Jon’s RogSi by Semaj_of_Esper

Format: Commander

Commander: Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh and Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 86

Deck overview

This Rograkh and Silas Renn deck is an archetype-defining cEDH Grixis Turbo Naus build engineered for blistering early-game speed and compact win execution. The deck leverages Rograkh's zero-mana casting cost to immediately activate commander-reliant free spells like Deflecting Swat and Fierce Guardianship, while enabling explosive burst mana through sacrifice rituals like Culling the Weak and Infernal Plunge. The primary game plan aims to assemble and resolve Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, or Necrodominance on Turns 1 to 3, drawing a critical mass of cards to execute an immediate win. Victory is achieved through either the ubiquitous Thassa's Oracle pairing with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, or through storm loops utilizing Underworld Breach, Brain Freeze, and Lotus Petal. Supported by premier unconditional tutors and format-ceiling free countermagic, the list presents rapid, protected win attempts with virtually zero response cycles for opponents to react.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goldhound
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Plunge
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Last Chance
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Memnite
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Necrodominance
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Paradigm Shift
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Retraction Helix
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stingcaster Mage
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Timestream Navigator
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Warrior's Oath
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills