New Untitled Deck by Posariah

Format: Commander

Commander: Bane, Lord of Darkness

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck executes a focused Esper Knights tribal strategy supported by Aristocrats card draw and graveyard reanimation. Led by Bane, Lord of Darkness, the deck curves out with low-cost Knights and efficient mana rocks, establishing a resilient board presence by Turn 4. Bane presents opponents with a difficult choice whenever a nontoken creature dies: either let you draw a card or allow you to cheat a creature into play from your hand. The midgame leverages powerful tribal multipliers like Kinsbaile Cavalier and Knight Exemplar alongside value engines like Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir and Elenda and Azor. Mass reanimation through Living Death and Sun Titan ensures persistent recovery from opposing board wipes. The deck closes games by delivering decisive combat damage across Turns 6 through 8, backed by flexible removal and burst protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acclaimed Contender
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Angel of Serenity
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
  • 1 Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
  • 1 Athreos, God of Passage
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bane's Contingency
  • 1 Bane, Lord of Darkness
  • 1 Blacklance Paragon
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
  • 1 Erebos, God of the Dead
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kinsbaile Cavalier
  • 1 Knight Exemplar
  • 1 Knight of Dusk's Shadow
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Knights of the Black Rose
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Order of Midnight // Alter Fate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valiant Knight
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wintermoor Commander
  • 1 Worthy Knight