Sneak Attack by Gohan137

Format: Commander

Commander: Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Rogue tribal tempo strategy led by Anowon, the Ruin Thief. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost evasive Rogues such as Slither Blade, Invisible Stalker, and Changeling Outcast in the opening turns. Once Anowon enters on Turn 4, these Rogues deal unblockable damage, mill opposing libraries, and draw extra cards whenever creature cards are milled. The deck transitions into the late game on Turn 6 by converting milled graveyards into decisive threats using Notorious Throng to swarm the board, Sepulchral Primordial to steal opposing creatures, or scaling beaters like Consuming Aberration and Syr Konrad, the Grim. The deck maintains steady on-curve mana and strong card flow, but relies primarily on combat steps and lacks fast combo finishes or cheap defensive countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Thief
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dimir Keyrune
  • 1 Dimir Locket
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Endless Obedience
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Fated Return
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Invisible Stalker
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Latchkey Faerie
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Marang River Prowler
  • 1 Marsh Flitter
  • 1 Master Thief
  • 1 Merfolk Windrobber
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necromantic Selection
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Obelisk of Urd
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
  • 1 Open into Wonder
  • 1 Price of Fame
  • 1 Rise from the Grave
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Scytheclaw
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Silumgar's Command
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Soaring Thought-Thief
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Manipulation
  • 1 Spinal Embrace
  • 1 Stinkdrinker Bandit
  • 1 Stolen Identity
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Sure-Footed Infiltrator
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Whispersteel Dagger
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat