The Best Looking Commander in This Pod by Aksyis

Format: Commander

Commander: Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Voltron Reanimator strategy commanded by Squall, SeeD Mercenary. The primary plan leverages Squall's Rough Divide ability, which grants double strike whenever a creature attacks alone, to deal massive commander damage and trigger his combat recursion twice per turn. By dealing combat damage, Squall returns key permanents with mana value 3 or less directly from the graveyard to the battlefield. This engine creates an expanding loop where sacrificed protection creatures, edict effects, Auras, and Equipment continuously return to play. The deck uses asymmetric combat controllers like Silent Arbiter and board wipes like Single Combat to force opponents into favorable one-on-one combat trades. With low-cost tutors and redundant protective elements, Squall swiftly scales to lethal commander damage thresholds, eliminating opponents sequentially while maintaining strong board resilience against opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Benevolent Bodyguard
  • 1 Black Widow, Double Agent
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Bounty Agent
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fang, Fearless l'Cie
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Idolized
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit Mantle
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Super-Soldier Serum
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Thran Power Suit
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Zephyr Boots