Knives! Knives! Knives! by user5309432

Format: Commander

Commander: Locke Cole

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Equipment Voltron strategy centered on Locke Cole, utilizing his innate deathtouch, lifelink, and combat-damage looting trigger to sculpt a winning hand while applying steady combat pressure. The game plan focuses on deploying Locke on Turn 3, securing him with protective equipment such as Commander's Plate, Swiftfoot Boots, and My Precious, and then scaling his damage output using heavy hitters like Excalibur, Sword of Eden, Hand of Vecna, and Genji Glove. Locke's looting filters through the library to consistently hit land drops and assemble key equipment synergies. Evasion enablers and double strike allow the deck to threaten lethal commander damage starting around Turn 6, eliminating opponents sequentially over subsequent combats. While the deck boasts high redundancy in equipment and solid targeted protection, it has a sparse reactive interaction suite and remains susceptible to artifact sweepers and fast combo decks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Artificer Class
  • 1 Assassin Gauntlet
  • 1 Astarion's Thirst
  • 1 Astrologian's Planisphere
  • 1 Bag of Holding
  • 1 Barrow-Blade
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Chariot of Victory
  • 1 Collector's Vault
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Crabomination
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound
  • 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Eye of Vecna
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Hand of Vecna
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Iron Man, Bleeding Edge
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Locke Cole
  • 1 Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
  • 1 Mask of the Schemer
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Octopus Form
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Phantom Blade
  • 1 Reverse the Polarity
  • 1 Robe of the Archmagi
  • 1 Rogue's Gloves
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ronin, Shadow Stalker
  • 1 Sanctuary Blade
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sonic Screwdriver
  • 1 Spare Dagger
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 1 Sting, Bilbo's Sword
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Stolen Identity
  • 1 Stolen Uniform
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Hours
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Sword of War and Peace
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Book of Vile Darkness
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Water Whip
  • 1 Waterbender Ascension
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Wizard's Staff