Orzhov Goad by Jcc989

Format: Commander

Commander: Killian, Decisive Mentor

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is an Orzhov Aura-voltron deck built around Killian, Decisive Mentor, who turns every enchantment entering the battlefield into a tap-and-goad effect and turns attacks by enchanted creatures into card draw. The game plan is tempo-control: neutralize the best blocker, force attacks away from you, then grow one enchanted threat past 21 commander damage. The primary win is commander damage on Killian or the hidden commander Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice, with Kor Spiritdancer and Herald of Amity as secondary beaters. Enchantress engines like Sram, Senior Edificer, Mesa Enchantress, and Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor keep Aura chains fueled, while All That Glitters and Ethereal Armor convert that enchantment density into lethal power. There are no infinite combos; the deck closes by making a single enchanted creature unblockable, protected, and big enough to attack each opponent down.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Angelic Gift
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chains of Custody
  • 1 Changing Loyalty
  • 1 Claim Jumper
  • 1 Coercive Impetus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feather of Flight
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flickering Ward
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Hateful Eidolon
  • 1 Heliod's Pilgrim
  • 1 Herald of Amity
  • 1 Hero of Iroas
  • 1 Hyena Umbra
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Killian, Decisive Mentor
  • 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Kor Spiritdancer
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Blessing
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Minion's Return
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Ossification
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Redemption Arc
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Screams from Within
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skybreaker, Sword of Bashenga
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Starfield Mystic
  • 1 Starnheim Courser
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Winds of Rath