Orzhov Shart by user8337311

Format: Commander

Commander: Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar and Inspiring Leader

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck pairs Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar with Inspiring Leader to convert small creature tokens into massive card advantage. Inspiring Leader grants all creature tokens +2/+2, allowing Shadowheart to sacrifice even a 1/1 token to draw three fresh cards for just two mana. The deck leverages this steady stream of cards to assemble classic mono-black mana engines, including Cabal Coffers, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, and Crypt Ghast. Once a dominant mana advantage is established, the deck transitions from value generation to lethal finishes through Torment of Hailfire, Exsanguinate, or wide token overruns enhanced by Mondrak, Glory Dominus and Mirkwood Bats. Highly efficient interaction such as Deadly Rollick, Snuff Out, and Swords to Plowshares keeps opposing threats in check, while proactive pieces like Grand Abolisher and Drana and Linvala protect your proactive turns from disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Black Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Blood for Bones
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Tutor
  • 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cut Down
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dion, Bahamut's Dominant // Bahamut, Warden of Light
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Doomed Necromancer
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Inspiring Leader
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kaya, Geist Hunter
  • 1 Magus of the Coffers
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 SOLDIER Military Program
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Slice from the Shadows
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Summon: Knights of Round
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 The Cruelty of Gix
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Zombify