tergtid 1 by macmilbj

Format: Commander

Commander: Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 78

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered competitive mono-black stax and combo build commanded by Tergrid, God of Fright. It leverages an explosive fast-mana suite featuring Dark Ritual, Chrome Mox, Mana Vault, and Ancient Tomb to accelerate powerful disruptive lock pieces and compact win conditions onto the battlefield well ahead of curve. The primary win condition executes a deterministic two-card combo with Professor Onyx and Chain of Smog, dealing infinite life drain across the table on Turn 3 through repeatable Magecraft triggers. When racing is contested, the deck shifts into an oppressive stax strategy, deploying Trinisphere, Contamination, Chains of Mephistopheles, and Nether Void to throttle opposing mana and card flow. Tergrid, God of Fright acts as a parity-breaking engine, stealing permanents whenever opponents sacrifice or discard resources to effects like Braids, Cabal Minion or Death Cloud. Unconditional tutors and massive card-draw engines like Ad Nauseam and Necropotence provide exceptional consistency and resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Therapy
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chains of Mephistopheles
  • 1 Chalice of the Void
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Contamination
  • 1 Corpse Dance
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Death Cloud
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Ensnaring Bridge
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Insidious Dreams
  • 1 Jecht, Reluctant Guardian // Braska's Final Aeon
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nether Void
  • 1 Null Rod
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plunge into Darkness
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shallow Grave
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Smokestack
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Resistance
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thorn of Amethyst
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trinisphere
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Winter Orb
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Words of Waste
  • 1 Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will