Squall B2 by cedric524

Format: Commander

Commander: Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Orzhov Voltron and stax strategy led by Squall, SeeD Mercenary. The core game plan revolves around casting Squall on turn 3, using his innate Rough Divide ability to grant himself double strike when attacking alone, and connecting with combat damage to trigger his recursion ability twice per combat. Squall returns permanents with mana value 3 or less directly to the battlefield, enabling a punishing attrition loop that repeatedly sacrifices and reanimates edict creatures like Accursed Marauder and Plaguecrafter. The deck locks down opponents using Rule of Law, Archon of Emeria, and Blind Obedience, completely breaking parity because Squall floods the board without casting spells. Robust protection from Mother of Runes, Selfless Spirit, and Lightning Greaves shields Squall as he eliminates opponents one by one via commander damage. While the deck lacks instant stack countermagic and takes several turn cycles to eliminate a full pod, its compounding resource engine and stax locks suffocate opposing game plans.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brilliant Wings
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feather of Flight
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Gift of Orzhova
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Kíli the Resourceful
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Merciless Executioner
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Spirit Mantle
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Wedding Invitation
  • 1 Windswept Heath