Ezio: The Cover Of Darkness by Jaxxx2309

Format: Commander

Commander: Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a five-color Assassin tribal deck helmed by Ezio Auditore da Firenze, built around two interlocking kill conditions: Ezio's alternate win (pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} after he deals combat damage to a player at 10 or less life) and Ramses, Assassin Lord's "you win the game" trigger whenever a player dies after being attacked by an Assassin. The deck floods the board with cheap Assassins - made cheaper by Ezio's freerunning discount - and leans on lords like Achilles Davenport, Ramses, Assassin Lord, Patchwork Banner, and Coat of Arms to turn a wide board lethal. Secondary closers include Vincent, Vengeful Atoner's chaos trigger, Unstoppable Slasher and Aphelia, Viper Whisperer halving life totals, and The Lord of Pain applying passive pressure. The mana base is a pain-land/talisman/dork shell that reliably produces all five colors by mid-game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstergo Entertainment
  • 1 Achilles Davenport
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
  • 1 Altaïr, Brotherhood Mentor
  • 1 Amunet, Tyrants' End
  • 1 Anhelo, the Painter
  • 1 Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
  • 1 Arbaaz Mir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Basim, Master Assassin
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Callidus Assassin
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desmond Miles
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Etrata, the Silencer
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezio Auditore da Firenze
  • 1 Ezio, Blade of Vengeance
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Haystack
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jeweled Lotus
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Mogg Assassin
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Newfound Adventure
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rooftop Bypass
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Scarblade Elite
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stronghold Assassin
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The Lord of Pain
  • 1 Timeless Lotus
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
  • 1 Vraska the Unseen
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground