Shark, Abyssal Hunter
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Withering Torment