Thanos by Aerichimaru

Format: Commander

Commander: Thanos, the Mad Titan

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color control and midrange strategy commanded by Thanos, the Mad Titan. The deck leverages Thanos's unique power-up ability to selectively destroy odd or even creatures, keeping opposing boards under control while gaining life. The early game focuses on deploying dense 1-2 CMC ramp spells and fetchable shocklands to quickly establish a stable five-color mana base. As the game develops, pillowfort and taxing enchantments like Blind Obedience and Authority of the Consuls buy crucial time against aggressive opponents, while engines like Sylvan Library and Teleportation Circle maintain steady card flow. The deck closes out games cleanly on Turn 6 by assembling five colors and basic land types with Leyline of the Guildpact or Dryad of the Ilysian Grove to resolve Coalition Victory. Alternatively, it can pivot to secondary win conditions including Approach of the Second Sun, Revel in Riches, or massive life drain through Rottenmouth Viper and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Case of the Shattered Pact
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Coalition Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Conflux
  • 1 Cosmic Cube
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Gifts
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diregraf Rebirth
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Ertai Resurrected
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Extinction Event
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Gladiolus Amicitia
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Malik, Grim Manipulator
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moss Diamond
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Mutinous Massacre
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sterling Grove
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thanos, the Mad Titan
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Ultima, Origin of Oblivion
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vision, Spectral Synthezoid
  • 1 Wall of Omens
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Bastion
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zagoth Triome