The Witch-King . . . by kal.el.0042

Format: Commander

Commander: Witch-king of Angmar

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This mono-black deck pilots a relentless value-drain strategy, leveraging the Witch-king of Angmar as a board-control piece that forces opponents to sacrifice creatures that damage you while the Ring tempts you to grow an army of Nazgul. The real engine, however, lives in the 99: a dense reanimation package (Animate Dead, Reanimate, Corpse Dance, Living Death) combined with several efficient infinite combos. The primary win condition is the Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond (or Bloodthirsty Conqueror) loop, which instantly drains the table. Secondary lines include Mikaeus, the Unhallowed with a sacrifice outlet and a non-Human creature to generate infinite death triggers, and Bolas's Citadel to chain spells from the top of the library. The deck is built to grind card advantage through Phyrexian Arena, Black Market Connections, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, and Braids, Arisen Nightmare, while keeping the board clear with Grave Pact, No Mercy, and several wipes. The commander is a useful rattlesnake but not essential-the deck executes its plan just fine without ever casting it.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Dance
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 8 Nazgûl
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sunken Citadel
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Urborg
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician