GUILD OF GRIXIS by user1412917

Format: Commander

Commander: Vial Smasher the Fierce and Kraum, Ludevic's Opus

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Grixis deck operates as a high-velocity group slug and attrition engine led by Vial Smasher the Fierce and Kraum, Ludevic's Opus. The primary strategy accelerates into an early Vial Smasher to convert every spell into random direct damage, while Kraum punishes opponents for multi-spelling by refilling the hand. In the mid-game, the deck establishes damage amplifiers like Archfiend of Despair, Wound Reflection, and The Lord of Pain to rapidly drain life totals across the table. High mana value spells such as Shadow of Mortality and Curtains' Call trigger massive bursts of damage for low real mana costs. Disruptive combat pieces like Kardur, Doomscourge and Disrupt Decorum force opposing boards into mutual destruction, leaving players low on life and defenseless against explosive finishers like Insurrection or direct burn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor // Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Curtains' Call
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kaervek the Merciless
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Kederekt Parasite
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Nulldrifter
  • 1 Obosh, the Preypiercer
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Powerbalance
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Shadow of Mortality
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin's Vengeance
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spectacular Showdown
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Lord of Pain
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Vial Smasher the Fierce
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Wound Reflection