Blessed Are the Exiled (For They Draw Me Cards) by Alistair_Steele

Format: Commander

Commander: Ketramose, the New Dawn

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov midrange control list commanded by Ketramose, the New Dawn. The strategy leverages an extensive suite of exile-based removal, graveyard hate, and blink effects to trigger Ketramose's ability, drawing cards while developing a resilient board state. In the early turns, the deck sets up its mana using catch-up land ramp and deploys low-cost repeatable exile artifacts such as Lion Sash or Ghost Vacuum. Once Ketramose enters the battlefield, every exile action taken on your turn generates steady card advantage. Dense spot removal and asymmetric wipes keep opposing battlefields clear while quickly meeting the seven-card exile threshold required to animate Ketramose. Victory is achieved through sustained combat damage with an indestructible lifelinking commander, supported by compounding threats like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Obzedat, Ghost Council, and Sun Titan. The deck grinds down opponents through attrition, permanent denial, and overwhelming resource accumulation.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abstergo Entertainment
• 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
• 1 Aerial Extortionist
• 1 All-Fates Stalker
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Archaeomancer's Map
• 1 Arid Archway
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Avatar's Wrath
• 1 Aven Interrupter
• 1 Bleachbone Verge
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
• 1 Claim Jumper
• 1 Cloudshift
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conciliator's Duelist
• 1 Damn
• 1 Damnation
• 1 Daydream
• 1 Deadly Cover-Up
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Despark
• 1 Dire Tactics
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Elspeth Conquers Death
• 1 Ephemerate
• 1 Erode
• 1 Exorcise
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Ghost Vacuum
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grasp of Fate
• 1 Guildless Commons
• 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Ketramose, the New Dawn
• 1 Knight of the White Orchid
• 1 Kor Cartographer
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Legions to Ashes
• 1 Lightstall Inquisitor
• 1 Lion Sash
• 1 Lotus Field
• 1 March of Otherworldly Light
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 1 Orzhov Basilica
• 1 Parting Gust
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pit of Offerings
• 8 Plains
• 1 Relic of Progenitus
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Ride's End
• 1 Ripples of Undeath
• 1 Scavenger Grounds
• 1 Scolding Administrator
• 1 Scrubland
• 1 Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector
• 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1 Shadowy Backstreet
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Silverquill Charm
• 1 Skyclave Apparition
• 1 Stirring Hopesinger
• 1 Strategic Betrayal
• 1 Summon: Yojimbo
• 1 Sun Titan
• 1 Surveyor's Scope
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tainted Field
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1 Teleportation Circle
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 The Darkness Crystal
• 1 The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen
• 1 The Meathook Massacre
• 1 The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration
• 1 The Wandering Emperor
• 1 Trouble in Pairs
• 1 Turbulent Moor
• 1 Unexplained Absence
• 1 Unlicensed Hearse
• 1 Vanishing Verse
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vindictive Triumph
• 1 White Auracite
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• 1 Wrath of God