Zev by ayjay

Format: Commander

Commander: Zevlor, Elturel Exile

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Grixis Spellslinger deck is commanded by Zevlor, Elturel Exile, focusing on multiplying single-target instant and sorcery spells across all three opponents. During the opening turns, the deck accelerates mana using efficient mana rocks and cost-reducing creatures such as Baral, Chief of Compliance and Goblin Electromancer. Once Zevlor enters the battlefield, his activated ability turns targeted removal, discard, and theft spells into devastating three-for-one effects. High-impact spells like Bribery, Extract Brain, and Leadership Vacuum systematically dismantle opposing game plans while stealing their most powerful creatures. Magecraft engines like Archmage Emeritus and Storm-Kiln Artist reward spell copying with massive card advantage and Treasure generation. The deck ultimately closes games by attacking with stolen threats, backed up by incremental burn from Guttersnipe and Ral, Storm Conduit or large X-spells fueled by Mana Geyser.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Banefire
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bonfire of the Damned
  • 1 Bribery
  • 1 Chandra, Hope's Beacon
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cormela, Glamour Thief
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exhaustion
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exterminator Magmarch
  • 1 Extract Brain
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flick a Coin
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Inevitable Betrayal
  • 1 Ioreth of the Healing House
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Leadership Vacuum
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Mizzix of the Izmagnus
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Omen Hawker
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Peek
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Pilfered Plans
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Portent
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos's Return
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rousing Refrain
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerous Sight
  • 1 Stinging Vitriol
  • 1 Stolen Goods
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talent of the Telepath
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 This Is How It Ends
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Zevlor, Elturel Exile