Avacyn by user1713303

Format: Commander

Commander: Avacyn, Angel of Horror

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black aristocrats and attrition control strategy helmed by Avacyn, Angel of Horror. The deck focuses on accelerating mana through swamps and mana doublers like Crypt Ghast while developing sacrifice outlets and death-trigger payoffs. Its primary win condition leverages Avacyn's end-step recursion ability alongside repeatable sacrifice creatures like Fleshbag Marauder and Plaguecrafter to create an oppressive lock that clears opposing boards on every player's turn. Once board dominance is established on Turn 6, the deck eliminates all opponents by Turn 8 using flying commander damage alongside potent drain effects from Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Massacre Wurm, and Blood Artist. While the strategy exhibits exceptional resilience against standard destroy board wipes and generates immense card advantage, it remains vulnerable to targeted exile removal, graveyard hate, and noncreature permanents that mono-black cannot easily remove.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthrone Vampire
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Falkenrath Noble
  • 1 Final Act
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Ghoulish Procession
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Grave Betrayal
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Greedy Freebooter
  • 1 Hunted Bonebrute
  • 1 Infestation Sage
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Nezumi Linkbreaker
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Open the Graves
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Pitiless Carnage
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Skullport Merchant
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 36 Swamp
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 The Sibsig Ceremony
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Undercity Dire Rat
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat