Korlash Voltron by user9034752

Format: Commander

Commander: Korlash, Heir to Blackblade

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This Commander deck is a mono-black 'Swamps matter' and Voltron midrange strategy led by Korlash, Heir to Blackblade. The game plan revolves around accelerating basic Swamp counts using land-search artifacts like Wayfarer's Bauble, Burnished Hart, and Sword of the Animist alongside mana doublers such as Crypt Ghast and Magus of the Coffers. As the Swamp count increases, Korlash scales into a massive combat threat that leverages equipment like Blackblade Reforged, Lashwrithe, and Vorpal Sword to eliminate opponents through lethal commander damage. Built-in regeneration grants Korlash resilience against damage and destruction wipes, while asymmetric sweepers like In Garruk's Wake and Plague Wind clear opposing boards. Backup threats such as Grave Titan, Abhorrent Overlord, and Massacre Wurm ensure board dominance if the commander is contained. The deck plays a deliberate battlecruiser game that prioritizes steady land accumulation and devastating late-game combat connections.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abhorrent Overlord
  • 1 Abnormal Endurance
  • 1 Ancient Craving
  • 1 Argentum Armor
  • 1 Armillary Sphere
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Corrupt
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Dark Dabbling
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Defiler of Flesh
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Dread Presence
  • 1 Dread Shade
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Grasp of Darkness
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravedigger
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Hex
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Knight of Malice
  • 1 Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
  • 1 Lashwrithe
  • 1 Lifebane Zombie
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Magus of the Coffers
  • 1 Mask of Griselbrand
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nightmare
  • 1 Nightmare Incursion
  • 1 Nim Deathmantle
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Plague Wind
  • 1 Profane Transfusion
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Staff of the Death Magus
  • 1 Succumb to Temptation
  • 1 Surveyor's Scope
  • 28 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Sword of War and Peace
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble