Black Hole Sun by DapperShroom

Format: Commander

Commander: Ketramose, the New Dawn

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov midrange control strategy led by Ketramose, the New Dawn. The game plan revolves around casting Ketramose on turn 3 and triggering its draw ability on turn 4 using cheap exile spells, adventure cards, and graveyard hate. By using cards like Relic of Progenitus, Banishing Light, and Crib Swap, the deck steadily exiles cards to draw extra resources and satisfy Ketramose's seven-card exile requirement. Once active on turn 7, Ketramose attacks as a resilient 4/4 menace, lifelink, indestructible threat alongside mid-sized creatures and flying tokens from Scour the Desert and Celebrate the Mountain-king. Sweepers like Urza's Ruinous Blast and Shatter the Sky reset opposing boards while keeping Ketramose safe. The deck lacks fast mana, tutors, or infinite combos, relying on steady card flow, attrition removal, and progressive combat damage to close the game over multiple turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Afterlife Insurance
  • 1 Argent Dais
  • 1 Asmodeus the Archfiend
  • 1 Bag of Holding
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bleed Dry
  • 1 Blossoming Calm
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Break Ties
  • 1 Bring to Trial
  • 1 Candletrap
  • 1 Celebrate the Mountain-king
  • 1 Cheerful Osteomancer // Raise Dead
  • 1 Constable of the Realm
  • 1 Corpse Lunge
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Cry of the Carnarium
  • 1 Dawnbringer Cleric
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Divine Smite
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Eternal Student
  • 1 Fairgrounds Patrol
  • 1 Flay Essence
  • 1 Forlorn Flats
  • 1 Goldmeadow Nomad
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal
  • 1 Graduation Day
  • 1 Grotesque Demise
  • 1 Hoard Robber
  • 1 Homestead Courage
  • 1 Interdimensional Web Watch
  • 1 Jack-o'-Lantern
  • 1 Ketramose, the New Dawn
  • 1 Leyline of the Void
  • 1 Mastermind Plum
  • 1 Neglected Manor
  • 1 Oblivion Ring
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Locket
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Perigee Beckoner
  • 1 Personify
  • 1 Phoenix Down
  • 1 Piercing Rays
  • 15 Plains
  • 1 Prison Realm
  • 1 Relic of Progenitus
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Ride's End
  • 1 Roads Go Ever, Ever On
  • 1 Scour the Desert
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shatter the Sky
  • 1 Sheoldred's Restoration
  • 1 Soul Snare
  • 1 Soul-Guide Gryff
  • 1 Soul-Shackled Zombie
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Thraben Exorcism
  • 1 Tormod's Cryptkeeper
  • 1 Trueheart Duelist
  • 1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
  • 1 Velvetwing Butterflies // Gaze in Wonder
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Wand of Vertebrae
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Young Necromancer