Mono-Black Zenos Aggro by imafuckyouup

Format: Commander

Commander: Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Built around Zenos yae Galvus's one-sided -2/-2 sweep and its transformation into Shinryu, Transcendent Rival, the deck's primary plan is to name a vulnerable opposing creature, remove it in the same turn, then use Shinryu's 'chosen player loses' trigger to turn any single-player kill into an immediate win. The secondary plan is a mono-black drain package: Bloodletter of Aclazotz doubles life loss, Unstoppable Slasher halves life, and Exsanguinate/Torment of Hailfire close the game with Cabal Coffers mana. Summon: Primal Odin acts as a hidden commander with its own 'player loses' combat trigger. The deck is a tutor-heavy, draw-heavy, removal-heavy engine that races toward a two-card kill rather than a long grindy game.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ad Nauseam
• 1 Agate-Blade Assassin
• 1 Archfiend of the Dross
• 1 Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz
• 1 Ashnod's Altar
• 1 Bad Deal
• 1 Barad-dûr
• 1 Bitter Triumph
• 1 Bloodghast
• 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
• 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
• 1 Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1 Cabal Coffers
• 1 Conceited Witch // Price of Beauty
• 1 Crystal Vein
• 1 Cut Down
• 1 Dark Confidant
• 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1 Defile
• 1 Demonic Pact
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Doom Blade
• 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1 Duskwielder
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Fatal Push
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Forsaken Miner
• 1 Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
• 1 Gisa, the Hellraiser
• 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
• 1 Gnarled Scarhide
• 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Guul Draz Vampire
• 1 Henrika Domnathi // Henrika, Infernal Seer
• 1 High Market
• 1 Hooded Assassin
• 1 Ichorid
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 1 Infestation Sage
• 1 Insatiable Avarice
• 1 Leechridden Swamp
• 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
• 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
• 1 Necrodominance
• 1 Necropotence
• 1 Nether Traitor
• 1 Pawn of Ulamog
• 1 Phyrexian Altar
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 1 Priest of Gix
• 1 Qarsi Revenant
• 1 Read the Bones
• 1 Rot-Curse Rakshasa
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Sign in Blood
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Summon: Primal Odin
• 1 Sunset Saboteur
• 26 Swamp
• 1 Tetzimoc, Primal Death
• 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
• 1 Torment of Hailfire
• 1 Unstoppable Slasher
• 1 Vampire Lacerator
• 1 Vampiric Rites
• 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
• 1 Village Rites
• 1 Withering Torment
• 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival