kingpin by big_jayz71

Format: Commander

Commander: The Kingpin of Crime

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck converts high toughness into lethal combat power using The Kingpin of Crime as an accessible damage assigner in the command zone. The primary game plan curves low-power, high-toughness creatures such as Giant Ox, Indomitable Ancients, and Unhallowed Phalanx into play, using the commander's attack trigger to deal combat damage equal to toughness rather than power. The deck breaks parity on combat and removal by leveraging asymmetric sweepers like Slaughter the Strong, Dusk // Dawn, and Expel the Interlopers, which clear opposing boards while leaving your low-power creatures completely unharmed. Secondary lifegain synergies from extort, Kambal, Consul of Allocation, and Indulging Patrician support alternative win conditions like Felidar Sovereign and Angel of Destiny. While the deck operates without infinite combos or high-end fast mana, its thick defensive bodies, steady life padding, and sudden bursts of combat damage make it a resilient mid-game combat engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Aegis of the Heavens
  • 1 Ancient Stone Idol
  • 1 Angel of Destiny
  • 1 Angelic Chorus
  • 1 Anointer of Valor
  • 1 Appa, Aang's Companion
  • 1 Arcade Cabinet
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Strife
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Baldin, Century Herdmaster
  • 1 Bar the Door
  • 1 Behind the Scenes
  • 1 Captain America's Shield
  • 1 Cathar's Shield
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Expel the Interlopers
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Giant Ox
  • 1 Guiding Hydra
  • 1 Hakoda, Selfless Commander
  • 1 Idyllic Grange
  • 1 Indomitable Ancients
  • 1 Indulging Patrician
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jaws of Defeat
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Life Insurance
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Political Triumph
  • 1 Pontiff of Blight
  • 1 Rasaad yn Bashir
  • 1 Refuse to Yield
  • 1 Restless Fortress
  • 1 Reunion of the House
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Slagwurm Armor
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solidarity
  • 1 Stoneskin
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tasseled Dromedary
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Kingpin of Crime
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Unhallowed Phalanx
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Weathered Sentinels
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn