Kuroki by user7236833

Format: Commander

Commander: Kuroki, Thief of Talents

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This mono-black deck helmed by Kuroki, Thief of Talents is a midrange control/punisher strategy that forces opponents into a lose-lose choice: let Kuroki grow fat with +1/+1 counters or let you cast their own spells for free. The deck layers forced draw (Seizan, Perverter of Truth, Scrawling Crawler) with punishing payoffs (Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Orcish Bowmasters, Underworld Dreams) and a discard subtheme (Waste Not, Liliana's Caress, Megrim). The primary win condition is a massive Torment of Hailfire or Exsanguinate after ramping with Cabal Coffers and Crypt Ghast. A secondary voltron plan exists with Blackblade Reforged and Helm of the Host, but the deck's real power lies in generating huge mana and draining the table. The commander is a value engine, not a necessity-the punisher suite can function without it.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Nocturnus
  • 1 Astarion's Thirst
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bottomless Pit
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Elder Brain
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Geth's Grimoire
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Head Games
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Killing Wave
  • 1 Kuroki, Thief of Talents
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Liliana's Caress
  • 1 Liliana, Waker of the Dead
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Master of the Feast
  • 1 Masterful Flourish
  • 1 Megrim
  • 1 Misinformation
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Oblivion's Hunger
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sadistic Shell Game
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seizan, Perverter of Truth
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 32 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Haunt of Hightower
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zenith Chronicler