Blech by Jobeast0313

Format: Commander

Commander: Blech, Loafing Pest

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Golgari midrange deck built around Blech, Loafing Pest that fuses a +1/+1 counter theme with a life-gain/drain core. The primary plan is to assemble a deterministic infinite-life-loss loop using Exquisite Blood alongside any "whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life" effect (Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, South Wind Avatar, or Bloodthirsty Conqueror). The commander acts as a tribal lord for Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders, turning every life-gain trigger into a board-wide buff; the deck's many token producers and counter doublers (Hardened Scales, Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11) can also win through overwhelming combat. Aetherflux Reservoir provides an alternative combo outlet once life totals are inflated. The shell is supported by efficient tutors (Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Intent) and heavy card-advantage engines (The Great Henge, The One Ring).

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blech, Loafing Pest
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bogwater Lumaret
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Garenbrig
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Feral Appetite
  • 1 Festering Thicket
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gift of the Viper
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Gorma, the Gullet
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Restorative Technique
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Subterranean Cavern
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teacher's Pest
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Serpent Society
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tower Winder
  • 1 Training Regimen
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Virulent Emissary
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Winding Constrictor
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zask, Skittering Swarmlord