Back in Black by livmarie1023

Format: Commander

Commander: Ayara, First of Locthwain

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black aristocrats list commanded by Ayara, First of Locthwain. It focuses on assembling recursive creature engines to drain opponents incrementally while drawing through the library. In the mid-game, the deck pivots into game-ending infinite loops using Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with lifegain drainers like Marauding Blight-Priest, or Gravecrawler alongside Pitiless Plunderer and a sacrifice outlet. The deck features strong card flow and graveyard resilience, though it remains vulnerable to targeted creature interaction and graveyard hate due to limited stack protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Blot Out
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kaervek, the Punisher
  • 1 Karumonix, the Rat King
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Maximum Overdrive
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Nezumi Linkbreaker
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Resentful Revelation
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Scion of Halaster
  • 1 Sidisi, Regent of the Mire
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Supper for Spiders
  • 32 Swamp
  • 1 The Dross Pits
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat