Anowon, the Mill God by holsch92

Format: Commander

Commander: Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Rogue tempo and combo strategy commanded by Anowon, the Ruin Thief. The game plan starts by deploying low-cost, unblockable Rogues such as Changeling Outcast, Slither Blade, and Triton Shorestalker. Once Anowon enters the battlefield, these evasive attackers mill opponents on combat connection and draw extra cards whenever creature cards are milled. The deck converts this early tempo advantage into game-ending pressure through the infinite combo of Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank, which drains the entire table upon dealing single-point damage or triggering a mill effect. Backing this core are potent asymmetric disruption pieces like Opposition Agent, Notion Thief, and Dauthi Voidwalker, alongside efficient countermagic such as Fierce Guardianship and Deadly Rollick. Resilient draw engines and extra-turn spells like Notorious Throng provide reliable backup paths to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Thief
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cephalid Facetaker
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Ghost Vacuum
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Invisible Stalker
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Knowledge Exploitation
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Soaring Thought-Thief
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Stinkdrinker Bandit
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thieves' Guild Enforcer
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Withering Torment