K'rrik test 1 by DragonKkingJ

Format: Commander

Commander: K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth commands a high-synergy mono-black combo deck centered on weaponizing life totals for explosive mana velocity and card advantage. By replacing black mana requirements with 2 life payments, K'rrik accelerates the deployment of massive card-draw spells such as Peer into the Abyss and engines like Bolas's Citadel and Greed. The primary route to victory culminates in casting Aetherflux Reservoir, chaining low-cost black spells with Phyrexian mana to gain exponential life, and firing 50-damage bursts to eliminate all three opponents in a single turn. Transmute cards and black tutors provide consistent access to key combo pieces, while creature removal and extort effects stabilize early life totals. Although capable of rapid Turn 5 kills, the deck relies heavily on its commander's presence and faces vulnerabilities to instant-speed stack interaction and enchantment/artifact threats.

Decklist (92 cards)

  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Ancient Craving
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armor of Shadows
  • 1 Asmodeus the Archfiend
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Basilica Screecher
  • 1 Blood Celebrant
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Cut Down
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Defiler of Flesh
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir House Guard
  • 1 Dimir Machinations
  • 1 Drag to the Underworld
  • 1 Dread Presence
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Font of Agonies
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Magus of the Mirror
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Palace Siege
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 1 Pestilence Demon
  • 1 Pontiff of Blight
  • 1 Prism Ring
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Profane Transfusion
  • 1 Promise of Power
  • 1 Razaketh's Rite
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reckoner's Bargain
  • 1 Reiver Demon
  • 1 Repay in Kind
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Succumb to Temptation
  • 33 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syndicate Enforcer
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Tendrils of Corruption
  • 1 Thrull Parasite
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vampire Scrivener
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose