B2 Lyna Shadow

Format: Commander

Commander: Lyna, Veil of Vengeance

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a focused shadow-tribal aggro strategy helmed by Lyna, Veil of Vengeance. The primary game plan is to deploy a critical mass of evasive shadow creatures, use Lyna's activated ability to grant shadow to key non-shadow threats, and draw cards off combat damage via the commander and enchantments like Bident of Thassa and Coastal Piracy. The deck applies relentless unblockable pressure while accumulating card advantage, then finishes with overwhelming board presence or a single massive threat like Blightsteel Colossus (given shadow by Lyna). Secondary win conditions include Elbrus, the Binding Blade transforming into a 13/13 flying intimidate demon, and cipher spells like Stolen Identity to copy the best creature on the battlefield. The deck lacks infinite combos and relies entirely on combat damage to close out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Heist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Augur il-Vec
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dauthi Cutthroat
  • 1 Dauthi Ghoul
  • 1 Dauthi Horror
  • 1 Dauthi Jackal
  • 1 Dauthi Marauder
  • 1 Dauthi Mercenary
  • 1 Dauthi Slayer
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Dauthi Warlord
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Drifter il-Dal
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hidden Strings
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Looter il-Kor
  • 1 Lyna, Veil of Vengeance
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soltari Champion
  • 1 Soltari Emissary
  • 1 Soltari Foot Soldier
  • 1 Soltari Monk
  • 1 Soltari Priest
  • 1 Soltari Trooper
  • 1 Soltari Visionary
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Stolen Identity
  • 1 Stronghold Rats
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Thalakos Deceiver
  • 1 Thalakos Seer
  • 1 Thalakos Sentry
  • 1 The Wondrous Wasp
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vashta Nerada
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall