cloak and dagger by user7107563

Format: Commander

Commander: Cloak and Dagger, Entwined

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Orzhov Midrange deck leverages Cloak and Dagger, Entwined alongside flicker and trigger-doubling engines to control the table through repeatable enter-the-battlefield effects. Early turns focus on establishing mana rocks to deploy the commander on Turn 3, temporarily stripping key cards from opposing hands or exiling problematic creatures. From Turn 4 onward, cards like Teleportation Circle, Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd, Delney, Streetwise Lookout, and Panharmonicon amplify the value of creatures like Skyclave Apparition, Ravenous Chupacabra, and Loran of the Third Path. The deck maintains steady card advantage through Tocasia's Welcome, Welcoming Vampire, and Black Market Connections while keeping opponents suppressed with premier spot removal and flexible sweepers. It closes games around Turns 7–9 by transitioning into lethal threats such as Archfiend of Despair, an asymmetrical White Sun's Twilight, or an amplified token swarm backed by Teferi's Protection and Flawless Maneuver.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Avengers Assemble!
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Black Widow, Double Agent
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Borough Backup
  • 1 Captain Marvel, Earth's Protector
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cloak and Dagger, Entwined
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Elektra, Daughter of the Hand
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flickerwisp
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Hero in Training
  • 1 Invisible Woman, Sue Storm
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes
  • 1 Origin of the Avengers
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peggy Carter, Secret Agent
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Preston, the Vanisher
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Semester's End
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Sentry, Golden Guardian
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 White Widow, Free Agent