Avacyn by WasianOne

Format: Commander

Commander: Avacyn, Angel of Horror

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This Mono-Black deck blends aristocrats sacrifice strategies, reanimator engines, and heavy stax denial under Avacyn, Angel of Horror. Because Avacyn costs eight mana, the deck does not rush out its commander. Instead, it relies on standalone resource denial and attrition engines to control the game. Early turns establish mana rocks and key sacrifice outlets like Braids, Arisen Nightmare or Woe Strider. In the mid-game, the deck deploys suffocating stax pieces such as Contamination, Torpor Orb, and Leyline of the Void to disrupt opposing game plans. It suppresses creature-heavy boards with Maha, Its Feathers Night paired with -1/-1 effects. The deck closes games by reanimating massive boards with Living Death or Rise of the Dark Realms, burning opponents down through Syr Konrad, the Grim and Bastion of Remembrance, or doubling life loss with Archfiend of Despair. Resilient graveyard recursion ensures the deck quickly rebuilds after opposing sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Contamination
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Emperor of Bones
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
  • 1 Hostile Hostel // Creeping Inn
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Kaervek, the Spiteful
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Leaden Myr
  • 1 Leyline of the Void
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Forsaken
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necrologia
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rise of the Deathbringer
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 33 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 The Cruelty of Gix
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vampire Hexmage
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat