sheoldred by trogdor19

Format: Commander

Commander: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a monoblack group-slug strategy led by Sheoldred, the Apocalypse. The primary game plan revolves around turning card draw into a lethal resource disparity. By casting Sheoldred on turn 3 or 4, the pilot gains life on every personal draw while draining 2 life from each opponent whenever they draw. The deck amplifies this drain using forced-draw effects like Master of the Feast, Seizan, Perverter of Truth, and Dark Deal, alongside secondary punishers like Underworld Dreams and Orcish Bowmasters. High-impact spells such as Peer into the Abyss, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, and Bloodletter of Aclazotz rapidly accelerate the clock, closing games around turn 7. The deck features dependable mana from 42 lands and strong engine recovery, but it lacks cheap instant-speed interaction and reliable plan shielding, leaving its core creatures vulnerable to targeted removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Afflict
  • 1 Agent Venom
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Ancient Craving
  • 1 Annihilate
  • 1 Aphotic Wisps
  • 1 Arbiter of Woe
  • 1 Arc Reactor
  • 1 Arcane Encyclopedia
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Arm-Mounted Anchor
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Master of the Feast
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rogue's Gloves
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Seizan, Perverter of Truth
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 39 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Worn Powerstone