Is it Mill? Is it Burn? Its Blue Black and it does things. by SlurpsMTG

Format: Commander

Commander: Zellix, Sanity Flayer and Agent of the Iron Throne

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Dimir deck pairs Zellix, Sanity Flayer with the Agent of the Iron Throne Background to establish an incidental mill and token-draining shell, while primarily steering toward compact, game-ending two-card combos. The central win line leverages Duskmantle Guildmage alongside Mindcrank to trigger an infinite mill and life-loss chain that eliminates all three opponents in a single turn. Backup win conditions include the Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Starscape Cleric infinite life-drain loop, as well as Bruvac the Grandiloquent paired with a kicked Maddening Cacophony to instantly empty opposing libraries. Defensively, the list is fortified by an elite suite of countermagic, including Force of Will, Force of Negation, Mana Drain, and Flusterstorm, alongside board reset capabilities from Cyclonic Rift. The deck's primary operational bottleneck stems from an exceptionally low land base (29 total lands including modal duals) and sparse proactive draw engines, making disciplined mulligans essential for consistent mana development.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archive Trap
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Captain N'ghathrod
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Counterpoint
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Creeping Tar Pit
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deceiver Exarch
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dreadship Reef
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Fraying Sanity
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Grell Philosopher
  • 1 Grindstone
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Hell's Caretaker
  • 1 Increasing Confusion
  • 1 Insidious Will
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Learn from the Past
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mind Funeral
  • 1 Mind Grind
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psionic Ritual
  • 1 Ravenous Trap
  • 1 Relic Vial
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Reef
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sadistic Sacrament
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scribe of the Mindful
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Sphinx's Tutelage
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Sunken Palace
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Uchuulon
  • 1 Umbris, Fear Manifest
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Withered Wretch
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul
  • 1 Zellix, Sanity Flayer