Manbat by user3413319

Format: Commander

Commander: Zoraline, Cosmos Caller

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck is built around Zoraline, Cosmos Caller, utilizing a tribal Bat and lifegain synergy strategy. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost flying Bats that trigger life gain on attack, while Zoraline provides steady recursion for nonland permanents with mana value 3 or less. As the flying board expands, life-drain triggers from creatures like Starscape Cleric, Marauding Blight-Priest, and Valley Rotcaller turn incremental lifegain into direct damage against all opponents. Mid-to-late game threats such as Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal and Rottenmouth Viper introduce hand disruption and forced sacrifices to deplete opposing resources. While the deck includes the game-ending infinite combo of Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond, it primarily wins through wide aerial combat and repeated drain triggers. High land density ensures steady curve progression, though the absence of fast mana and tutors creates a fair, board-reliant game plan that requires careful protection against sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Bandit's Talent
  • 1 Basilica Screecher
  • 1 Campaign of Vengeance
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chalice of Life // Chalice of Death
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coiling Rebirth
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Consumed by Greed
  • 1 Courier Bat
  • 1 Crumb and Get It
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 1 Desecrated Tomb
  • 1 Diresight
  • 1 Dreaded Bat-Cloud
  • 1 Early Winter
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Excalibur II
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Folk Hero
  • 1 Glidedive Duo
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gurmag Swiftwing
  • 1 Hazel's Nocturne
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jackdaw Savior
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lifecreed Duo
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Lupinflower Village
  • 1 Malakir Familiar
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marrow Bats
  • 1 Momo, Friendly Flier
  • 1 Momo, Playful Pet
  • 1 Momo, Rambunctious Rascal
  • 1 Moonrise Cleric
  • 1 Moonstone Eulogist
  • 1 Moonstone Harbinger
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Nocturnal Hunger
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Repel Calamity
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Ruin-Lurker Bat
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Season of Loss
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sinister Monolith
  • 1 Sonar Strike
  • 1 Sorin Markov
  • 1 Star Charter
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Starlit Soothsayer
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Starseer Mentor
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Valley Questcaller
  • 1 Valley Rotcaller
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Wax-Wane Witness
  • 1 Zoraline, Cosmos Caller