Astarion, the Decadent by Deathtone98

Format: Commander

Creator: Deathtone98

Commander: Astarion, the Decadent

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov life-manipulation and attrition strategy led by Astarion, the Decadent. The game plan revolves around leveraging life totals as both a weapon and a resource buffer. Early turns are dedicated to establishing defensive deterrents like Blind Obedience and Ghostly Prison alongside mana doublers such as Crypt Ghast and Cabal Coffers. Once Astarion, the Decadent lands on Turn 6, the deck weaponizes his Feed ability in tandem with life-halving cards like Blood Tribute and Revival // Revenge to eliminate opponents in single-turn bursts. Complementing this focused burst damage is an array of devastating group-drain finishers including Torment of Hailfire, Exsanguinate, and the infinite Exquisite Blood plus Sanguine Bond engine. While the deck boasts immense late-game inevitability and high resilience through independent backup lines, its reliance on a six-mana commander and a lack of cheap spell tutors makes it reliant on natural card flow.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Alpharael, Stonechosen
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel of Destiny
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Courage
  • 1 Astarion, the Decadent
  • 1 Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Tribute
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boon Reflection
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Deadly Tempest
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Defiant Bloodlord
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kaya, Intangible Slayer
  • 1 Keen Duelist
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Parker Luck
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Profane Command
  • 1 Protection Racket
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Revival // Revenge
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snowfield Sinkhole
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Grim Nemesis
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Virtus the Veiled
  • 1 Vona, Butcher of Magan
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Wound Reflection
  • 1 Zof Consumption // Zof Bloodbog