Savra Golgari Aristocrats by evya

Format: Commander

Creator: evya

Commander: Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Golgari Aristocrats engine commanded by Savra, Queen of the Golgari. The core strategy revolves around creating disposable creature tokens and recurring creatures, then sacrificing them for continuous board control and incremental life drain. Early turns prioritize ramp and establishing resilient sacrifice fodder like Ophiomancer and Reassembling Skeleton. Once Savra and sacrifice outlets hit the board, every sacrificed black creature forces opponents to sacrifice their own threats, breaking parity while gaining life. Win conditions rely on cumulative drain from Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Syr Konrad, the Grim, or explosive token buffs from Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest. While the deck excels at grinding out creature-heavy tables and recovers smoothly through abundant reanimation, it relies on incremental damage and is vulnerable to targeted exile and spell-heavy combo strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compy Swarm
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Creakwood Liege
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deadly Brew
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Essenceknit Scholar
  • 1 Evolutionary Leap
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Germination
  • 1 Golgari Guildmage
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Rotwurm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Honest Rutstein
  • 1 Immoral Bargain
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 1 Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Nemata, Primeval Warden
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Ribtruss Roaster
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Teacher's Pest
  • 1 Tend the Pests
  • 1 The Hunger Tide Rises
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vat of Rebirth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Winter, Tormented Loner
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat