Elas il-Kor (1) by mistymilkman

Format: Commander

Commander: Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 82

Deck overview

This competitive Orzhov deck leverages Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim as an accessible two-mana life-drain outlet in the command zone. Built for competitive Commander, the deck pairs explosive fast mana and tutors with compact reanimation loops. Its primary win condition reanimates Leonin Relic-Warder or Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward with an aura like Animate Dead, creating an infinite death-and-entry loop that drains all three opponents to zero on Turn 3. To safeguard this fast clock, the deck deploys a heavy suite of silence effects such as Silence, Grand Abolisher, and Ranger-Captain of Eos, locking opponents out of responding during the winning turn. When racing is impossible, asymmetric stax pieces like Drannith Magistrate, Opposition Agent, and Deafening Silence stall fast opponent strategies while the pilot tutors for secondary lines like Warren Soultrader and Gravecrawler.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Pet
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enduring Renewal
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Tireless Tribe
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman