Silver and Shadow by Ioun

Format: Commander

Creator: Ioun

Commander: Noble Heritage and Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck pairs Noble Heritage with Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar to turn +1/+1 counters into massive bursts of card advantage and lethal combat pressure. By buffing disposable early creatures with Noble Heritage, the deck guarantees high-power fodder for Shadowheart's sacrifice ability, repeatedly refilling your hand with four to seven cards at a time. The drawn resources fuel a dual win plan: building a wide, evasive board with cards like Felisa, Fang of Silverquill and Abzan Falconer, or draining the table using aristocrats like Cruel Celebrant, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Syr Konrad, the Grim. A dense suite of defensive spells and pillowfort elements protects your life total and board, while efficient Orzhov removal manages critical opposing threats until an explosive Akroma's Will closes the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abzan Falconer
• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Astarion's Thirst
• 1 Astarion, the Decadent
• 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
• 1 Ayara's Oathsworn
• 1 Beseech the Queen
• 1 Black Market
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Breena, the Demagogue
• 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
• 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cruel Celebrant
• 1 Damn
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Despark
• 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
• 1 Duty Beyond Death
• 1 Ebondeath, Dracolich
• 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1 Elenda's Hierophant
• 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fain, the Broker
• 1 Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Generous Pup
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Guardian Scalelord
• 1 Guardian of Faith
• 1 High Priest of Penance
• 1 Hopeful Initiate
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
• 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1 Minthara, Merciless Soul
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 1 Mother of Runes
• 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• 1 Noble Heritage
• 1 Orzhov Advokist
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pitiless Plunderer
• 8 Plains
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Resourceful Defense
• 1 Retribution of the Ancients
• 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
• 1 Selfless Squire
• 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Shadowy Backstreet
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Shineshadow Snarl
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Starlit Sanctum
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
• 1 Tainted Field
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Teysa Karlov
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Together Forever
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Viconia, Drow Apostate
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat