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Format: Commander

Commander: Ghost Council of Orzhova

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck is a synergistic combo and aristocrats engine centered on weaponizing life totals. Commanded by Ghost Council of Orzhova, the deck uses lifegain triggers and sacrifice outlets to sustain life totals while setting up compact two-card infinite combos. The primary win condition pairs an 'Exquisite' effect (Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror) with a 'Sanguine' drainer (Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, Marauding Blight-Priest, or Starscape Cleric). Once both pieces are assembled, any single point of damage or life gain triggers an infinite drain loop that instantly eliminates the entire table. The deck is supported by efficient 0-2 CMC mana rocks, black ritual acceleration, targeted enchantment and creature tutors, and low-mana reanimation spells that provide rapid recovery from opposing removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ghost Council of Orzhova
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat