Celes V3: B 3.5-4 by user4754142

Format: Commander

Commander: Celes, Rune Knight

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Mardu aristocrats and reanimator combo deck commanded by Celes, Rune Knight. Celes fulfills two essential roles: a hand-sculpting discard and draw engine upon entering the battlefield, and a combo engine that places +1/+1 counters on your team whenever a creature enters from the graveyard. This ability uniquely breaks the persist mechanic on creatures such as Murderous Redcap, Putrid Goblin, and Lesser Masticore. When paired with any free sacrifice outlet like Goblin Bombardment, Blasting Station, or Carrion Feeder, the +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters cancel each other out, generating an infinite sacrifice and enter-the-battlefield loop. Supported by cheap reanimation spells, targeted creature tutors like Buried Alive, and a potent midrange reanimator backup plan featuring Archon of Cruelty, the deck threatens swift, resilient table kills on Turn 4.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasting Station
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodthrone Vampire
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celes, Rune Knight
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Chainer, Nightmare Adept
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dihada, Binder of Wills
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Immersturm Predator
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Lesser Masticore
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Nahiri's Resolve
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Ruthless Technomancer
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sister Hospitaller
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawning Pit
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat