Savra, Queen of the Golgari by Jasher_the_Unknowing

Format: Commander

Commander: Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari aristocrats strategy commanded by Savra, Queen of the Golgari. It leverages sacrifice fodder, life-gain triggers, and token generation to control opposing boards while assembling a compact win condition. The primary victory route is the two-card infinite combo of Exquisite Blood paired with Dina, Soul Steeper or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, which drains all three opponents to zero life in a single turn. High-efficiency tutors like Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, and Beseech the Mirror ensure consistent assembly by Turn 4. Meanwhile, Savra and Valentin, Dean of the Vein keep opposing creature strategies in check by forcing asymmetric sacrifices and exiling dying threats. In backup scenarios, the deck wins through traditional aristocrat loops powered by Pitiless Plunderer, Nether Traitor, and Blood Artist, or through burst life drain with Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Exsanguinate.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avoid Fate
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creakwood Liege
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Plunge into Darkness
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rushed Rebirth
  • 1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tenacious Dead
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Trudge Garden
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Veinwitch Coven
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Witch of the Moors
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat