FF8 by Rennealan

Format: Commander

Commander: Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck helmed by Squall, SeeD Mercenary is a stax-infused combo-control list that leverages a dense graveyard recursion package and a suite of hatebears to lock opponents out while assembling an infinite loop. The primary game plan involves deploying early stax pieces like Archon of Emeria, Drannith Magistrate, and Deafening Silence to slow the table, then using cheap tutors and graveyard enablers to assemble a Leonin Relic-Warder + reanimation aura (Animate Dead, Necromancy, Dance of the Dead) loop with a sacrifice outlet (Phyrexian Altar or Warren Soultrader) for infinite death triggers, mana, or drain via The Meathook Massacre. Squall acts as a value engine, providing double strike on lone attackers and recurring cheap permanents from the graveyard, but the deck's combo lines function entirely independently of the commander. Secondary win conditions include combat damage from Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER or a critical mass of stax pieces that make the game unwinnable for opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Brilliant Wings
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mayor Tong of Chin Village
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Censor
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Seal of Cleansing
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Static Prison
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tangle Wire
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Diviner
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wedding Invitation
  • 1 Widow-Making Infiltrator
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman