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Format: Commander

Commander: Ghost Council of Orzhova

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck leverages Ghost Council of Orzhova alongside an efficient lifegain and aristocrats shell to assemble compact infinite combos. Its primary win condition pairs Heliod, Sun-Crowned with Walking Ballista to deal infinite damage to the entire table. Alternatively, the deck can trigger an endless life-drain loop by combining Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with lifegain punishers like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, or Sanguine Bond. Acceleration from mana rocks and black rituals such as Dark Ritual and Cabal Ritual enables consistent setup by Turn 4. A focused tutor suite featuring Enlightened Tutor, Diabolic Intent, and Recruiter of the Guard quickly finds missing combo pieces. Strong reanimation spells like Reanimate and Animate Dead provide rapid recovery against removal. While the list lacks countermagic to contest spells on the stack, efficient targeted removal and protection from Silence and Mother of Runes secure its decisive combo turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ghost Council of Orzhova
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat