Phyrexian tribal reanimator by slayhole

Format: Commander

Commander: Valko Indorian

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Valko Indorian is a construction facilitator: his Rulebreaker opens the deck to the full Phyrexian color pie and any basic lands. The deck uses that pool for three overlapping plans-early reanimation of huge Phyrexian/legendary threats, Phyrexian-value beatdown, and compact combo finishes. Valko himself is not the engine; in play he gives Phyrexian attackers menace and lifelink, which helps the beatdown routes. There is no hidden commander. Tutors and graveyard filling are the backbone. The deck is built to find one of several game-ending lines (Professor Onyx + Chain of Smog, Bolas's Citadel loops, or Exquisite Blood/Conqueror with an Aetherflux life engine) and execute it in the mid-game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
  • 1 Blinding Souleater
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkblast
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exhume
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Living Death
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of All
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Phyrexian Censor
  • 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Phyrexian Revoker
  • 1 Phyrexian Vindicator
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shallow Grave
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Valko Indorian
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus