Shadow attempt 2 by bobbysmith123

Format: Commander

Commander: Shadow the Hedgehog

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Rakdos sacrifice/aristocrats deck is helmed by Shadow the Hedgehog, a four-drop with haste that draws a card whenever a creature with flash or haste dies-which is nearly every creature in the deck. The commander's "Chaos Control" ability grants split second to every spell cast with artifact mana, making the deck's combo turns extremely difficult to interact with. The primary game plan is to assemble a repeatable sacrifice loop (e.g., Nether Traitor + Pitiless Plunderer + a free sacrifice outlet) that generates infinite death triggers, then drain the table with Goblin Bombardment, Mayhem Devil, or Bastion of Remembrance. Theft effects like Insurrection and Furnace Reins provide alternative paths to victory, while the dense ramp package (Chrome Mox, Dark Ritual, Jeska's Will, and many mana rocks) accelerates the deck into its explosive turns. The commander is a valuable card-draw engine and protection enabler, but the core combo lines live entirely in the 99.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Act of Treason
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Claim the Firstborn
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drossforge Bridge
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flamewake Phoenix
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Furnace Reins
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loki's Scepter
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Shadow the Hedgehog
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Wrangle