Squall, Seed Mercenary by litlionleo

Format: Commander

Commander: Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov aggressive Voltron build centered on Squall, SeeD Mercenary. The strategy focuses on attacking with a single creature each combat step to grant it double strike through Squall's Rough Divide ability, while using Squall's combat damage trigger to recur permanents with mana value 3 or less directly from the graveyard to the battlefield. The list supports this plan with low-cost equipment like Hero's Heirloom and Civic Saber, evasion enablers like Behind the Scenes, and a dense package of reactive creature removal. However, the deck operates with a lean mana base of 31 lands and minimal acceleration, which can delay deployment. Because the deck eliminates opponents one by one through combat damage without extra turn or combat spells, it must defend Squall across multiple table rotations using protective cards like Fight as One and Kaya's Ghostform.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ardenvale Paladin
  • 1 Ardenvale Tactician // Dizzying Swoop
  • 1 Auxiliary Boosters
  • 1 Behind the Scenes
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Cavalry Drillmaster
  • 1 Charity Extractor
  • 1 Civic Saber
  • 1 Cleansing Ray
  • 1 Coat with Venom
  • 1 Daring Skyjek
  • 1 Debtor's Pulpit
  • 1 Demystify
  • 1 Desperate Farmer // Depraved Harvester
  • 1 Divine Favor
  • 1 Divine Verdict
  • 1 Doomed Necromancer
  • 1 Dub
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Excoriate
  • 1 Fight On!
  • 1 Fight as One
  • 1 Gallant Cavalry
  • 1 Grasp of Darkness
  • 1 Hero's Heirloom
  • 1 Hour of Revelation
  • 1 Humble
  • 1 Ihsan's Shade
  • 1 Inspiring Captain
  • 1 Inspiring Roar
  • 1 Ironwright's Cleansing
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Kill Shot
  • 1 Killing Wave
  • 1 Knight of Old Benalia
  • 1 Knight of the Last Breath
  • 1 Knight of the Pilgrim's Road
  • 1 Ledev Guardian
  • 1 Lionheart Maverick
  • 1 Luxior, Giada's Gift
  • 1 Makindi Patrol
  • 1 Mind Carver
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Necrogen Censer
  • 1 Parhelion Patrol
  • 1 Phyrexian Crusader
  • 14 Plains
  • 1 Pressure Point
  • 1 Pull Under
  • 1 Quintessential Katana
  • 1 Recommission
  • 1 Selfless Samurai
  • 1 Settle Beyond Reality
  • 1 Seven-Tail Mentor
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Silverquill Campus
  • 1 Sinister Monolith
  • 1 Skulduggery
  • 1 Sleeper's Guile
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Stave Off
  • 1 Subtle Strike
  • 1 Sunblade Samurai
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
  • 1 The Eternal Wanderer
  • 1 Touch of Moonglove
  • 1 Tumble Magnet
  • 1 Urborg Uprising
  • 1 Vincent's Limit Break
  • 1 Voracious Vampire
  • 1 White Orchid Phantom
  • 1 Wingsteed Rider