The Scorpion God by Brianthemax

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scorpion God

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos control and combo strategy commanded by The Scorpion God, built to leverage -1/-1 counters for continuous creature suppression, massive card advantage, and instant-speed infinite burn finishes. Early turns focus on accelerating mana through artifacts and black rituals to deploy The Scorpion God or engine enchantments by turn 4 or 5. Once established, the deck controls opposing boards through wither damage, counter distribution, and asymmetric board wipes like Black Sun's Zenith and Maha, Its Feathers Night. Every opposing creature death with a counter refills your hand, quickly drawing into key combo pieces. The primary win condition loops Nest of Scarabs and Blowfly Infestation alongside All Will Be One or Massacre Girl, Most Wanted to deal infinite direct damage in a single turn without passing priority. Backed by solid spot removal and resilient commander recursion, the deck grinds down creature-heavy tables while threatening an explosive combo kill.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Banewhip Punisher
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blight Rot
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Blowfly Infestation
  • 1 Bogslither's Embrace
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Cinderbones
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrosive Mentor
  • 1 Crumbling Ashes
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkness Descends
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dusk Urchins
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Everlasting Torment
  • 1 Festering Mummy
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Harbinger of Night
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kolaghan's Command
  • 1 Kulrath Knight
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Most Wanted
  • 1 Midnight Banshee
  • 1 Moonshadow
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Necroskitter
  • 1 Nest of Scarabs
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Oft-Nabbed Goat
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Persistent Constrictor
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Plague Myr
  • 1 Rakdos Locket
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sinister Gnarlbark
  • 1 Skinrender
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Snuffers
  • 1 Spitting Dilophosaurus
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 18 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Scorpion God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrilling Encore
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vat Emergence
  • 1 Village Pillagers
  • 1 Wickersmith's Tools
  • 1 Withering Torment