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COMMANDER(S)
Winter, Cynical Opportunist
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B G
- Golgari
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

A graveyard-focused deck leveraging Winter, Cynical Opportunist's delirium ability to cheat permanents onto the battlefield, supported by self-mill effects and value creatures.

Primer:

The deck aims to fill the graveyard quickly through self-mill effects while maintaining board presence. The primary strategy involves reaching delirium (four or more card types in graveyard) to trigger Winter's ability, allowing free permanent deployment from exile. Secondary plans include reanimation effects and large creatures that benefit from a full graveyard. Early game focuses on ramping and filling the graveyard, mid-game establishes board presence through Winter's ability, and late game leverages powerful permanents and graveyard synergies for victory.

Weaknesses:

Highly vulnerable to graveyard hate effects like Rest in Peace or Leyline of the Void. The strategy is somewhat commander-dependent, making it susceptible to repeated removal. The deck can struggle against faster strategies that establish board control before it can set up its engine.

Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:

  • Winter, Cynical Opportunist
  • Grist, the Hunger Tide
  • Deadbridge Chant
  • Ishkanah, Grafwidow
  • Professor Onyx
  • Whip of Erebos
  • Wrenn and Seven
  • Old Stickfingers
  • Grim Flayer
  • Cemetery Tampering

Attribute Ratings:

  • Speed: 4/10
  • Resilience: 5/10
  • Consistency: 5/10
  • Interaction: 4/10

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a casual power level, with a clear strategy but relatively slow execution. While it includes some powerful cards and synergies, it lacks the fast mana and consistent early interaction needed for higher power levels. The deck would struggle against focused decks (6.0+) due to its setup time but could hold its own against other casual strategies. The graveyard strategy is well-supported but vulnerable to disruption, and the win conditions require multiple turns to establish.

Final power level rating: 4.5 - 5.0

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DECK LIST
Winter, Cynical Opportunist
Planeswalker: 4
1
Grist, the Hunger Tide
1 B G
1
Ob Nixilis Reignited
3 B B
1
Professor Onyx
4 B B
1
Wrenn and Seven
3 G G
Creature: 27
1
Burnished Hart
3
1
Carrion Grub
3 B
1
Deathcap Cultivator
1 G
1
Demolisher Spawn
5 G G
1
Dryad Arbor
1
Giant Adephage
5 G G
1
Gnarlwood Dryad
G
1
Grim Flayer
B G
1
Haywire Mite
1
1
Hornet Queen
4 G G G
1
Ishkanah, Grafwidow
4 G
1
Moldgraf Millipede
4 G
1
Moldgraf Monstrosity
4 G G G
1
Noxious Gearhulk
4 B B
1
Nyx Weaver
1 B G
1
Obsessive Skinner
1 G
1
Old Stickfingers
X B G
1
Rendmaw, Creaking Nest
3 B G
1
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 G
1
Scavenging Ooze
1 G
1
Skola Grovedancer
1 G
1
Solemn Simulacrum
4
1
Stitcher's Supplier
B
1
Suspicious Bookcase
2
1
Titania, Nature's Force
4 G G
1
Ursine Monstrosity
2 G
1
Vile Mutilator
5 B B
Sorcery: 9
1
Convert to Slime
3 B G
1
Culling Ritual
2 B G
1
Deluge of Doom
2 B
1
Formless Genesis
2 G
1
Harmonize
2 G G
1
Mulch
1 G
1
Night's Whisper
1 B
1
Rampant Growth
1 G
1
Reanimate
B
Instant: 6
1
Arachnogenesis
2 G
1
Grapple with the Past
1 G
1
Grisly Salvage
B G
1
Harrow
2 G
1
Inscription of Abundance
1 G
1
Putrefy
1 B G
Artifact: 8
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Commander's Sphere
3
1
Golgari Signet
2
1
Mind Stone
2
1
Sol Ring
1
1
Talisman of Resilience
2
1
Whip of Erebos
2 B B
1
Whispersilk Cloak
3
Enchantment: 8
1
Binding the Old Gods
2 B G
1
Cemetery Tampering
2 B
1
Crawling Sensation
2 G
1
Deadbridge Chant
4 B G
1
Deathreap Ritual
2 B G
1
Demonic Covenant
4 B B
1
Into the Pit
2 B
1
Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette
1 B //  4 B
Land: 37
1
Ash Barrens
1
Barren Moor
1
Bojuka Bog
1
Command Tower
1
Darkmoss Bridge
1
Evolving Wilds
1
Exotic Orchard
7
Forest
1
Golgari Rot Farm
1
Grim Backwoods
1
Jungle Hollow
1
Llanowar Wastes
1
Necroblossom Snarl
1
Reliquary Tower
7
Swamp
1
Tainted Wood
1
Temple of Malady
1
Temple of the False God
1
Terramorphic Expanse
1
Tranquil Thicket
1
Tree of Tales
1
Twilight Mire
1
Vault of Whispers
1
Viridescent Bog
1
Woodland Cemetery