Captain K'rrik by Tanouye

Format: Commander

Commander: K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth is both the mana engine and the payoff of this mono-black drain deck. His life-for-B ability lets overcosted black spells come down early, while every black spell cast grows him. The primary plan is to dump life into K'rrik, use The Master of Lake-town to turn that life loss into self-mill, and then deploy Gray Merchant of Asphodel as the main finisher. Peer into the Abyss halves an opponent's life and fuels the graveyard. Secondary paths use The Darkness Crystal, Cabal Ritual, and a full reanimation suite to loop Gray Merchant or steal opposing creatures. There is no infinite combo; the deck wins through repeated life-drain and lifelink combat, with The Master acting as the hidden commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Blood Celebrant
• 1 Bone Splinters
• 1 Cabal Ritual
• 1 Cabal Stronghold
• 1 Cemetery Recruitment
• 1 Commune with Evil
• 1 Cost of Brilliance
• 1 Diabolic Tutor
• 1 Drown in Ichor
• 1 Duress
• 1 Elder Brain
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Foolish Fate
• 1 Gollum, Riddle Master
• 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1 Liliana's Spoils
• 1 Macabre Reconstruction
• 1 Peer into the Abyss
• 1 Pull from the Grave
• 1 Revenge of Ravens
• 1 Shadow Prophecy
• 1 Sheoldred's Edict
• 1 Supper for Spiders
• 69 Swamp
• 1 The Darkness Crystal
• 1 The Master of Lake-town
• 1 Whisper of the Dross
• 1 Withering Torment
• 1 Zombify