Eirdu, Carrier of Blind Eternities by Kaiden

Format: Commander

Commander: Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

This is a general-power Orzhov creature-and-token deck built around Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn. The front face gives creature spells convoke, allowing a board of Soldiers, Faeries, Mites, Rabbits, or Zombies to reduce later creature costs. Paying {B} transforms the commander into Isilu, Carrier of Twilight, which gives other nontoken creatures persist and helps the deck recover from destruction. The strongest ordinary plan is to establish a token source, cast Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn, then deploy scaling threats such as Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, and Grave Titan. Caretaker's Talent, Welcoming Vampire, Phyrexian Arena, and Necropotence provide card flow when drawn. The deck has strong high-end battlefield payoffs and several sweepers, but its access is mostly natural-draw based. It lacks a compact win, reliable haste, broad stack interaction, and a dependable route from a large board to eliminating all three opponents on a fixed clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abhorrent Overlord
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Curse of the Restless Dead
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
  • 1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
  • 1 Eye of Ugin
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flayer of Loyalties
  • 1 Ghoulcaller Gisa
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Hop to It
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 It That Betrays
  • 1 Jacked Rabbit
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Raise the Alarm
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 United Front
  • 1 Vedalken Orrery
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Will of the Mardu