Lothillo by alxTrickster

Format: Commander

Commander: Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a lean Orzhov control-combo deck built to weaponize the secondary effects of opponent's plays while rapidly assembling a compact reanimation line through Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff. The commander is a value engine, not a combo piece: every second spell an opponent casts generates a Treasure, letting you turn opposing games into your ramp. The deck's plan is to use the fast mana suite (Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, Culling the Weak, Sacrifice, Mox Diamond, Chrome Mox, Mox Opal, Mox Amber, Mana Vault, Lotus Petal) to jump ahead on turns 1-2, deploy a stax or draw piece to stabilize, then use Entomb/Buried Alive-style effects into Reanimate/Animate Dead/Necromancy/Dance of the Dead to reanimate the deck's combo centerpiece. The deck's primary win loop is built around Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward with a blink outlet - creating infinite tokens and mana - or through Saw in Half doubling a powerful creature. It is a highly consistent, fast, interaction-heavy deck that uses the commander's Treasures as a mana accelerant while drawing into its lines.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Animate Dead
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archivist of Oghma
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Aven Interrupter
• 1 Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
• 1 Beseech the Mirror
• 1 Bilbo's Gambit
• 1 Bleachbone Verge
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Buried Alive
• 1 Cabal Ritual
• 1 Cabal Therapy
• 1 Captain Mar-Vell, Space-Born
• 1 Caretaker's Talent
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chrome Mox
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Concealed Courtyard
• 1 Culling the Weak
• 1 Damping Sphere
• 1 Dance of the Dead
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Drannith Magistrate
• 1 Emergence Zone
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Entomb
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Final Parting
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Fomori Vault
• 1 Forbidden Orchard
• 1 Gemstone Caverns
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Hoarding Broodlord
• 1 Lively Dirge
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Mana Vault
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mox Amber
• 1 Mox Diamond
• 1 Mox Opal
• 1 Necromancy
• 1 Necropotence
• 1 Opposition Agent
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Orim's Chant
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
• 1 Plains
• 1 Priest of Fell Rites
• 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Ripples of Undeath
• 1 Sacrifice
• 1 Saw in Half
• 1 Serra Ascendant
• 1 Shadowy Backstreet
• 1 Silence
• 1 Silent Clearing
• 1 Slaughter Pact
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spire of Industry
• 1 Springleaf Drum
• 1 Starting Town
• 1 Static Prison
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talon Gates of Madara
• 1 Tataru Taru
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 The Queen of Dale
• 1 Tinybones Joins Up
• 1 Tormod's Crypt
• 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
• 1 Unmarked Grave
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Vexing Bauble
• 1 Voice of Victory
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman