ruthless shadow by user6919853

Format: Commander

Commander: Ukkima, Stalking Shadow and Cazur, Ruthless Stalker

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck executes an aggressive tempo strategy built around the partner pairing of Ukkima, Stalking Shadow and Cazur, Ruthless Stalker. The game plan establishes cheap, evasive 1-drops early, then deploys Ukkima and Cazur on curve. When these creatures deal combat damage to players, Cazur rewards each connection with +1/+1 counters, steadily scaling their power. Midgame payoffs like Tanazir Quandrix, Necropolis Regent, and Invigorating Surge double this growth, turning unblockable attacks into rapid commander damage kills. If opponents destroy Ukkima, its leave-the-battlefield trigger deals direct damage equal to its power to any target. Burst card draw spells like Inspiring Call and Hunter's Insight replenish the hand based on creature count and damage dealt. While vulnerable to board wipes and lacking fast combo finishes, the deck maintains steady, unblockable pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Banehound
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Berta, Wise Extrapolator
  • 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Cazur, Ruthless Stalker
  • 1 Cerulean Drake
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Contentious Plan
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Eliminate
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Fate Transfer
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Fog
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Golden Ratio
  • 1 Gurmag Swiftwing
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Hindervines
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 In Search of Greatness
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Invigorating Surge
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Master Biomancer
  • 1 Mentor's Guidance
  • 1 Necropolis Regent
  • 1 Needlethorn Drake
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nighthowl Pursuer
  • 1 Novijen, Heart of Progress
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Oran-Rief Ooze
  • 1 Order of Midnight // Alter Fate
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Price of Fame
  • 1 Quandrix Charm
  • 1 Quandrix Command
  • 1 Ravenous Slime
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Retribution of the Ancients
  • 1 Sadistic Glee
  • 1 Sarulf, Realm Eater
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Scryb Sprites
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Smell Fear
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Song of Freyalise
  • 1 Soul Manipulation
  • 1 Spiketail Drakeling
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Strixhaven Stadium
  • 1 Study Hall
  • 1 Sultai Charm
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Tanazir Quandrix
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Theft of Dreams
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Ukkima, Stalking Shadow
  • 1 Urban Daggertooth
  • 1 Wild Beastmaster
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Wildwood Scourge