Sky High Premiums by user1913364

Format: Commander

Commander: Zoraline, Cosmos Caller

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

Sky High Premiums is an Orzhov lifegain control deck led by Zoraline, Cosmos Caller that blends early tax pieces, dense lifegain synergy, and resilient alternate win conditions. The deck establishes early board control through asymmetric stax pieces like Blind Obedience, Authority of the Consuls, and Rule of Law, preventing aggressive starts and slowing fast combo turns. As its life total rapidly climbs past 50 via lifelink creatures, extort triggers, and multipliers like Rhox Faithmender, the deck utilizes an extensive tutor package to locate Test of Endurance or Angel of Destiny. Robust plan shielding from Grand Abolisher, Silence, Greater Auramancy, and Flare of Fortitude insulates its winning turn against interaction. If the primary enchantment line is contested, the deck seamlessly transitions into big-mana drain finishes using Cabal Coffers, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, and Debt to the Deathless, or grinds out opponents through repeatable graveyard recursion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Angel of Destiny
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Basilica Screecher
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Case File Auditor
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Courier Bat
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Crypt Rats
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Disciple of Griselbrand
  • 1 Doctor Strange, Surgeon
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Intervention Pact
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Life Insurance
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Miren, the Moaning Well
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plague Engineer
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Potion of Healing
  • 1 Power Conduit
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Severed Strands
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starlit Sanctum
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Sigil
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temporal Extortion
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 Thrull Parasite
  • 1 Tithe Drinker
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Wall of Essence
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Worthy Cause
  • 1 Zoraline, Cosmos Caller