Assassin by Zwiegel7

Format: Commander

Commander: Ramses, Assassin Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Dimir tribal build centered on Ramses, Assassin Lord, turning combat against a single vulnerable player into a table-wide victory. Rather than needing to grind through 120 total life across three opponents, the deck deploys low-cost Assassins in the early turns, buffs them with lord effects, and equips evasion tools like Aqueous Form or The Black Gate. High-impact life-halving effects from Virtus the Veiled, Quietus Spike, and Unstoppable Slasher drastically reduce an opponent's life total in a single strike. Once Ramses enters the battlefield, any combat attack that finishes off that weakened opponent triggers Ramses's alternate win condition, immediately securing the game. Artifact tutors like Fabricate and Urza's Saga fetch key equipment, while a focused suite of cheap counterspells and hexproof equipment shields the commander. Although vulnerable to mass creature sweepers and lacking enchantment tutors, the deck exerts rapid, focused lethal pressure that forces the entire table to react.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Achilles Davenport
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artful Dodge
  • 1 Assassin Initiate
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
  • 1 Callidus Assassin
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Impostor
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Etrata, the Silencer
  • 1 Ezio, Blade of Vengeance
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Hidden Blade
  • 1 Hired Poisoner
  • 1 Hullcarver
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inquisitor's Flail
  • 1 Interceptor, Shadow's Hound
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Keep Safe
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Midnight Assassin
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Poison-Blade Mentor
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Ramses, Assassin Lord
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rooftop Bypass
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Scarblade Elite
  • 1 Scytheclaw
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Termination Facilitator
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Virtus the Veiled
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wound Reflection