K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth control/combo by DragonKkingJ

Format: Commander

Commander: K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black combo and aristocrats strategy commanded by K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth. The game plan revolves around accelerating K'rrik into play on Turn 3 or 4 to turn black mana requirements into life payments, generating explosive tempo. With K'rrik active, the deck rapidly digs through its library using life-fueled card draw and tutors to assemble game-winning combinations. The primary win condition is the infinite drain loop between Exquisite Blood and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, or Enduring Tenacity. Secondary paths to victory include Gravecrawler sacrifice loops with Warren Soultrader and Blood Artist, Aetherflux Reservoir storm bursts, and recurring Gray Merchant of Asphodel with Chainer, Dementia Master. The deck runs a dense removal suite to keep opponent boards clear of threats while aggressively managing its own life total as an expendable resource.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Celebrant
  • 1 Blood Pet
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bone Shards
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cast Down
  • 1 Chainer, Dementia Master
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Demon's Horn
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Diregraf Colossus
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Extraplanar Lens
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Fumulus, the Infestation
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gonti's Machinations
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gravelighter
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Malicious Affliction
  • 1 Mastermind's Acquisition
  • 1 Merciless Executioner
  • 1 Morbid Curiosity
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Power Word Kill
  • 1 Price of Fame
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 24 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Harvest
  • 1 Staff of the Death Magus
  • 1 Succumb to Temptation
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Urza's Workshop
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Victim of Night
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat