Ardyn ramp ramp ramp by Nexusintex

Format: Commander

Commander: Ardyn, the Usurper

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

A mono-black demon reanimation deck built around Ardyn, the Usurper. The plan is to ramp into Ardyn, fill the graveyard with Entomb and Stitcher's Supplier, then have Ardyn exile a powerful creature each combat and attack with a hasty 5/5 Demon copy. The key kill is Archfiend of Despair tokens plus Bloodletter of Aclazotz: combat damage on your turn is doubled, and multiple Archfiend end-step triggers amplify each opponent's own life loss until it is lethal. A secondary big-mana finish uses Cabal Coffers/Urborg/Crypt Ghast to fuel an Exsanguinate. Recovery spells like Reanimate and Animate Dead provide resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Covenant
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Dream Devourer
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rot-Curse Rakshasa
  • 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Simulacrum
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 32 Swamp
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites