Blood for the Demon by dodgeboy426

Format: Commander

Commander: Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine helms a midrange Orzhov reanimator deck that leans heavily into Angel tribal and aristocrats-style sacrifice loops. The commander's primary role is as a mass-reanimation finisher: by sacrificing high-toughness Angels (creating a burst of Blood tokens) and then activating his ability, the deck can flood the battlefield with every creature in its graveyard. The underlying engine relies on sacrifice outlets like Viscera Seer and Ashnod's Altar paired with death-payoff creatures (Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat) and a dense reanimation package (Animate Dead, Karmic Guide, Living Death). Solemnity is a standout synergy piece that negates the finality counters from Shilgengar's activation, enabling repeated reanimation. The deck also includes the Bruna, the Fading Light / Gisela, the Broken Blade meld pair and several anthem-style Angels to close games through combat. While it can assemble infinite death loops, the primary wins come from overwhelming creature advantage after a mass reanimation turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
  • 1 Angel of Suffering
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Bishop of Wings
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Bruna, the Fading Light
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Disciple of the Vault
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Gisela, the Broken Blade
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Inspiring Overseer
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Luminarch Ascension
  • 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Resplendent Angel
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Sephara, Sky's Blade
  • 1 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silverquill Campus
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemnity
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat