Celes, Knight of Ruin by Mooral

Format: Commander

Commander: Celes, Rune Knight

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This Mardu combo deck utilizes Celes, Rune Knight as a repeatable counter-negation engine in the command zone. When a creature enters from the graveyard with a -1/-1 counter via persist (such as Putrid Goblin or Murderous Redcap), Celes's triggered ability places a +1/+1 counter on it. State-based actions cancel both counters, enabling an infinite sacrifice loop with any free outlet. Goblin Bombardment, Blood Artist, Impact Tremors, and Mayhem Devil convert these infinite loops into immediate table-wide lethal damage on Turn 5. The deck is supported by efficient 2-CMC mana ramp, dense looting spells to cycle through cards, and targeted tutors like Recruiter of the Guard and Shred Memory. Non-commander redundancy from Vizier of Remedies and Thran Vigil ensures the combo functions even without Celes, while cheap protection and versatile removal safeguard the execution against disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Boggart Harbinger
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celes, Rune Knight
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Collector's Vault
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dross Hopper
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 First Day of Class
  • 1 Flicker of Fate
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Geothermal Bog
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lesser Masticore
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Mandate of Peace
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Pursue the Past
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reckless Handling
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snort
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vizier of Remedies
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Werefox Bodyguard
  • 1 Wingrattle Scarecrow