Sephiroth by tcgsmooth

Format: Commander

Commander: Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This mono-black Aristocrats deck is led by Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER, who provides early card flow and life drain from the command zone before transforming into Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel. The deck revolves around sacrificing low-cost recursive creatures like Forsaken Miner, Gravecrawler, and tokens to fuel powerful draw engines and generate continuous value. Once Sephiroth transforms, he leaves behind a permanent Super Nova emblem that ensures every future creature death drains opponents, creating an inevitable clock that cannot be removed. Supporting engines like Grave Pact and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician keep opposing boards clear of threats, turning opposing creatures into fuel for your drain triggers. Win conditions include standard Aristocrats attrition, explosive Bolas's Citadel turns, and an infinite combo between Exquisite Blood and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. The deck excels at grinding out creature-based strategies while maintaining deep card flow, though it remains vulnerable to static graveyard hate and lacks answers to resolved noncreature artifacts and enchantments.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Gisa, the Hellraiser
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kingpin, Wilson Fisk
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Merciless Executioner
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadows of the Past
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sifter of Skulls
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 18 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat