Mr. Stax by aloemiki

Format: Commander

Commander: Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov reanimator and combo strategy built around Squall, SeeD Mercenary. The game plan combines efficient white and black hatebears with a compact Aristocrats finish. In the early turns, tax pieces such as Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and Archon of Emeria slow down faster opposing decks while acceleration pieces ramp toward Squall. The primary win condition uses Buried Alive to place Warren Soultrader, Blood Artist, and Gravecrawler into the graveyard. Squall attacks alone on turn 5, gaining double strike to reanimate two key combo pieces across both combat damage steps. During the postcombat main phase, the loop generates infinite Treasure and drain triggers to eliminate all opponents simultaneously. The deck boasts strong resilience due to Squall's ability to recur low-mana utility permanents, though it requires combat connectivity to execute its fastest lines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
  • 1 Black Widow, Double Agent
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bounty Agent
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charitable Levy
  • 1 Collective Brutality
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauntless Dismantler
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dimir Machinations
  • 1 Executioner's Capsule
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Portable Hole
  • 1 Remote Farm
  • 1 Seal of Cleansing
  • 1 Seal of Doom
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Static Prison
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thieves' Tools
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman