Stellar by Strixis

Format: Commander

Commander: Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck, helmed by Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar, operates as a midrange value-grinder that weaponises creature deaths. The commander grows with +1/+1 counters each time another creature dies or is exiled, gaining life in the process, and eventually threatens to destroy a nonland permanent when it dies at power 4+. The 99 is packed with creatures that trigger on death or sacrifice (e.g., Susurian Voidborn, Dockworker Drone, Beamsaw Prospector), a handful of recursion spells (Scout for Survivors, Rescue Skiff, Astelli Reclaimer), and a Spacecraft subtheme that uses the Station mechanic for large, evasive threats like Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought. Win conditions are combat-oriented - either a pumped commander with menace or a fully crewed Spacecraft - supported by incremental drain from Susurian Voidborn and Elegy Acolyte. The deck has no infinite combos, relying instead on attrition and repeated value loops.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Agonizing Remorse
• 1 Astelli Reclaimer
• 1 Auxiliary Boosters
• 1 Beamsaw Prospector
• 1 Beyond the Quiet
• 1 Charitable Levy
• 1 Cryptic Spires
• 1 Dauntless Scrapbot
• 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
• 1 Decode Transmissions
• 1 Depressurize
• 1 Dockworker Drone
• 1 Dual-Sun Adepts
• 1 Duress
• 1 Elegy Acolyte
• 1 Entropic Battlecruiser
• 1 Exosuit Savior
• 1 Expel the Interlopers
• 1 Extinguisher Battleship
• 1 Flight-Deck Coordinator
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Gravblade Heavy
• 1 Gravkill
• 1 Gravpack Monoist
• 1 Hardlight Containment
• 1 Honor
• 1 Honored Knight-Captain
• 1 Hullcarver
• 1 Hymn of the Faller
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Knight Luminary
• 1 Luxknight Breacher
• 1 Noxious Gearhulk
• 1 Oppression
• 1 Perigee Beckoner
• 1 Pinnacle Kill-Ship
• 1 Pinnacle Starcage
• 15 Plains
• 1 Pulsar Squadron Ace
• 1 Quest for the Necropolis
• 1 Radiant Strike
• 1 Rayblade Trooper
• 1 Reroute Systems
• 1 Rescue Skiff
• 1 Restless Fortress
• 1 Return to Dust
• 1 Rufus Shinra
• 1 Scoured Barrens
• 1 Scout for Survivors
• 1 Scrounge for Eternity
• 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
• 1 Starfield Shepherd
• 1 Starfighter Pilot
• 1 Starport Security
• 1 Sunlit Marsh
• 1 Sunstar Expansionist
• 1 Susurian Dirgecraft
• 1 Susurian Voidborn
• 15 Swamp
• 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
• 1 Syr Vondam, the Lucent
• 1 Temporal Intervention
• 1 Terror
• 1 The Dominion Bracelet
• 1 Tragic Trajectory
• 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
• 1 Vincent's Limit Break
• 1 Virus Beetle
• 1 Voidforged Titan
• 1 Wedgelight Rammer
• 1 Witch's Vengeance
• 1 Zealous Display