Obzedat by gwalker2104

Format: Commander

Commander: Obzedat, Ghost Council

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov midrange strategy centered around Obzedat, Ghost Council. The primary game plan utilizes Obzedat's unique self-blinking ability to repeatedly trigger enter-the-battlefield life drain while dodging sorcery-speed removal during opponent turns. Early turns establish lifegain-scaling threats like Ajani's Pridemate and Voice of the Blessed alongside pillowfort and tax elements like Ghostly Prison and Kambal, Consul of Allocation. In the mid-to-late game, the deck compounds life-total disparity through damage-doubling finishers like Astarion, the Decadent, massive devotion drains with Gray Merchant of Asphodel, and blink engines like Teleportation Circle. While the deck features robust permanent removal and natural resilience to board wipes via Obzedat's flicker ability, its reliance on high mana curves, tap lands, and incremental combat/drain damage gives faster decks multiple turns to find answers or assemble uninterruptible combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Airbender Ascension
  • 1 Airbender's Reversal
  • 1 Airbending Lesson
  • 1 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Astarion, the Decadent
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Basilica Bell-Haunt
  • 1 Basilica Screecher
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Aerialist
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cosmos Elixir
  • 1 Crypt Incursion
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Decode Transmissions
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Eerie Interference
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Flicker of Fate
  • 1 Flickerwisp
  • 1 Foot Headquarters
  • 1 Fountain of Renewal
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Griffin Aerie
  • 1 Indulging Patrician
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kaya's Wrath
  • 1 Kaya, Intangible Slayer
  • 1 Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
  • 1 Markov Purifier
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Obzedat, Ghost Council
  • 1 Orzhov Charm
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Fortress
  • 1 Revenge of Ravens
  • 1 Revival // Revenge
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Semester's End
  • 1 Shambling Vent
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sorin Markov
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Remedy
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Witch's Cottage