Upgraded Anowon precon by user7626534

Format: Commander

Commander: Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Dimir Rogue tribal tempo build that combines low-cost evasive creatures with combat-triggered mill, card advantage, and graveyard scaling. Piloted by Anowon, the Ruin Thief, the early game focuses on deploying unblockable and flying Rogues such as Slither Blade and Changeling Outcast to ensure immediate card draw and mill triggers once Anowon enters on Turn 4. Mid-game turns capitalize on milled opponent graveyards through massive scaling threats like Consuming Aberration and Sepulchral Primordial, or explosive token swarms via a prowled Notorious Throng. The deck excels at generating steady incremental card advantage through combat connections and maintaining pressure against open boards. However, its heavy reliance on creature-based combat makes it susceptible to mass board wipes, while its interaction and protection suites carry higher-than-average mana costs, requiring careful sequencing to close games across multiple combat rotations.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Thief
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dimir Keyrune
  • 1 Dimir Locket
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Endless Obedience
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Fated Return
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Invisible Stalker
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Latchkey Faerie
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Marang River Prowler
  • 1 Marsh Flitter
  • 1 Master Thief
  • 1 Merfolk Windrobber
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necromantic Selection
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Obelisk of Urd
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
  • 1 Open into Wonder
  • 1 Price of Fame
  • 1 Rise from the Grave
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Scytheclaw
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Silumgar's Command
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Soaring Thought-Thief
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Manipulation
  • 1 Spinal Embrace
  • 1 Stinkdrinker Bandit
  • 1 Stolen Identity
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Sure-Footed Infiltrator
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Whispersteel Dagger
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat