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Format: Commander

Commander: Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a Mardu historic midrange combat deck commanded by Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge. The primary strategy revolves around playing efficient legendary spells and lands to generate massive card advantage while turning legendary creatures into evasive, menace-bearing threats. In the early game, the deck establishes its mana base using two-drop mana rocks and utility lands like Great Hall of the Citadel. Once Shanid enters the battlefield on turn 4, every subsequent legendary cast draws a card, rapidly refilling the hand and enabling explosive turns. The mid-to-late game converts this card advantage into lethal combat pressure using anthem and token engines like Heroes' Podium, The Circle of Loyalty, and General Ferrous Rokiric. Asymmetric board wipes such as Urza's Ruinous Blast and Invasion of Fiora clear opposing defenses while preserving your board. Abundant reanimation from Primevals' Glorious Rebirth and protection from Jirina, Dauntless General ensure robust resilience against opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent Venom
  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Ambrosia Whiteheart
  • 1 Arbaaz Mir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Banon, the Returners' Leader
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Chainer, Nightmare Adept
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Clive's Hideaway
  • 1 Colonel Autumn
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander Liara Portyr
  • 1 Dire Tactics
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Elena, Turk Recruit
  • 1 Everett K. Ross, Hapless Attaché
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Gallifrey Council Chamber
  • 1 General Ferrous Rokiric
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Guild Artisan
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot
  • 1 Havengul Laboratory // Havengul Mystery
  • 1 Heroes' Podium
  • 1 Honor-Worn Shaku
  • 1 Invasion of Fiora // Marchesa, Resolute Monarch
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 J. Jonah Jameson
  • 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Layla Hassan
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Norin, Swift Survivalist
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Orcus, Prince of Undeath
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phial of Galadriel
  • 1 Piru, the Volatile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order
  • 1 Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhys, the Evermore
  • 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
  • 1 Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Terra, Herald of Hope
  • 1 Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
  • 1 Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
  • 1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
  • 1 Thalia's Lancers
  • 1 The Circle of Loyalty
  • 1 The Duke, Rebel Sentry
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The Irencrag
  • 1 The Kingpin of Crime
  • 1 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
  • 1 Turtles Forever
  • 1 Unexplained Absence
  • 1 Unwanted Remake
  • 1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
  • 1 We Ride at Dawn
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zack Fair
  • 1 Zoyowa's Justice
  • 1 Éomer, Marshal of Rohan