More Combos Than Dollars by Dantastik4

Format: Commander

Commander: Bartolomé del Presidio

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Aristocrats Reanimation strategy led by Bartolomé del Presidio, who functions as a dedicated zero-mana sacrifice outlet in the command zone. The deck's primary game plan revolves around aggressively filling the graveyard through low-cost self-mill creatures and draw spells like Stitcher's Supplier, Undead Butler, and Funeral Rites. Once the graveyard is stocked, the deck leverages potent reanimation spells such as Unburial Rites, Dread Return, and Sevinne's Reclamation to cheat high-impact permanents into play. The definitive win condition is a loop with Boonweaver Giant, which searches for death-trigger Auras like Kaya's Ghostform or Necrogen Communion to create an infinite sacrifice loop with Bartolomé, draining the table with blood-artist effects such as Marionette Apprentice, Bastion of Remembrance, or Zulaport Cutthroat. While the deck possesses explosive recursion and resilient backup lines, its reliance on the graveyard and sorcery-speed interaction leaves it vulnerable to targeted hate and fast combo strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Angelic Renewal
  • 1 Another Chance
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Body Snatcher
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boonweaver Giant
  • 1 Bound in Gold
  • 1 Brotherhood Outcast
  • 1 Changing Loyalty
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Corpse Augur
  • 1 Corpse Churn
  • 1 Crow of Dark Tidings
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope
  • 1 Demonic Bargain
  • 1 Dimir House Guard
  • 1 Diresight
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Funeral Rites
  • 1 Fungal Fortitude
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Gnawing Vermin
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Infernal Offering
  • 1 Intercessor's Arrest
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mariposa Military Base
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Minion's Return
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necrogen Communion
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Noble's Purse
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Paramecia Coloniex
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Redemption Choir
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Seal from Existence
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shepherd of the Cosmos
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Summon Undead
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 The Warring Triad
  • 1 Throne of the Grim Captain // The Grim Captain
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Undead Butler
  • 1 Unseal the Necropolis
  • 1 Valgavoth's Faithful
  • 1 Wake the Dead
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Werefox Bodyguard
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat