Sephiroth by WesthoffSF

Format: Commander

Commander: Sephiroth, Planet's Heir

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This Dimir deck combines traditional aristocrat drain mechanics with board-clearing control. The early game focuses on developing mana rocks, recursive sacrifice fodder such as Bloodsoaked Champion, and draw engines like Morbid Opportunist. Once the mana base reaches 5 to 6 mana, the deck casts high-impact threats like Sephiroth, Planet's Heir or Massacre Wurm. These creatures shrink opposing boards with -2/-2 effects, grow larger from opposing creature deaths, and trigger aristocrat drain pieces including Blood Artist and Marionette Apprentice. While the deck possesses a resilient reanimation package and reliable card flow, its win condition depends on sustained combat and incremental life drain across multiple turn cycles rather than an instant combo finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ayara's Oathsworn
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Champion
  • 1 Carrier Thrall
  • 1 Case of the Stashed Skeleton
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Eviscerator's Insight
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Final Vengeance
  • 1 Greedy Freebooter
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isareth the Awakener
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malcator's Watcher
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Most Wanted
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Meneldor, Swift Savior
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Necrosynthesis
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reckoner's Bargain
  • 1 Rise of the Deathbringer
  • 1 Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
  • 1 Shambling Ghast
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Skullport Merchant
  • 1 Slaughter Specialist
  • 1 Slice from the Shadows
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Theorix Charm
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Voracious Fell Beast
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Witness Protection
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul
  • 1 Zombify