Rogue One by wescocinco

Format: Commander

Commander: Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Rogue tribal and mill-tempo strategy commanded by Anowon, the Ruin Thief. The game plan deploys cheap, evasive Rogues like Changeling Outcast and Slither Blade during the first two turns. Once Anowon hits the battlefield on turn 4, combat damage mills opposing libraries and converts milled creature cards into steady card advantage. The deck scales its threats through graveyard-dependent powerhouses such as Consuming Aberration, Nighthawk Scavenger, and Bonehoard, while weaponizing opposing graveyards with Zareth San, the Trickster and Extract from Darkness. In the mid-to-late game, explosive finishers like prowled Notorious Throng, Stinkdrinker Bandit buffs, or Syr Konrad, the Grim triggers close out the table. The interaction suite leverages efficient spot removal and graveyard-scaled counterspells like Drown in the Loch to disrupt opponents while keeping mana open for flash threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Thief
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
  • 1 Balustrade Spy
  • 1 Beetle, Legacy Criminal
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Cat, Cunning Thief
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Impostor Syndrome
  • 1 Invisible Stalker
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Larceny
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marang River Prowler
  • 1 Marauding Sphinx
  • 1 Master Thief
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Open into Wonder
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Price of Fame
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Rogue's Gloves
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scytheclaw
  • 1 Sequestered Stash
  • 1 Shoot the Sheriff
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Sinister Hideout
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Sneaky Snacker
  • 1 Soaring Thought-Thief
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Manipulation
  • 1 Stinkdrinker Bandit
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Sure-Footed Infiltrator
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Teferi's Tutelage
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Blue Spirit
  • 1 Thieves' Guild Enforcer
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Twisted Reflection
  • 1 Unwelcome Sprite
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Voracious Tome-Skimmer
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Whispersteel Dagger
  • 1 Zareth San, the Trickster
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat