Shadowheart (copy) 2 by mckinneyisaac

Format: Commander

Commander: Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar and Agent of the Iron Throne

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This mono-black deck pairs Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar with Agent of the Iron Throne to construct a resilient aristocrats and attrition engine. The command zone guarantees both a high-volume card advantage engine and a lethal drain outlet. The 99 supports this core with consistent token generators like Bitterblossom and Ophiomancer, versatile sacrifice outlets such as Warren Soultrader and Ashnod's Altar, and brutal attrition tools including Grave Pact and Oppression. The deck develops smoothly on curve, establishing Shadowheart by Turn 4 and drawing cards while draining opponents starting on Turn 5. It transitions into a game-controlling state around Turn 6 through severe board attrition or damage amplification via Bloodletter of Aclazotz. Without depending on infinite combos, it closes out games on Turn 8 through accumulated aristocrat drains or overwhelming mana sinks like Torment of Hailfire and Exsanguinate.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cemetery Recruitment
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Meathook Massacre II
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Necrogen Mists
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Oppression
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 28 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat