the proverbial dog inside me (long pause) the beast within by user4310642

Format: Commander

Commander: Sahir, Visitor in Darkness

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck utilizes Sahir, Visitor in Darkness to convert self-inflicted damage and life loss into massive power and steady card advantage. Operating on an eminence upkeep ping, Sahir grows whenever a source deals exactly 1 damage or causes 1 life loss to you, drawing a card on the second resolution each turn. The deck accelerates this growth with cards like Bitterblossom, Dreadhorde Invasion, and pain lands. Once Sahir reaches formidable stats, evasion tools such as Brotherhood Regalia, Shizo, Death's Storehouse, and Shadowspear allow it to eliminate opponents rapidly through commander damage. In parallel, the deck runs a strong drain package including Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, and Gray Merchant of Asphodel alongside high-risk burst options like Wall of Blood with Rite of Consumption. Efficient removal keeps opposing threats in check while you manage your life total as an aggressive resource.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent Venom
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blessing of Leeches
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Celebrant
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Cabal Pit
  • 1 Carnival of Souls
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Daily Bugle Building
  • 1 Dark Deed
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demon's Horn
  • 1 Doctor Doom
  • 1 Dread Presence
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Ebon Drake
  • 1 Essence Harvest
  • 1 Eumidian Hatchery
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Forsworn Paladin
  • 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
  • 1 Gixian Puppeteer
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Herald of Torment
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Ifnir Deadlands
  • 1 Infernal Sovereign
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mask of Griselbrand
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mischievous Poltergeist
  • 1 Moonglove Extractor
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Lens
  • 1 Plague Spitter
  • 1 Power Word Kill
  • 1 Prism Ring
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Profane Transfusion
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repay in Kind
  • 1 Rite of Consumption
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sahir, Visitor in Darkness
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sinkhole Surveyor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawn of Mayhem
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Staff of the Death Magus
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Terror
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tomb of Urami
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treasure Dredger
  • 1 Vampire Scrivener
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Wall of Blood
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Wretched Anurid
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician