death is not the end by hanzotaz

Format: Commander

Commander: Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Orzhov aristocrats deck is built entirely around utilizing the back face of its commander, Isilu, Carrier of Twilight, to grant all nontoken creatures persist. The primary game plan is to assemble infinite sacrifice loops using Isilu alongside counter-prevention or counter-placement pieces. Combining Vizier of Remedies with a free sacrifice outlet such as Viscera Seer or Bartolome del Presidio allows any nontoken creature to die and return endlessly. The deck converts these loops into deterministic wins using drain outlets like Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Vengeful Bloodwitch, or by cycling Triskelion for infinite direct damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acolyte of Aclazotz
  • 1 Adventurous Eater // Have a Bite
  • 1 Airbending Lesson
  • 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blacksnag Buzzard
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Canonized in Blood
  • 1 Celebrate the Mountain-king
  • 1 Coiling Rebirth
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Precision
  • 1 Dig Site Inventory
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Embalmed Ascendant
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Family Reunion
  • 1 Fanatical Offering
  • 1 Fungal Fortitude
  • 1 Glorifier of Suffering
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Greedy Freebooter
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Misty Palms Oasis
  • 1 Moment of Glory
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Return to Dust
  • 1 Rhovanion Rampager
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiral into Solitude
  • 19 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vizier of Remedies
  • 1 Zack Fair
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat