Squall (Revised) by user2884031

Format: Commander

Commander: Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

Squall, SeeD Mercenary leads an aggressive Orzhov combat-reanimator strategy that fuses Voltron pressure with continuous edict stax. By attacking alone, Squall gains double strike through Rough Divide, triggering his combat damage ability twice per attack step to reanimate up to two permanents with mana value 3 or less directly from the graveyard. The deck leverages this ability to repeatedly resurrect sacrifice creatures like Accursed Marauder and Plaguecrafter, clearing opposing creature boards while recurring protection pieces like Selfless Spirit and Bastion Protector. Supported by high-impact equipment such as Caduceus, Staff of Hermes and Whispersilk Cloak, Squall rapidly scales commander damage to dispatch opponents in succession. Secondary stax elements, including Winter Orb and Deafening Silence, lock opponents out of recovering while Squall breaks parity by circumventing mana costs through combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armored Skyhunter
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bounty Agent
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Diamond Lion
  • 1 Divine Resilience
  • 1 Eternal Thirst
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fang, Fearless l'Cie
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Vengeance
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Legions to Ashes
  • 1 Lion Sash
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mask of Griselbrand
  • 1 Merciless Executioner
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Cluestone
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Gix
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Resentful Revelation
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rout
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shard of Broken Glass
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Snare
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Stir Up Trouble
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Team Pennant
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vayne's Treachery
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Winter Orb
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Worthy Cost
  • 1 Zack Fair