Initiative by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Commander: Rilsa Rael, Kingpin

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Initiative Midrange deck centered on Rilsa Rael, Kingpin. The strategy focuses on seizing the initiative early through cost-efficient creatures and artifacts, racing through the Undercity dungeon, and capitalizing on dungeon completion. Once a dungeon is completed, Rilsa Rael, Kingpin turns cheap evasive creatures into lethal threats by granting +5/+0, deathtouch, first strike, and menace on attack. The deck supports this game plan with mana acceleration, blink effects like Ghostly Flicker to re-trigger initiative, and payoff permanents like Dungeon Delver and Tomb of Horrors Adventurer. Because the strategy relies on combat connections and defending the initiative against three opponents, maintaining board presence and evasion is vital. The deck steadily grinds down life totals through unblockable combat damage and room-based life loss, finishing the game over a series of decisive combat turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aarakocra Sneak
  • 1 Acererak the Archlich
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Alora, Merry Thief
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bar the Gate
  • 1 Blur
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cephalid Facetaker
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clattering Skeletons
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Creeping Tar Pit
  • 1 Criminal Past
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Displacer Beast
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dungeon Crawler
  • 1 Dungeon Delver
  • 1 Dungeon Descent
  • 1 Dungeon Map
  • 1 Dungeoneer's Pack
  • 1 Eccentric Apprentice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fates' Reversal
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Feywild Caretaker
  • 1 Feywild Visitor
  • 1 Fifty Feet of Rope
  • 1 Fly
  • 1 From the Catacombs
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Imoen, Mystic Trickster
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kefnet's Monument
  • 1 Krydle of Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Passageway Seer
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Precipitous Drop
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Ravenloft Adventurer
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Rilsa Rael, Kingpin
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Safana, Calimport Cutthroat
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sarevok's Tome
  • 1 Secret Door
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shortcut Seeker
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Tomb of Horrors Adventurer
  • 1 Trailblazer's Torch
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underdark Explorer
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vicious Battlerager
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yuan-Ti Fang-Blade
  • 1 Yuan-Ti Malison
  • 1 Zombie Ogre