Now IM the Problem by andisir

Format: Commander

Commander: Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-black control/value deck built around the transformative commander Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival. The front half of the commander acts as a board-shrink on entry, clearing away small creatures, and the back half is an 8/8 flyer that can win the game when the opponent chosen at the moment of transformation loses. The deck is packed with efficient spot removal, flexible card draw, and a modest reanimation package to grind out incremental advantage. Secondary win conditions include Sorin Markov setting a life total to 10, Grievous Wound halving life on each hit, and reanimated beaters like Archon of Cruelty. The plan is to control the board, generate value through card advantage engines, and close the game through combat damage or life-total manipulation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Astarion's Thirst
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Bandit's Haul
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Cut Down
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Detection Tower
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Head Games
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mandate of Abaddon
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skyclave Relic
  • 1 Slaughter Pact
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sorin Markov
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 21 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Fire Nation Drill
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival