Tresserhorn / Grixis / Aristocrata by DouggTaborda

Format: Commander

Commander: Tresserhorn's Lord, Returned

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck transforms Tresserhorn's Lord, Returned into a terrifying combat juggernaut and value engine by turning his harsh enter-the-battlefield penalty into an asset. By establishing recurring creature generators like Bitterblossom, Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia, and Ophiomancer, you can easily pay the commander's sacrifice cost to immediately draw three fresh cards off his static ability. Alternatively, cards like Torpor Orb, Stifle, and Trickbind nullify the trigger completely, leaving behind an indestructible 10/4 trampler for only five mana. From there, the deck applies severe pressure through heavy combat steps augmented by equipment such as Lizard Blades and Tarrian's Soulcleaver. Meanwhile, Grave Pact, Mayhem Devil, and Marionette Apprentice drain opponents and clear opposing boards whenever your tokens die, backed by free defensive interaction including Deflecting Swat and Fierce Guardianship.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Blue Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consign to Memory
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defabricate
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Hordeling Outburst
  • 1 Infantry Shield
  • 1 Ingris Stingerquill
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
  • 1 Lizard Blades
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mask of Griselbrand
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nazgûl Battle-Mace
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 2 Snow-Covered Island
  • 2 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of Totentanz
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Strategic Betrayal
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tale's End
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Tempt with Vengeance
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thomil, the Destroyer
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tresserhorn's Lord, Returned
  • 1 Trickbind
  • 1 Urabrask's Forge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wand of Orcus
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Xander's Lounge