Kuroki, *Sharer* of Talents by Theanimetrix

Format: Commander

Commander: Kuroki, Thief of Talents

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-black theft-control deck built around Kuroki, Thief of Talents. The primary game plan is to overload the table with symmetrical draw effects (Howling Mine, Temple Bell, Font of Mythos, Anvil of Bogardan) so that opponents' hands are always full. Kuroki then pressures each player: at your end step a target opponent may draw four cards - if they do, you look at their hand and cast one of their spells for free; if they refuse, Kuroki grows with +1/+1 counters. The deck layers in additional theft tools (Opposition Agent, Dauthi Voidwalker, Praetor's Grasp, Cruelclaw's Heist) and punishing draw triggers (Seizan, Perverter of Truth, Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor). Wins come through assembling overwhelming card advantage, stealing the table's best spells, or finishing with Vorpal Sword/Repay in Kind/Doomsday Excruciator. The commander is a value engine, but the deck has many independent ways to exploit opponents' cards.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anvil of Bogardan
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Doomsday Excruciator
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Font of Mythos
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Ghirapur Orrery
  • 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Head Games
  • 1 Heartless Conscription
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Hithlain Rope
  • 1 Horn of Greed
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kain, Traitorous Dragoon
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Kuroki, Thief of Talents
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Master of the Feast
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Miss Highwater
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Otherworld Atlas
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Panoptic Mirror
  • 1 Parker Luck
  • 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Rainbow Vale
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repay in Kind
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Seizan, Perverter of Truth
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 20 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Tempting Contract
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Victory Chimes
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival