As Above, So Below by a.perfect.Storm

Format: Commander

Commander: Firja, Judge of Valor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Angel tribal and reanimator strategy helmed by Firja, Judge of Valor. The primary game plan focuses on filling the graveyard quickly using self-mill creatures, discard outlets, and dedicated tutors like Entomb and Buried Alive. Once big threats are in the graveyard, low-cost reanimation spells such as Animate Dead, Victimize, and Stitch Together cheat game-ending Angels into play as early as Turn 4. Firja, Judge of Valor supports this game plan by rewarding double-spell turns with card selection and additional self-mill. The deck establishes dominant board states through high-impact threats like Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Serra's Emissary, and the melded Brisela, Voice of Nightmares. Win conditions rely on overwhelming aerial combat bolstered by tribal buffers like Righteous Valkyrie and Lyra Dawnbringer, closing games out around Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Airlift Chaplain
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bruna, the Fading Light
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Cemetery Tampering
  • 1 Cleaving Reaper
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Churn
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eradicator Valkyrie
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Angel
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fiendish Panda
  • 1 Firja, Judge of Valor
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Funeral Rites
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Gisela, the Broken Blade
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Grave Strength
  • 1 Hardlight Containment
  • 1 Inspiring Overseer
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lord of the Forsaken
  • 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
  • 1 Lyra, Archangel of Dawn
  • 1 Magister of Worth
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Rampage of the Valkyries
  • 1 Renegade Reaper
  • 1 Reya Dawnbringer
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rodolf Duskbringer
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starfield Shepherd
  • 1 Starnheim Aspirant
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Sunblast Angel
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vengeful Reaper
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Withering Curse
  • 1 Youthful Valkyrie
  • 1 Zombify