Skullbriar

Format: Commander

Commander: Skullbriar, the Walking Grave

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Golgari +1/+1 counter voltron deck built entirely around Skullbriar, the Walking Grave. The plan is simple and brutal: cast Skullbriar on turn two, let his haste put him in the red zone immediately, and stack +1/+1 counters on him that persist through death and exile. A dense package of counter multipliers - Corpsejack Menace, Hardened Scales, Winding Constrictor, Cursed Wombat, Ornery Tumblewagg, and Jenova, Ancient Calamity - makes his power explode exponentially, while evasion from Rogue's Passage, Whispersilk Cloak, and Psychic Paper ensures the 21 commander damage actually lands. Protection spells like Snakeskin Veil and Tyvar's Stand keep him alive through the counter-war. Backup beaters such as Necropolis Regent and Titanoth Rex provide a secondary trample plan, and a modest recursion suite (Eternal Witness, Call of the Death-Dweller, Unearth) recovers key pieces.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Armorcraft Judge
• 1 Bessie, the Doctor's Roadster
• 1 Blood Curdle
• 1 Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1 Corpsejack Menace
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Cursed Wombat
• 1 Daring Fiendbonder
• 1 Darkstar Augur
• 1 Dirge of Dread
• 1 Duskshell Crawler
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Family's Favor
• 1 Feast on the Fallen
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Feign Death
• 1 Find // Finality
• 16 Forest
• 1 Forgotten Ancient
• 1 Gift of the Viper
• 1 Hardened Scales
• 1 Hollowmurk Siege
• 1 Hornbash Mentor
• 1 Hunger of the Howlpack
• 1 Hunter's Insight
• 1 Hunter's Talent
• 1 Inspiring Call
• 1 Invigorate
• 1 Jenova, Ancient Calamity
• 1 Key to the City
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Languish
• 1 Lion Umbra
• 1 Maximum Overdrive
• 1 Nature's Claim
• 1 Necromantic Selection
• 1 Necropolis Regent
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Ordeal of Nylea
• 1 Ornery Tumblewagg
• 1 Phyrexian Scriptures
• 1 Pridemalkin
• 1 Profane Command
• 1 Psychic Paper
• 1 Qarsi Revenant
• 1 Rancor
• 1 Retreat to Kazandu
• 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Rubblebelt Maverick
• 1 Sage of the Fang
• 1 Sign in Blood
• 1 Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
• 1 Slitherhead
• 1 Snakeskin Veil
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stocking the Pantry
• 15 Swamp
• 1 Tear Asunder
• 1 The First Iroan Games
• 1 Titanoth Rex
• 1 Trash the Town
• 1 Tyvar's Stand
• 1 Unearth
• 1 Unexpected Fangs
• 1 Veil of Summer
• 1 Vraska Joins Up
• 1 Whispersilk Cloak
• 1 Winding Constrictor
• 1 Woodland Cemetery