Overview:
This is a graveyard-focused deck that utilizes Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal to enable a strong reanimator strategy while leveraging enchantment synergies for value generation and control elements.
Primer:
The deck operates on multiple axes, primarily focusing on reanimator strategies while using enchantments as a value engine. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal provides consistent card selection through surveil, forces discards, and enables reanimation, creating a powerful engine that supports both aggressive and controlling gameplay patterns. The deck uses efficient tutors and entomb effects to fill the graveyard with high-impact creatures like Archon of Cruelty and Valgavoth, Terror Eater.
The secondary enchantment theme provides additional value through cards like Hallowed Haunting, Spirit-Sister's Call, and Ghostly Dancers. The deck can pivot between aggressive reanimation lines and controlling elements through cards like The Meathook Massacre and Solitary Confinement, making it adaptable to different game states while maintaining consistent pressure through recursive threats.
Weaknesses:
- Vulnerable to graveyard hate like Rest in Peace and Leyline of the Void
- Relatively dependent on the commander for optimal performance
- Can struggle against heavy artifact/enchantment removal
- Somewhat vulnerable to fast combo decks due to moderate interaction suite
Most Important Cards:
- Necropotence
- Smothering Tithe
- Living Death
- Spirit-Sister's Call
- Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
- Archon of Cruelty
- Animate Dead
- Reanimate
- Demonic Tutor
- The Meathook Massacre
Attribute Ratings:
- Speed: 7/10
- Resilience: 8/10
- Consistency: 7/10
- Interaction: 6/10
Rating Justification:
This deck operates at a focused competitive level, capable of establishing strong board positions by turn 5-6 through reanimation strategies while maintaining interaction and resilience. While it lacks the explosive speed of higher-powered decks, it makes up for it with strong recursive elements and multiple paths to victory. The combination of efficient tutors, strong reanimation targets, and enchantment-based value engines places it solidly in the 7.0-7.5 range.
Final power level rating: 7.2 - 7.5
The deck demonstrates too much consistency and power to be rated lower than 7.0, but lacks the explosive fast mana and turn 2-3 wins needed for an 8.0+ rating. Its ability to maintain pressure while recovering from disruption through multiple angles of attack makes it a solid focused competitive deck.
Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal