etrata by user4323569

Format: Commander

Commander: Etrata, the Silencer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a specialized Dimir Assassin strategy built around Etrata, the Silencer and alternate-win synergies. Etrata presents an unblockable combat threat that exiles opposing creatures with hit counters, eliminating players who own three such cards. To circumvent Etrata's self-shuffling drawback, the deck runs a dense package of ninjutsu creatures (such as Ninja of the Deep Hours and Mistblade Shinobi), low-cost blink instants, and phasing enchantments like Teferi's Veil and Vanishing. By bouncing or phasing Etrata with her combat trigger on the stack, Etrata remains accessible without paying escalating commander tax. The primary win line accelerates eliminations using trigger copiers like Strionic Resonator, double strike via Fireshrieker, and Ramses, Assassin Lord, who transforms a single player's elimination into an instant table victory. Supported by efficient Dimir countermagic and robust protection equipment, the deck methodically picks off opposing threats while clocking the table toward an unavoidable loss condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Bilious Skulldweller
  • 1 Candlekeep Sage
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Chariot of Victory
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Curator's Ward
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Echo, Perceptive Prodigy
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
  • 1 Etrata, the Silencer
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Fleetfeather Sandals
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Geistwave
  • 1 Glasses of Urza
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Hooded Blightfang
  • 1 Identity Thief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 20 Island
  • 1 Kaito, Dancing Shadow
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Mana Vapors
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Nanogene Conversion
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Pilfered Plans
  • 1 Planar Incision
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Ramses, Assassin Lord
  • 1 Ravenloft Adventurer
  • 1 Reality Ripple
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Skullsnatcher
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
  • 1 Teferi's Time Twist
  • 1 Teferi's Veil
  • 1 Telepathy
  • 1 The Peregrine Dynamo
  • 1 Vanishing
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Whispering Madness