Dark Brotherhood

Format: Commander

Commander: Ramses, Assassin Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Dimir Assassin tribal deck leverages the unique alternate win condition of Ramses, Assassin Lord, converting the elimination of a single opponent into an immediate whole-table victory. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost, evasive Assassins like Changeling Outcast and Basim Ibn Ishaq, backed by cost-reduction artifacts and reliable land fixing. Mid-game turns establish compounding card advantage through combat damage triggers (Ezio, Blade of Vengeance, Enduring Curiosity) while rapidly eroding an opponent's life total with severe halving effects like Virtus the Veiled and Unstoppable Slasher. Once an opponent is within lethal range, Ramses, Assassin Lord enters the battlefield under protective equipment and counterspell backup. Attacking and finishing off that weakened player in combat triggers Ramses's ability, circumventing the need to deal 120 total damage across all three opponents. The deck is resilient against single-target interaction through reanimation and ward equipment, providing an aggressive, tempo-positive clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Achilles Davenport
  • 1 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Black Widow, Deadly Hunter
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chain Assassination
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Desmond Miles
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
  • 1 Etrata, the Silencer
  • 1 Ezio, Blade of Vengeance
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Interceptor, Shadow's Hound
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jacob Frye
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Loyal Inventor
  • 1 Lydia Frye
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ramses, Assassin Lord
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rooftop Bypass
  • 1 Roshan, Hidden Magister
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Shoot the Sheriff
  • 1 Silumgar Assassin
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Revelations of Ezio
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Virtus the Veiled
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 White Widow, Yelena Belova
  • 1 Winged Boots