Selenia, Dark Angel (Buff 2, 3) eve more buffed 9/24 by siegelbythebay

Format: Commander

Commander: Selenia, Dark Angel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Selenia, Dark Angel deck is an Orzhov control and combo list focused on extreme life manipulation. Instead of preserving its life total, the deck treats life as a rapidly expendable fuel source. By taking advantage of Selenia's repeatable self-bounce ability, which can be activated multiple times while holding priority without spending mana, the pilot can drop their life total to 1 at instant speed. The deck pairs this ability with life-swap and threshold win conditions like Near-Death Experience, Repay in Kind, and Axis of Mortality. To survive this suicidal strategy, the list runs dedicated protection pieces including Angel's Grace, Children of Korlis, Phyrexian Unlife, and Grand Abolisher. Supported by potent black card-draw engines like Necropotence, Bolas's Citadel, and Necrologia, along with a full suite of efficient Orzhov removal and sweepers, the deck controls the board before executing a decisive life-swap finish on Turn 6 or 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Axis of Mortality
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Blood Celebrant
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Font of Agonies
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hex Parasite
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Kor Haven
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Magus of the Mirror
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moonlight Bargain
  • 1 Near-Death Experience
  • 1 Necrologia
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Netherborn Phalanx
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Processor
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Phyrexian Unlife
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Plunge into Darkness
  • 1 Promise of Power
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repay in Kind
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Selenia, Dark Angel
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skeletal Scrying
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sorin Markov
  • 1 Stunning Reversal
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Sigil
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Wall of Blood
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Wound Reflection
  • 1 Wrath of God