Locked and Goaded

Format: Commander

Commander: Killian, Decisive Mentor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov enchantress deck centered on Aura-based combat control and Voltron aggression. Led by Killian, Decisive Mentor, the strategy leverages cheap Aura spells to control the battlefield through repeatable tap and goad triggers while generating steady card advantage whenever enchanted creatures attack. The deck develops in two complementary directions: building a massive, protected attacker using scaling buffs like All That Glitters and Ethereal Armor, while neutralizing opposing threats with disabling Auras and pillowfort pieces like Sphere of Safety and Ghostly Prison. Secondary engines like Eriette of the Charmed Apple turn widespread Auras into passive drain and absolute combat safety. The deck relies on high Aura redundancy and efficient card-draw creatures like Sram, Senior Edificer and Kor Spiritdancer to sustain momentum. While it lacks fast combo finishes and stack interaction, it excels at grindy combat attrition, asymmetric board wipes like Winds of Rath, and resilient graveyard recovery via Mantle of the Ancients.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 All That Glitters
• 1 Angelic Destiny
• 1 Arcane Lighthouse
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Changing Loyalty
• 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
• 1 Coercive Impetus
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Concealed Courtyard
• 1 Damn
• 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
• 1 Danitha, Benalia's Hope
• 1 Desolate Mire
• 1 Diabolic Tutor
• 1 Eclipsed Steppe
• 1 Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1 Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish
• 1 Eriette of the Charmed Apple
• 1 Erode
• 1 Ethereal Armor
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Foot Headquarters
• 1 Forum Filibuster
• 1 General's Enforcer
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Ghoulish Impetus
• 1 Gift of Doom
• 1 Gift of Immortality
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grievous Wound
• 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1 Hateful Eidolon
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kaya's Ghostform
• 1 Killian, Decisive Mentor
• 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
• 1 Kor Spiritdancer
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Mantle of the Ancients
• 1 Minas Tirith
• 1 Nahiri's Binding
• 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• 1 Nowhere to Run
• 1 Ondu Spiritdancer
• 1 Open the Armory
• 1 Orzhov Basilica
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Pacifism
• 1 Parasitic Impetus
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
• 6 Plains
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Redemption Arc
• 1 Requisition Raid
• 1 Revival // Revenge
• 1 Sage's Reverie
• 1 Scoured Barrens
• 1 Screams from Within
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Shay Cormac
• 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
• 1 Shielded by Faith
• 1 Shineshadow Snarl
• 1 Silent Clearing
• 1 Silverquill Campus
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Songbirds' Blessing
• 1 Sphere of Safety
• 1 Spirit Link
• 1 Spirit Loop
• 1 Spirit Mantle
• 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tainted Field
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 1 The Wind Crystal
• 1 Timely Ward
• 1 Turbulent Moor
• 1 Unquestioned Authority
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Visions of Brutality
• 1 Vow of Duty
• 1 Winds of Rath