Discard Fun by Niknak

Format: Commander

Commander: Bane, Lord of Darkness

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 10

Deck overview

This is a general-power Esper attrition deck led by Bane, Lord of Darkness. Its core play pattern is to deploy Bane, Lord of Darkness, sacrifice or trade nontoken creatures, and use the resulting choice to gain cards or put creatures from hand onto the battlefield. Discard creatures such as Nezumi Informant, Rotting Rats, and Stronghold Rats support a secondary hand-attack plan. Graveyard control comes from Ashiok, Dream Render, Soul-Guide Lantern, and Withered Wretch, while Syr Konrad, the Grim can convert creature deaths and graveyard movement into damage. The deck has broad but uneven removal and counterplay. Its main weakness is that these themes do not combine into a compact win. Shredder, Shadow Master is a strong combat threat, but it needs multiple attacks and reliable access. Mill effects also lack a deterministic payoff. The deck can generate interesting value and disruptive board states, but it usually wins only through prolonged combat or attrition rather than a dependable clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Angel of Finality
  • 1 Arbiter of Woe
  • 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
  • 1 Bandit's Talent
  • 1 Bane, Lord of Darkness
  • 1 Black Cat
  • 1 Citywide Bust
  • 1 Coerced Confession
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Down, Down to Goblin-town
  • 1 Drainpipe Vermin
  • 1 Dreadwing Scavenger
  • 1 Dream Seizer
  • 1 Dredge the Mire
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fire Nation Salvagers
  • 1 Forlorn Flats
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Geralf's Mindcrusher
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grisly Spectacle
  • 1 HYDRA Infiltration
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 It'll Quench Ya!
  • 1 Jace, Memory Adept
  • 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Leonardo's Technique
  • 1 Master's Councillors
  • 1 Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
  • 1 Nezumi Informant
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Nightmares and Daydreams
  • 1 Ojutai's Command
  • 1 Ozai's Cruelty
  • 1 Petrified Hamlet
  • 1 Pilfered Plans
  • 1 Plague Wind
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Remorseful Cleric
  • 1 Revenge of the Rats
  • 1 Rishadan Port
  • 1 Rodolf Duskbringer
  • 1 Rotting Rats
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Seeker's Folly
  • 1 Shattered Acolyte
  • 1 Shredder's Revenge
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Starseer Mentor
  • 1 Stitcher Geralf
  • 1 Strategic Betrayal
  • 1 Stream of Thought
  • 1 Stronghold Rats
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Teferi's Tutelage
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Tolarian Terror
  • 1 Tomik, Wielder of Law
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Wild Unraveling
  • 1 Withered Wretch