Squall by Knightmare015

Format: Commander

Commander: Squall, SeeD Mercenary

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Orzhov attrition deck, helmed by Squall, SeeD Mercenary, is built around creature sacrifice, death triggers, and incremental life drain. The commander provides a recurring source of double strike on a lone attacker and a small-scale recursion engine (returning a permanent with mana value 3 or less from the graveyard to the battlefield when Squall deals combat damage). The deck's primary game plan is to establish a loop of sacrificing creatures for value-using outlets like Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Culling Dais, and Braids, Arisen Nightmare-while draining opponents via Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, Syr Konrad, the Grim, and Agent of the Iron Throne. Eventually, Squall suits up with equipment like Loxodon Warhammer or Shadowspear and closes with commander damage, or Bolas's Citadel chains life payments into a critical mass of drain. The deck is a slow, grindy value engine that rewards patience and incremental advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
  • 1 Angelic Exaltation
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Aron, Benalia's Ruin
  • 1 Assault Intercessor
  • 1 Bagel and Schmear
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Dragon Gate
  • 1 Blast Zone
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Colonel Autumn
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Culling Dais
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Fang, Fearless l'Cie
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Gas Guzzler
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Impassioned Orator
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Keleth, Sunmane Familiar
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Minthara, Merciless Soul
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Bunrei
  • 1 Psychic Paper
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Ravenous Amulet
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shakedown Heavy
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Truth and Justice
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Sibsig Ceremony
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Triarch Praetorian
  • 1 Underhanded Designs
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Wizard's Rockets
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zack Fair
  • 1 Zahur, Glory's Past
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat