Araumi, Of the Dead budget by SheltedHero16

Format: Commander

Commander: Araumi of the Dead Tide

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This Dimir Commander deck is led by Araumi of the Dead Tide, focusing on stocking the graveyard with powerful creatures and encoring them to create triple token copies with haste that attack each opponent simultaneously. The early game focuses on deploying mana rocks and using efficient self-mill cards such as Contingency Plan, Ballad of the Black Flag, and Balustrade Spy to fill the graveyard with fodder and high-impact payoffs. In the mid-to-late game, Araumi taps to exile graveyard cards and encore devastating creatures like Abyssal Gorestalker, Archfiend of Sorrows, and Caustic Hound. These plays generate massive swings by forcing opponents to sacrifice boards, wiping out smaller creatures, and dealing widespread combat and death-trigger damage. While the deck possesses remarkable burst potential and resilient creature loops, it remains vulnerable to graveyard hate and requires Araumi to survive on the board across multiple turns to close out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Gorestalker
  • 1 Academy Journeymage
  • 1 Academy Wall
  • 1 Accomplished Automaton
  • 1 Accursed Spirit
  • 1 Aether Adept
  • 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
  • 1 Anticognition
  • 1 Appendage Amalgam
  • 1 Araumi of the Dead Tide
  • 1 Archfiend of Sorrows
  • 1 Architects of Will
  • 1 Armillary Sphere
  • 1 Asphyxiate
  • 1 Assimilate Essence
  • 1 Atrocious Experiment
  • 1 Ballad of the Black Flag
  • 1 Balustrade Spy
  • 1 Bankrupt in Blood
  • 1 Battle-Rage Blessing
  • 1 Bellowing Crier
  • 1 Benthicore
  • 1 Beyeen Veil // Beyeen Coast
  • 1 Black Cat
  • 1 Bleak Coven Vampires
  • 1 Blind Zealot
  • 1 Blistergrub
  • 1 Blitz Leech
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Blood Divination
  • 1 Blood Reckoning
  • 1 Body Double
  • 1 Bring the Ending
  • 1 Bronze Walrus
  • 1 Brotherhood Patriarch
  • 1 Call the Bloodline
  • 1 Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Carrier Thrall
  • 1 Caustic Hound
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Chill of Foreboding
  • 1 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Clutch of Currents
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Common Crook
  • 1 Compulsion
  • 1 Compulsive Research
  • 1 Contingency Plan
  • 1 Corpse Churn
  • 1 Corpse Lunge
  • 1 Covetous Urge
  • 1 Crosstown Courier
  • 1 Crowd of Cinders
  • 1 Cryptic Spires
  • 1 Dimir Cluestone
  • 1 Dimir House Guard
  • 1 Dimir Informant
  • 1 Dimir Locket
  • 1 Disciple of Deceit
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Diviner Spirit
  • 1 Dragonstorm Globe
  • 1 Dreadship Reef
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher
  • 1 Fountain of Ichor
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Salt Marsh
  • 1 Solar Transformer
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Waterfront District