Bane of Existence by user4510121

Format: Commander

Commander: Bane, Lord of Darkness

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Aristocrats and Midrange strategy commanded by Bane, Lord of Darkness. The deck develops on turns 1 through 3 using efficient ramp, persist creatures, and early tax pieces like Esper Sentinel and Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff. On turn 4, Bane, Lord of Darkness enters the battlefield, turning every nontoken creature death into a dilemma for opponents: granting extra cards or cheating creatures directly into play. The deck transitions into a win condition around turn 6 by transforming Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings into an aggressive Incubator army or establishing Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel and Luminous Broodmoth for life drain and recurring death loops. Supported by flexible interaction such as Flare of Denial, Damn, and Cyclonic Rift, the deck controls opposing tempos while grinding down the table through attrition and combat over three response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abjure
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Agent of Treachery
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Athreos, God of Passage
  • 1 Aura Thief
  • 1 Bane, Lord of Darkness
  • 1 Body Double
  • 1 Body Launderer
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deceit
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Disowned Ancestor
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings
  • 1 Emptiness
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Glen Elendra Guardian
  • 1 God-Pharaoh's Faithful
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Guul Draz Assassin
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Loch Mare
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Louisoix's Sacrifice
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Magus of the Mirror
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Nick Fury, Spymaster
  • 1 Overcharged Amalgam
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Persistent Constrictor
  • 1 Pirated Copy
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Platinum Angel
  • 1 Profaner of the Dead
  • 1 Puppeteer Clique
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhys, the Evermore
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Ruthless Technomancer
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Sidisi's Faithful
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Subtlety
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Transcendent Master
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow