Hora do Duelo by Pomper

Format: Commander

Commander: Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This mono-black control deck leverages Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival to turn multiplayer Commander into a single-target duel. By targeting an opposing creature with Zenos's entry ability and immediately destroying it with efficient spot removal, the commander transforms into Shinryu, an 8/8 flying Dragon. Shinryu designates one opponent with Burning Chains: when that chosen player loses the game, you win the entire match. The deck protects Shinryu using dedicated tools like Not of This World, Lightning Greaves, and Mithril Coat, while dense creature removal clears blockers and suppresses opposing engines. If the commander plan stalls, large black mana spells such as Torment of Hailfire, Rise of the Dark Realms, and Painful Quandary provide dependable late-game closing power.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Adventurous Eater // Have a Bite
  • 1 Alchemist's Assistant
  • 1 Alesha's Legacy
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Armor of Shadows
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Comet Crawler
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Crypt of Agadeem
  • 1 Cut Down
  • 1 Dark Endurance
  • 1 Dash Hopes
  • 1 Demon Wall
  • 1 Eliminate
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell
  • 1 Foolish Fate
  • 1 Gleaming Barrier
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Grim Discovery
  • 1 Heartless Act
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Leech Collector // Bloodletting
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Masterful Flourish
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Mirrodin Avenged
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Monoist Sentry
  • 1 Not of This World
  • 1 Null Elemental Blast
  • 1 Offer Immortality
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Profane Command
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Revenge of Ravens
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sidequest: Hunt the Mark // Yiazmat, Ultimate Mark
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skirge Familiar
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sol Talisman
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 26 Swamp
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Weathered Sentinels
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 You Are Already Dead
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival
  • 1 Zombify