The widow’s tithe by Soletraxis

Format: Commander

Commander: Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari Aristocrats engine commanded by Savra, Queen of the Golgari. The primary strategy focuses on creating disposable creature tokens, sacrificing them through free sacrifice outlets, and draining opponent life totals while keeping opposing creature boards clear. Early turns establish mana acceleration and steady token generation with cards like Ophiomancer, Chatterfang, Squirrel General, and Pest Rescuer. By Turn 4, the deck assembles its core pieces, transitioning on Turn 5 into an oppressive attrition state using Savra's sacrifice triggers or Grave Pact. Opponents struggle to maintain creatures while life totals dwindle from Blood Artist, Bastion of Remembrance, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Mirkwood Bats. The deck closes games around Turn 7 through wide token combat and mass drain triggers. High card redundancy and strong graveyard recursion make the engine resilient against disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creakwood Liege
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Brew
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fiend Artisan
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grim Backwoods
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mycoloth
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nemata, Primeval Warden
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pest Rescuer
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rise of the Witch-king
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Teacher's Pest
  • 1 Tend the Pests
  • 1 Tendershoot Dryad
  • 1 Trudge Garden
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vicious Rivalry
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Witch of the Moors
  • 1 Witherbloom Charm
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat