Rogues by CMD-Vault

Format: Commander

Commander: Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Dimir Rogue tempo and combat-mill strategy commanded by Anowon, the Ruin Thief. The primary game plan establishes early board presence with cheap, unblockable Rogues like Changeling Outcast, Slither Blade, and Invisible Stalker, followed by casting Anowon on Turn 4 to convert combat connections into mill and steady card draw. As opposing graveyards fill, the deck scales its threat level through graveyard-dependent powerhouses like Consuming Aberration, Bonehoard, and Nighthowler, while stealing premium opposing creatures with Sepulchral Primordial and Rise from the Grave. The primary path to victory culminates on Turn 6 with a prowled Notorious Throng or damage amplifier like Stinkdrinker Bandit, swarming the table with evasive attackers to close out the game over subsequent turns. While the list excels at consistent card advantage and evasive pressure, its reliance on combat damage and high-cost reactive spells leaves it vulnerable to well-timed sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Thief
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blighted Agent
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dimir Locket
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Invisible Stalker
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Latchkey Faerie
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Marang River Prowler
  • 1 Master Thief
  • 1 Mercurial Spelldancer
  • 1 Merfolk Windrobber
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necromantic Selection
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Obelisk of Urd
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Open into Wonder
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Price of Fame
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Rise from the Grave
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Silumgar's Command
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Soaring Thought-Thief
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Manipulation
  • 1 Stinkdrinker Bandit
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 17 Swamp
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Thieves' Guild Enforcer
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Whispersteel Dagger
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat