B4 WIP by user9444419

Format: Commander

Commander: Judith, the Scourge Diva

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Rakdos Aristocrats build helmed by Judith, the Scourge Diva. The strategy focuses on establishing cheap, self-recurring creatures such as Gravecrawler and Forsaken Miner, then sacrificing them to generate value, draw cards, and drain opponents. Judith provides an offensive anthem and turns every nontoken creature death into targeted damage, allowing the deck to control opposing creatures while burning down life totals. Supported by redundant drain pieces like Mayhem Devil and Bastion of Remembrance, the deck applies relentless table-wide pressure starting around Turn 5. An infinite damage loop using Judith, Phyrexian Altar, and Forsaken Miner offers a fast finish when drawn, while heavy graveyard recursion ensures that board wipes only temporarily slow down the deck's engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Journey
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Another Chance
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Claim the Firstborn
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dead Revels
  • 1 Desperate Measures
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Feral Ghoul
  • 1 Festering Goblin
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Gate to the Afterlife
  • 1 Geothermal Bog
  • 1 Gev, Scaled Scorch
  • 1 Glimpse the Impossible
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Haunt of the Dead Marshes
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Judith, the Scourge Diva
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Power Word Kill
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Raphael, Tough Turtle
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Retrofitted Transmogrant
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shambling Ghast
  • 1 Skycrash
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Songs of the Damned
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Suplex
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terror
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Totentanz, Swarm Piper
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Worthy Cost
  • 1 Zuko's Conviction