Darth Vader by TheUrDragonMaster

Format: Commander

Commander: Greven, Predator Captain

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Rakdos voltron/aggro deck built around Greven, Predator Captain. The primary plan is to use Greven's life-loss-based power boost and sacrifice-for-card-draw ability, equipping him with powerful auras and equipment (like Quietus Spike, Mask of Griselbrand, Drach'Nyen) to eliminate opponents quickly in combat. Secondary plans include monarch-based attrition via the Court cycle, direct damage from planeswalkers like Jeska, Thrice Reborn, and board control with symmetrical sweepers. The deck lacks infinite combos but has strong synergistic recursion loops with cards like Nim Deathmantle and Haunted One.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acererak the Archlich
  • 1 Akoum Refuge
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Batterbone
  • 1 Blade of the Oni
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Boiling Seas
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cliffgate
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Court of Ire
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Deathrender
  • 1 Destructive Urge
  • 1 Drach'Nyen
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Butcher
  • 1 Drossforge Bridge
  • 1 Erebos's Intervention
  • 1 Erebos, God of the Dead
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fiendlash
  • 1 Flashfires
  • 1 Forsworn Paladin
  • 1 Fraying Omnipotence
  • 1 Geth's Summons
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Greven, Predator Captain
  • 1 Grim Bounty
  • 1 Haunted One
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 1 Kaervek the Merciless
  • 1 Kalain, Reclusive Painter
  • 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Last One Standing
  • 1 Lightning Skelemental
  • 1 Lizard Blades
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mask of Griselbrand
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mogis, God of Slaughter
  • 1 Moira, Urborg Haunt
  • 1 Moltensteel Dragon
  • 1 Mortuary
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Nim Deathmantle
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 No Quarter
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
  • 1 Pyromancer's Gauntlet
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Replicating Ring
  • 1 Resurrection Orb
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Storm's Wrath
  • 1 Sulfurous Mire
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Unquenchable Fury
  • 1 Vraska, Scheming Gorgon
  • 1 Westgate Regent