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Format: Commander

Commander: Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Orzhov Aristocrats deck helmed by Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff leverages death triggers, token generation, and life-drain payoffs to grind out incremental advantage and finish with explosive combo lines. The commander passively creates Treasures whenever opponents cast their second spell each turn, providing mana acceleration and a life-loss trigger that synergizes with the deck's drain theme. The 99 is built around sacrifice outlets (Viscera Seer, Bartolome del Presidio, Warren Soultrader), token engines (Bitterblossom, Skrelv's Hive, Ophiomancer), and drain effects (Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, The Meathook Massacre). Tutors like Diabolic Intent and Beseech the Mirror assemble the deck's many infinite combos, which pivot on Pitiless Plunderer + a free sac outlet + a drain piece, or loops with Lurrus of the Dream-Den and cheap permanents. The deck can also close via Gray Merchant of Asphodel or a massive Bloodletter of Aclazotz-doubled drain. It is a value-heavy, interaction-light grinder that can pivot to a fast combo finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Athreos, God of Passage
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Emptiness
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Greedy Freebooter
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Helpful Hunter
  • 1 Hidden Stockpile
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Abomination
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat