Chevill by hatdoogen

Format: Commander

Commander: Chevill, Bane of Monsters

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari attrition and midrange control deck led by Chevill, Bane of Monsters, centered on deathtouch synergies, reusable fight and ping equipment, and lethal life-halving damage multipliers. In the opening turns, Chevill pairs with equipment like Viridian Longbow and Thornbite Staff to turn deathtouch into repeatable spot removal that draws cards, gains life, and triggers graveyard-punishing effects like Mari, the Killing Quill and Vraska, the Silencer. As the midgame develops, the deck transitions from board suppression to decisive victory through Revel in Riches, Fynn, the Fangbearer, or explosive life-halving combinations such as Virtus the Veiled, Unstoppable Slasher, and Quietus Spike amplified by Warlock Class. While the deck excels at dismantling opposing creature boards and generating grinding card advantage, its thin 30-land mana base, lack of stack countermagic, and reliance on combat connections make it susceptible to noncreature combo strategies and well-timed mass removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Activated Sleeper
  • 1 Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Archetype of Finality
  • 1 Avatar of Woe
  • 1 Back for More
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Bounty Hunter
  • 1 Chevill, Bane of Monsters
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of Vengeance
  • 1 Deadbridge Chant
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Endbringer
  • 1 Endless Whispers
  • 1 Find // Finality
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Freestrider Lookout
  • 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
  • 1 Garruk Relentless // Garruk, the Veil-Cursed
  • 1 Gift of Doom
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Gorgon Flail
  • 1 Gorgon's Head
  • 1 Grave Betrayal
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Grim Feast
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Hornet Queen
  • 1 Horobi, Death's Wail
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Kraven the Hunter
  • 1 Leyline Prowler
  • 1 Live or Die
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Noxious Newt
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phage the Untouchable
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Shard of the Nightbringer
  • 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Terastodon
  • 1 Tetzimoc, Primal Death
  • 1 The Serpent Society
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Tree of Perdition
  • 1 Triskaidekaphobia
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Virtus the Veiled
  • 1 Visara the Dreadful
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Vraska Joins Up
  • 1 Vraska, Swarm's Eminence
  • 1 Vraska, the Silencer
  • 1 Warlock Class
  • 1 Wolfhunter's Quiver
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wretched Confluence