Janis by Cisco39o

Format: Commander

Commander: Jon Irenicus, Shattered One

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir control and attrition strategy helmed by Jon Irenicus, Shattered One. The primary game plan revolves around casting severe drawback creatures such as Steel Golem, Grid Monitor, and Archfiend of the Dross, then using Jon's end-step trigger to donate them to opponents. Because Jon grants two +1/+1 counters, permanent goad, and sacrifice immunity, opponents are forced to attack each other while suffering oppressive drawbacks like being locked out of creature spells or losing cards and life. Meanwhile, each attack by an owned creature draws you cards. The deck leverages high-end fast mana, efficient black tutors, and elite free interaction like Fierce Guardianship and Force of Will to protect its board. It closes games by running opponents out of life via combat and attrition, finishing either through an asymmetric Torment of Hailfire or the infinite Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond drain combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of the Dross
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Creeping Tar Pit
  • 1 Crystal Chimes
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Taskmaster
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flesh Reaver
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Grid Monitor
  • 1 Hasran Ogress
  • 1 Heartless Act
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Jon Irenicus, Shattered One
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rotting Regisaur
  • 1 Rust Elemental
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Sly Instigator
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Golem
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch's Cottage