New Untitled Deck by Riuza

Format: Commander

Commander: Shanna, Purifying Blade

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant Lifegain Midrange strategy commanded by Shanna, Purifying Blade. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost lifegain permanents such as Soul Warden, Essence Warden, and Auriok Champion to trigger Shanna's end-step ability, drawing multiple cards each turn cycle. With an abundance of fresh resources, the deck transitions into the midgame by compounding board presence with +1/+1 counters and token generators like Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn, Resplendent Angel, and Adeline, Resplendent Cathar. Mana efficiency is elevated through cost-reduction engines such as Will, Scion of Peace and The Wind Crystal. The deck applies critical pressure around Turn 6 and closes games around Turn 8 through wide, buffed combat attacks or targeted 50-damage strikes from Aetherflux Reservoir. Strong mass recursion spells like Ascend from Avernus and Celestine, the Living Saint provide resilience against opposing removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aerith, Last Ancient
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ajani Resolute
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Ajani, Outland Chaperone
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcade Gannon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ascend from Avernus
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Avengers Hangar
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander Sofia Daguerre
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Doc Samson, Super Psychiatrist
  • 1 Doctor Strange, Surgeon
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elena, Turk Recruit
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Germinate Recruits
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 1 Hourglass of the Lost
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kolvori, God of Kinship // The Ringhart Crest
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Reidane, God of the Worthy // Valkmira, Protector's Shield
  • 1 Resplendent Angel
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Serah Farron // Crystallized Serah
  • 1 Shanna, Purifying Blade
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Basilica
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starfield Vocalist
  • 1 Storm of Souls
  • 1 Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 1 The Destined White Mage
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Vastwood Fortification // Vastwood Thicket
  • 1 Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul