Necron Dynasties by RelicofDoom

Format: Commander

Commander: Szarekh, the Silent King

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

Commanded by Szarekh, the Silent King, this deck is a monoblack artifact midrange and reanimation strategy that leverages graveyard synergy, token generation, and tribal combat. The game plan focuses on filling the graveyard through self-mill triggers from Szarekh and utility permanents, then returning high-impact Necron artifact creatures to the battlefield using unearth abilities and reanimation spells. Mid-game engines like Imotekh the Stormlord and Canoptek Spyder generate continuous token swarms and card draw whenever artifact cards leave the graveyard or enter the battlefield. The deck transitions into the late game by deploying devastating threats such as Shard of the Void Dragon, Shard of the Nightbringer, and Living Death, which clear opposing boards while restoring a massive army. Victory is achieved through evasive combat damage bolstered by menace and stat buffs, complemented by direct life drain from Psychomancer and Necron Overlord.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anrakyr the Traveller
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Beacon of Unrest
  • 1 Biotransference
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Canoptek Scarab Swarm
  • 1 Canoptek Spyder
  • 1 Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
  • 1 Canoptek Wraith
  • 1 Chronomancer
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Convergence of Dominion
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Cryptek
  • 1 Cryptothrall
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Desert of the Glorified
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Endless Atlas
  • 1 Flayed One
  • 1 Ghost Ark
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hexmark Destroyer
  • 1 Illuminor Szeras
  • 1 Imotekh the Stormlord
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lokhust Heavy Destroyer
  • 1 Lychguard
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Necron Deathmark
  • 1 Necron Monolith
  • 1 Necron Overlord
  • 1 Night Scythe
  • 1 Out of the Tombs
  • 1 Plasmancer
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Psychomancer
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resurrection Orb
  • 1 Royal Warden
  • 1 Sautekh Immortal
  • 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Shard of the Nightbringer
  • 1 Shard of the Void Dragon
  • 1 Skorpekh Destroyer
  • 1 Skorpekh Lord
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 30 Swamp
  • 1 Szarekh, the Silent King
  • 1 Technomancer
  • 1 The War in Heaven
  • 1 Their Name Is Death
  • 1 Their Number Is Legion
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tomb Blade
  • 1 Tomb Fortress
  • 1 Trazyn the Infinite
  • 1 Triarch Praetorian
  • 1 Triarch Stalker
  • 1 Unstable Obelisk
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble