New Untitled Deck by ItsElijah

Format: Commander

Commander: Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck executes a focused Voltron-combo game plan built around the unique 'Burning Chains' ability of Shinryu, Transcendent Rival. By casting Zenos yae Galvus on Turn 4 or 5 and immediately eliminating an opponent's creature with cheap removal like Snuff Out or Deadly Rollick, you transform Zenos into an 8/8 flying Dragon and designate one opponent. Because eliminating that single player triggers an immediate game victory for you, the deck bypasses the traditional challenge of dealing 120 total damage in multiplayer Commander. Instead, it concentrates all its resources into one-shotting the chosen player using high-impact combat buffs like Hatred, Tainted Strike, Vorpal Sword, or Commander's Plate. Dense mono-black ramp, card advantage engines like Black Market Connections, and resilient protection equipment ensure that Shinryu connects cleanly and decisively.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Hatred
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Lashwrithe
  • 1 Leaden Myr
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Multiply by Zero
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
  • 1 Plague Myr
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 22 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival