Zagras Pinger by PgetzMTG

Format: Commander

Commander: Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats leads a black-red tempo pile that uses cheap party creatures-Rogues, Wizards, and Clerics-to reduce the commander's cost and establish a deathtouch board. The primary plan is to cast Zagras on turn four, attack with haste, and finish the table with commander damage after adding double strike or +1/+1 pumps. Secondary wins come from repeatable pings and drains: Malakir Blood-Priest, Molten Gatekeeper, Pyromancer's Assault, and Marauding Blight-Priest with lifelink. Recursion from Whip of Erebos, Grim Harvest, and Rescue from the Underworld keeps the board refilling. The deck has no infinite combos, so it wins through incremental combat and direct damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardent Electromancer
  • 1 Ardent Elementalist
  • 1 Ashenmoor Liege
  • 1 Bituminous Blast
  • 1 Blightning
  • 1 Blood Mist
  • 1 Bone Harvest
  • 1 Bone Splinters
  • 1 Chandra's Outrage
  • 1 Child of Night
  • 1 Curse of the Pierced Heart
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Death Spark
  • 1 Death Watch
  • 1 Demon's Horn
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon's Claw
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Fissure Wizard
  • 1 Fists of the Demigod
  • 1 Five-Alarm Fire
  • 1 Fuming Effigy
  • 1 Goblin War Drums
  • 1 Gravepurge
  • 1 Gremlin Infestation
  • 1 Grim Harvest
  • 1 Heat of Battle
  • 1 Kulrath Knight
  • 1 Lightfoot Rogue
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Malakir Blood-Priest
  • 1 Mana Flare
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Markov Blademaster
  • 1 Maw of the Mire
  • 1 Midnight Recovery
  • 1 Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Necrogen Communion
  • 1 Necrotic Plague
  • 1 Nezumi Informant
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
  • 1 Paralyze
  • 1 Parasitic Bond
  • 1 Poison the Well
  • 1 Pyromancer's Assault
  • 1 Quest for the Gravelord
  • 1 Rescue from the Underworld
  • 1 Revive the Fallen
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rockslide Sorcerer
  • 1 Sanity Gnawers
  • 1 Scar
  • 1 Shadow Slice
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Sinister Possession
  • 1 Sleeper Agent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vines
  • 1 Stensia Masquerade
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Tablet of the Guilds
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Traveler's Amulet
  • 1 Unlicensed Disintegration
  • 1 Urborg Scavengers
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats