zenos combos by cpham206

Format: Commander

Commander: Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This mono-black control deck, helmed by Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival, is built around generating massive quantities of black mana through Swamp synergies and then converting that mana into a table-wide drain or life-total manipulation win. The primary game plan involves deploying mana doublers like Crypt Ghast, Magus of the Coffers, and Cabal Coffers with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, then finishing with Exsanguinate for a huge X, or using Sorin Markov to set one opponent to 10 life before draining, or combining Grievous Wound with any damage source. The commander offers a secondary, commander-specific win condition by transforming into Shinryu, Transcendent Rival and then winning when the chosen opponent loses the game, but the deck does not rely on this line. The overall strategy is resilient, with a dense removal suite and multiple paths to victory, but it lacks countermagic and can be vulnerable to fast combo decks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alpharael, Stonechosen
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dread Presence
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fraying Omnipotence
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Infernal Offering
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magus of the Coffers
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mutilate
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pox Plague
  • 1 Primogenesis
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rush of Dread
  • 1 Servant of the Stinger
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin Markov
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 23 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Warlock Class
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Wound Reflection
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival
  • 1 Zero Point Ballad