Ayara by user5822967

Format: Commander

Commander: Ayara, First of Locthwain

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Mono-Black Aristocrats strategy commanded by Ayara, First of Locthwain. It focuses on generating a continuous stream of black creature tokens, converting them into card advantage through Ayara and sacrifice outlets, and draining life totals across the entire table. The deck uses low-cost token generators like Ophiomancer and Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia to consistently trigger Ayara's enter-the-battlefield ability while drawing extra cards each turn cycle. In the mid-to-late game, the deck scales rapidly with massive devotion payoffs like Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Abhorrent Overlord, explosive engines like Bolas's Citadel, and damage multipliers like Bloodletter of Aclazotz. It maintains board parity through efficient removal and repeating sacrifice edicts such as Priest of Forgotten Gods and Braids, Arisen Nightmare. Although the deck lacks stack interaction and dedicated protective spells, its deep redundancy across sacrifice outlets, token fodder, and drain triggers ensures resilient, inexorable attrition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abhorrent Overlord
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Chittering Witch
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Gate to Phyrexia
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Sengir Autocrat
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 37 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat