Asta by user6667608

Format: Commander

Commander: Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-black control and Voltron strategy helmed by Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast. The game plan revolves around leveraging asymmetric forced-sacrifice effects to keep opposing creature boards empty while funneling those deaths into +1/+1 counters on Vincent. Once sufficiently grown, Vincent attacks and transforms into Galian Beast, crashing in with trample, lifelink, and commander damage. Heavy equipment suites like Commander's Plate, Tarrian's Soulcleaver, and Fireshrieker accelerate lethal damage while shielding the commander from opposing interaction. In parallel, the deck generates immense mana velocity through classic mono-black doublers including Cabal Coffers, Crypt Ghast, Nirkana Revenant, and Lake of the Dead. This surplus mana fuels explosive secondary win conditions such as Torment of Hailfire or devastating life swings with Gray Merchant of Asphodel, ensuring inevitable victory even when combat paths are contested.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cruel Edict
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demon's Disciple
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Gauntlet of Power
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana's Triumph
  • 1 Merciless Executioner
  • 1 Mire in Misery
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Super State
  • 30 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vona's Hunger
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat