group hug no winn by byram493

Format: Commander

Commander: Shadrix Silverquill

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Orzhov token-and-politics deck helmed by Shadrix Silverquill, built to generate a critical mass of flying Inklings and Spirits, multiply them with Mondrak, Glory Dominus and Thalisse, Reverent Medium, and close out with a buffed swarm or a burst finisher like Blot Out the Sky or Inkshield. The deck leans heavily on "group hug with a knife" politics - cards like Breena, the Demagogue, Master of Ceremonies, and Tempting Contract reward opponents for cooperating while the deck accrues more value than they do. Secondary win paths include Elenda, the Dusk Rose growing into a death-trigger army, Felisa, Fang of Silverquill converting +1/+1 counters into Inklings, and Perch Protection for an extra turn. The deck is unusually durable against creature wipes thanks to repeatable token engines and deterrents like Windborn Muse and Nils, Discipline Enforcer.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Benevolent Offering
  • 1 Blot Out the Sky
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Combat Calligrapher
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dramatic Finale
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Firemane Commando
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hunted Horror
  • 1 Hunted Lammasu
  • 1 Infernal Offering
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Joined Researchers // Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Keen Duelist
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Love Song of Night and Day
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 1 Noble Heritage
  • 1 Orzhov Advokist
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perch Protection
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Scholarship Sponsor
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silverquill Campus
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tempt with Bunnies
  • 1 Tempting Contract
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Victory Chimes
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack