Sharuum cycling by Hrothrik

Format: Commander

Commander: Sharuum the Hegemon

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck combines an Esper artifact reanimation strategy with a dedicated cycling and blink engine. Led by Sharuum the Hegemon, the deck uses landcycling cards and early card selection to fix colors and fill the graveyard with high-impact artifact threats such as Portal to Phyrexia, Magister Sphinx, and Cataclysmic Gearhulk. A robust Wizard tutor chain featuring Trinket Mage, Tribute Mage, and Treasure Mage—searchable via Step Through and Vedalken Aethermage—swiftly finds key engine pieces like Fluctuator and win conditions. Once Astral Slide, Astral Drift, or Escape Protocol enters play, cycling cards for reduced or zero mana repeatedly blinks Sharuum and enters-the-battlefield creatures. This generates compounding card advantage, sweeps opposing boards through Archfiend of Ifnir, and repeatedly drops opposing life totals with Magister Sphinx. The deck finishes games by eliminating opponents with large flying beaters while sustaining asymmetric board control.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All-Seeing Arbiter
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Excavation
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Architects of Will
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Astral Drift
  • 1 Astral Slide
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Blasted Landscape
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
  • 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Countervailing Winds
  • 1 Curator of Mysteries
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Desert of the Glorified
  • 1 Desert of the Mindful
  • 1 Desert of the True
  • 1 Drannith Healer
  • 1 Drifting Meadow
  • 1 Ertai Resurrected
  • 1 Escape Protocol
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Filigree Angel
  • 1 Flourishing Fox
  • 1 Fluctuator
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Gift
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Herald of the Forgotten
  • 1 Hieroglyphic Illumination
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Miscalculation
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Neutralize
  • 1 Night Market
  • 1 Nimble Obstructionist
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Perplex
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Refurbished Familiar
  • 1 Remote Isle
  • 1 Riptide Gearhulk
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Scampering Surveyor
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spectacular Pileup
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Street Wraith
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Tameshi, Reality Architect
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Timeless Dragon
  • 1 Transit Mage
  • 1 Treasure Mage
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vedalken Aethermage
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Waxen Shapethief
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wreck Remover
  • 1 Zur the Enchanter