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COMMANDER(S)
Zevlor, Elturel Exile
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- Grixis
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

This is a mill-focused deck that leverages Zevlor, Elturel Exile's ability to triple single-target mill spells, aiming to deplete opponents' libraries while maintaining control elements and generating value through card draw and mana acceleration.

Primer:

The deck's primary strategy revolves around using Zevlor's ability to multiply single-target mill spells, effectively hitting all opponents simultaneously. Key spells like Peer into the Abyss, Mind Grind, and Cut Your Losses become particularly potent when copied. The deck includes protection pieces like Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots to keep Zevlor safe, while various artifact ramp helps ensure consistent mana development.

The secondary gameplan involves controlling the board through removal spells and bounce effects while setting up mill engines through permanents like Mindcrank and Psychic Corrosion. Card advantage engines such as Archmage Emeritus and Siphon Insight help maintain resources, while tutors like Mystical Tutor provide consistency in finding key pieces.

Weaknesses:

  • Heavily reliant on the commander being present and protected
  • Vulnerable to graveyard strategies and Eldrazi titans that shuffle graveyards back
  • Limited creature presence makes it susceptible to aggressive strategies
  • Weak to enchantment-based hate pieces like Rest in Peace or Leyline of the Void

Most Important Cards:

  1. Peer into the Abyss
  2. Mind Grind
  3. Cut Your Losses
  4. Lightning Greaves
  5. Mindcrank
  6. Archmage Emeritus
  7. Toxic Deluge
  8. Sol Ring
  9. Mystical Tutor
  10. Psychic Corrosion

Attribute Ratings:

  • Speed: 5/10
  • Resilience: 4/10
  • Consistency: 6/10
  • Interaction: 7/10

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a focused casual level, typically winning around turns 8-10 through concentrated mill efforts. While it includes some powerful individual cards and interaction pieces, its reliance on the commander and vulnerability to common hate pieces keeps it from reaching higher power levels. The deck's interaction suite and ability to hit multiple opponents simultaneously through Zevlor's ability places it above precon level, but its speed and resilience limitations prevent it from competing with more optimized strategies.

Final power level rating: 5.0 - 5.5

The deck sits firmly in the optimized casual range because it:

  1. Has a clear strategy with good support pieces
  2. Includes interaction and protection
  3. Can affect multiple opponents simultaneously
  4. Lacks fast mana beyond Sol Ring
  5. Requires setup time to execute its strategy effectively
DECK LIST
Zevlor, Elturel Exile
Creature: 10
1
Archmage Emeritus
2 U U
1
Archmage of Runes
3 U U
1
Cormela, Glamour Thief
1 U B R
1
Dreadhound
4 B B
1
Duskmantle Guildmage
U B
1
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
3 U U
1
Nightscape Familiar
1 B
1
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3 B B
1
Tribute Mage
2 U
1
Trinket Mage
2 U
Sorcery: 18
1
Blasphemous Act
8 R
1
Breach the Multiverse
5 B B
1
Cut Your Losses
4 U U
1
Eldritch Pact
6 B
1
Great Intelligence's Plan
4 U B
1
Hell to Pay
X R
1
Maddening Cacophony
1 U
1
Mind Funeral
1 U B
1
Mind Grind
X U B
1
Nuclear Fallout
X B B
1
Overmaster
R
1
Peer into the Abyss
4 B B B
1
Pilfered Plans
1 U B
1
Sorcerous Squall
6 U U U
1
Talent of the Telepath
2 U U
1
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
1 U U
1
Toxic Deluge
2 B
1
Traumatize
3 U U
Instant: 16
1
Aetherize
3 U
1
Big Score
3 R
1
Display of Power
1 R R
1
Drown in Dreams
X 2 U
1
Drown in the Loch
U B
1
Leadership Vacuum
2 U
1
Mystical Tutor
U
1
Press the Enemy
2 U U
1
Reality Shift
1 U
1
Siphon Insight
U B
1
Thought Scour
U
1
Tragic Slip
B
1
Unexpected Windfall
2 R R
1
Visions of Beyond
U
1
Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
1
Withering Torment
2 B
Artifact: 18
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Battlemage's Bracers
2 R
1
Fellwar Stone
2
1
Glittering Stockpile
2 R
1
Illusionist's Bracers
2
1
Lightning Greaves
2
1
Mindcrank
2
1
Patriar's Seal
3
1
River Song's Diary
3
1
Sol Ring
1
1
Strionic Resonator
2
1
Swiftfoot Boots
2
1
Séance Board
2
1
Talisman of Dominance
2
1
Talisman of Indulgence
2
1
The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment
1
Wayfarer's Bauble
1
1
Worn Powerstone
3
Enchantment: 2
1
Psychic Corrosion
2 U
1
Spiteful Banditry
X R R
Land: 35
1
Ash Barrens
1
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1
Command Tower
1
Crumbling Necropolis
1
Dimir Aqueduct
1
Dragonskull Summit
1
Drowned Catacomb
1
Evolving Wilds
1
Exotic Orchard
10
Island
4
Mountain
1
Myriad Landscape
1
Path of Ancestry
1
Rakdos Carnarium
1
Smoldering Marsh
1
Stormcarved Coast
1
Sulfur Falls
1
Sunken Hollow
4
Swamp
1
Terramorphic Expanse