Workshop - Another day, another doomskar by KryptaMTG

Format: Commander

Commander: Narfi, Betrayer King

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Dimir Zombie tribal and aristocrats strategy led by Narfi, Betrayer King. It leverages snow mana acceleration, dense card draw engines, and dedicated graveyard tutors to assemble recurring sacrifice loops. The primary win condition revolves around sacrificing Gravecrawler to Phyrexian Altar alongside token generators like Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver or Tormod, the Desecrator, creating an unbounded army of Zombies to overrun opponents on the following turn. In addition to combo finishes, the deck excels at asymmetric creature attrition through Grave Pact, Gisa, Glorious Resurrector, and Draugr Necromancer, stripping opposing boards while stealing or exiling their threats. A robust suite of free and efficient counterspells such as Force of Will, Force of Negation, and Fierce Guardianship defends key setup turns. If primary combo pieces are disrupted, mass reanimation via Haunting Voyage and token multipliers like Necroduality provide resilient secondary combat routes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Ashes of the Fallen
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Blood on the Snow
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Cleaver Skaab
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Cobble
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Draugr Necromancer
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Empty the Laboratory
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eradicator Valkyrie
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faceless Haven
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Geralf, the Fleshwright
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Graven Lore
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hordewing Skaab
  • 1 Ice Tunnel
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 King Narfi's Betrayal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marit Lage's Slumber
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narfi, Betrayer King
  • 1 Necroduality
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Otherworldly Gaze
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Profaner of the Dead
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repository Skaab
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rimefeather Owl
  • 1 Rise of the Dread Marn
  • 1 Rooftop Storm
  • 1 Rot Hulk
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Saw It Coming
  • 1 Shimmerdrift Vale
  • 9 Snow-Covered Island
  • 9 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Titan of Littjara
  • 1 Tormod, the Desecrator
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Zul Ashur, Lich Lord