Hurt me I dare you by SkrillaGorilla

Format: Commander

Commander: Rowan, Scion of War

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity life-payment burn strategy commanded by Rowan, Scion of War. The primary plan converts life totals directly into mana efficiency. By deploying Rowan on Turn 3 and using repeatable life-loss enablers like Wall of Blood, Immolating Souleater, or Moltensteel Dragon on Turn 4, the deck pays substantial life (typically 30 or more) to reduce the generic mana cost of black and red spells by an equivalent amount. Rowan then taps to power out massive multi-target X-spells such as Crackle with Power, Exsanguinate, and Jaya's Immolating Inferno, dealing lethal damage to all three opponents simultaneously. Because the deck does not rely on extensive tutoring or complex multi-card loops, it depends on its high redundancy of life-loss outlets and big-mana finishers. However, this high-risk strategy leaves Rowan vulnerable during her summoning-sickness turn and requires careful management to avoid being blown out by timely removal or counterspells after paying life.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Membrane
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Battle at the Bridge
  • 1 Blood Celebrant
  • 1 Blood Pact
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bond of Agony
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Claim the Firstborn
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consume Spirit
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Crypt Incursion
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Tutelage
  • 1 Defiler of Flesh
  • 1 Defiler of Instinct
  • 1 Devour in Shadow
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Dormant Volcano
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dread Summons
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Erebos's Intervention
  • 1 Exocrine
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fall of the Titans
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Fireball
  • 1 Fogwell's Gym
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Ifnir Deadlands
  • 1 Immolating Souleater
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Lorcan, Warlock Collector
  • 1 Magma Pummeler
  • 1 Magus of the Mirror
  • 1 March of Wretched Sorrow
  • 1 Moltensteel Dragon
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Orcus, Prince of Undeath
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Profane Command
  • 1 Profane Transfusion
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos's Return
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Repay in Kind
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rowan, Scion of War
  • 1 Scourge of the Skyclaves
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shivan Devastator
  • 1 Simulacrum
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Souldrinker
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Stir the Grave
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tavern Swindler
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Wall of Blood
  • 1 Warlock Class