Konrad 4_58_9.2 (2.01/2.93/199) by DaveII

Format: Commander

Commander: Syr Konrad, the Grim

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This mono-black deck combines aristocrats drain with powerful artifact storm and graveyard combos, helmed by Syr Konrad, the Grim. It accelerates mana through efficient rocks, dark rituals, and land engines like Cabal Coffers to deploy game-ending engines well ahead of curve. The primary win condition utilizes Bolas's Citadel and Sensei's Divining Top to churn through the library, storming into Aetherflux Reservoir for an immediate same-turn table kill. Backup routes include the classic Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank infinite mill-burn loop, massive Living Death reanimation swings, and commander damage triggers from aristocrat sacrifice chains. The deck protects its life buffer with lifegain engines like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse while controlling opposing boards through efficient wipes such as Toxic Deluge and free removal like Deadly Rollick. High tutor density and redundant outlets ensure consistent, resilient execution across varying game states.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Avishkar Raceway
  • 1 Baron Helmut Zemo
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Champion
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Convergence of Dominion
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Falkenrath Noble
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 M.O.D.O.K.
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Oft-Nabbed Goat
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Persistent Specimen
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sinister Gnarlbark
  • 1 Skirge Familiar
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 18 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vein Ripper
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat