Blackout by user4976425

Format: Commander

Commander: Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This mono-black control deck uses Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty to grind down opposing boards through enchantments, auras, and Shrines. Early turns focus on mana development and card draw engines like Black Market Connections and Lord Skitter's Blessing. By Turns 4 and 5, static debuffs such as Night of Souls' Betrayal and the commander's repeatable removal restrict opposing creatures and tokens. Mid-game turns establish constellation triggers and life drain via Grim Guardian and Sanctum of Stone Fangs. The primary lethal clock activates around Turn 7 with Super State, transforming a creature into an evasive 9/9 that damages all opponents simultaneously. The deck excels at creature suppression and long-term attrition but remains vulnerable to exile wipes and combo strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Journey
  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Alien Symbiosis
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashiok's Reaper
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blightcaster
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boon of Emrakul
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Casting of Bones
  • 1 Changing Loyalty
  • 1 Chorale of the Void
  • 1 Coercive Impetus
  • 1 Coils of the Medusa
  • 1 Crystal Chimes
  • 1 Cunning Rhetoric
  • 1 Curse of Death's Hold
  • 1 Demonic Embrace
  • 1 Despondency
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Dreadbringer Lampads
  • 1 Erebos, God of the Dead
  • 1 Eternal Thirst
  • 1 Extinguish All Hope
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fungal Fortitude
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Gift of Doom
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Hidden Cruelty
  • 1 Grim Guardian
  • 1 Hateful Eidolon
  • 1 Helm of the Gods
  • 1 Honden of Night's Reach
  • 1 Illness in the Ranks
  • 1 Inner Demon
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Blessing
  • 1 Mogis's Favor
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Necrosynthesis
  • 1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Northern Air Temple
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Nurgle's Rot
  • 1 Nyx Infusion
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Sanctum of Stone Fangs
  • 1 Screams from Within
  • 1 Shade's Form
  • 1 Skull of Orm
  • 1 Sleeper's Guile
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Super State
  • 30 Swamp
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Twisted Embrace
  • 1 Underworld Connections
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Vampiric Embrace
  • 1 Vampiric Link
  • 1 Vow of Torment
  • 1 Warehouse Tabby
  • 1 Wicked Visitor