Tergrid (CEDH) by CometaOnFire

Format: Commander

Commander: Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered competitive mono-black stax and combo engine helmed by Tergrid, God of Fright. It leverages explosive mana acceleration from rituals, ancient lands, and positive-mana rocks to deploy Tergrid ahead of curve. Once Tergrid enters the battlefield, symmetrical discard and sacrifice effects like Dark Deal, Oppression, and chained edicts strip opposing resources while placing all permanent cards under your control. Opponents face severe mana and card denial through proactive locks such as Contamination, Damping Sphere, Defense Grid, and Opposition Agent. If Tergrid is removed or heavily targeted, the deck smoothly pivots to compact win conditions, including the infinite life-drain loop of Enduring Tenacity with Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror, as well as storm lines enabled by Bolas's Citadel and Sensei's Divining Top. The result is a resilient, oppressive strategy that dominates metagames by turning opposing assets into your primary win condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Contamination
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Damping Sphere
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Dead of Winter
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana's Triumph
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Oppression
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulless Jailer
  • 20 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Tinybones, Trinket Thief
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undying Evil
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Withering Boon