Sephiroth themesong by RubenShire

Format: Commander

Commander: Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This mono-black aristocrats deck is commanded by Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel, focusing on high-density creature sacrifice, incremental life drain, and asymmetric board attrition. The early turns establish recurring sacrifice fodder through self-reanimating creatures like Forsaken Miner, Gravecrawler, and Reassembling Skeleton, alongside token producers like Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia and Ophiomancer. Deploying Sephiroth converts this fodder into card advantage and steady life drain, rapidly building toward four creature deaths in a single turn to transform him into Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel. The resulting indestructible Super Nova emblem provides permanent, unstoppable drain triggers across the table. Supported by heavy edict effects like Grave Pact and Plaguecrafter, the deck starves opposing creature boards while scaling into lethal burst damage via Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Massacre Wurm, or compact two-card combos including Bloodthirsty Conqueror with Enduring Tenacity and Warren Soultrader loops. While vulnerable to resolved noncreature permanents and graveyard hate, the deck delivers exceptional resilience and inevitable late-game…

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Army of the Damned
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Grave Betrayal
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Merciless Executioner
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Presumed Dead
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 30 Swamp
  • 1 Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Zodiark, Umbral God