God of Passage (1) by mistymilkman

Format: Commander

Commander: Athreos, God of Passage

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 84

Deck overview

This Athreos, God of Passage deck is a high-powered Orzhov turbo-midrange and stax combo list built for competitive multiplayer tables. It leverages explosive mana acceleration and efficient tutors to assemble game-ending combos by Turn 3. The primary win condition combines Professor Onyx with Chain of Smog to drain all opponents infinitely in a single turn. Backup win lines utilize Bolas's Citadel with Sensei's Divining Top and Aetherflux Reservoir, or Warren Soultrader sacrificing Forsaken Miner alongside Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim or Blood Artist. To guarantee safe execution, the deck deploys robust turn-locking protection like Grand Abolisher, Silence, and Ranger-Captain of Eos. Meanwhile, a dense suite of asymmetric hate pieces including Drannith Magistrate, Deafening Silence, and Opposition Agent suppresses faster opposing decks and breaks parity.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Athreos, God of Passage
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Contagion
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Starfield Shepherd
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will