Rogue by SCraythorn

Format: Commander

Commander: Anowon, the Ruin Thief

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Dimir tempo strategy built around evasive Rogues, incidental mill, and graveyard exploitation led by Anowon, the Ruin Thief. The early game focuses on curving out unblockable one- and two-drop Rogues like Slither Blade and Changeling Outcast, followed by deploying Anowon to buff the team and turn combat damage into card advantage and library milling. As opposing graveyards fill with milled cards, the deck transitions into the mid-to-late game by deploying powerful scaling threats such as Consuming Aberration, Bonehoard, and Syr Konrad, the Grim, or casting high-impact reanimation spells like Sepulchral Primordial. A well-timed prowled Notorious Throng creates an army of flying Faeries and grants an extra turn to close out the game. The deck plays a fair, interactive combat game with reliable card flow, but relies on surviving board wipes due to light defensive protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Thief
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dimir Keyrune
  • 1 Dimir Locket
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Endless Obedience
  • 1 Enigma Thief
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Fated Return
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Invisible Stalker
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Latchkey Faerie
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Marang River Prowler
  • 1 Marsh Flitter
  • 1 Master Thief
  • 1 Merfolk Windrobber
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necromantic Selection
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Obelisk of Urd
  • 1 Ogre Slumlord
  • 1 Oona's Blackguard
  • 1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
  • 1 Open into Wonder
  • 1 Price of Fame
  • 1 Rise from the Grave
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Scytheclaw
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Silumgar's Command
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Soaring Thought-Thief
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Manipulation
  • 1 Spinal Embrace
  • 1 Stinkdrinker Bandit
  • 1 Stolen Identity
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Sure-Footed Infiltrator
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Whirler Rogue
  • 1 Whispersteel Dagger
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat