Avacyn, Angel of Horror by aggrobearsloth

Format: Commander

Commander: Avacyn, Angel of Horror

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black aristocrats and reanimator control deck commanded by Avacyn, Angel of Horror. The primary game plan focuses on controlling the early board through cheap discard and sacrifice creatures like Burglar Rat, Accursed Marauder, and Plaguecrafter. By utilizing mana ramp from cards like Soldevi Adnate, Blood Vassal, and Black Market Connections, the deck ramps into its 8-mana commander around Turn 6. Once Avacyn enters the battlefield, any nontoken creature that dies returns at the beginning of the next end step, turning single-use edict creatures into recurring board wipes across every player's turn. Hand disruption such as Mindslicer strips opposing resources while breaking parity through Avacyn's recursion. The game is closed through repeated combat damage from an 8/8 flying commander, massive life drain from Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Syr Konrad, the Grim, or game-ending spells like Rise of the Dark Realms.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Archpriest of Shadows
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Basal Thrull
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Vassal
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Costly Plunder
  • 1 Custodi Lich
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathgrip
  • 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Entropic Battlecruiser
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grief
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Meathook Massacre II
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Refurbished Familiar
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Ruthless Technomancer
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soldevi Adnate
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Stromgald Cabal
  • 27 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Sibsig Ceremony
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Undead Hand Ninja
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine