Pinke by user4168015

Format: Commander

Commander: Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Rakdos Group Slug and Punisher strategy commanded by Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls. The primary objective is to deploy early passive life-loss pieces such as Roiling Vortex, Razorkin Needlehead, and Underworld Dreams on turns 1 through 3, followed by casting Valgavoth on turn 4. Because Valgavoth triggers whenever an opponent loses life for the first time during each of their turns, this setup reliably draws three net cards and adds three +1/+1 counters every table rotation. On turn 5, the deck transitions into a lethal threat by landing damage amplifiers like Torbran, Thane of Red Fell or restrictive punisher enchantments such as Manabarbs and Spellshock. Opponents face severe damage whenever they tap mana, cast spells, or draw cards, while an evasive Valgavoth grows into a double-digit flying threat. The game typically closes on turn 7 through escalated table burn, combat strikes, or an Exsanguinate finisher, utilizing lifelink utility to comfortably outlast symmetric damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Geothermal Bog
  • 1 Gleeful Arsonist
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Harsh Mentor
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Kederekt Parasite
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Kolaghan's Command
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Loyal Subordinate
  • 1 Mogis, God of Slaughter
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Nibelheim Aflame
  • 1 Obosh, the Preypiercer
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rampaging Ferocidon
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Rift Bolt
  • 1 Roiling Vortex
  • 1 Rug of Smothering
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Lord of Pain
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Vial Smasher the Fierce
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Zo-Zu the Punisher