Obzedat Control (1 vs 1)

Duel Commander* Competitive Control Discard Land Destruction WB (Orzhov)

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Land (39)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 5x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath

Artifact (6)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Skullclamp

Sorcery (24)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Castigate
• 1x Cataclysm
• 1x Chainer's Edict
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Distress
• 1x Duress
• 1x Gerrard's Verdict
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God
• 1x Wrench Mind

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Nevermore
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rest in Peace

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Diabolic Edict
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Geth's Verdict
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Unexpectedly Absent
• 1x Utter End

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Creature (2)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Grand Abolisher

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Instant (10)

• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Victim of Night
• 1x Withering Boon

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Dimir Machinations
• 1x Drown in Sorrow
• 1x Infest
• 1x Persecute

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Dark Tutelage

Creature (2)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Sun Titan

Land (1)

• 1x Command Beacon

Artifact (1)

• 1x Isochron Scepter

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Obzedat can be useful against almost every deck, his abilities allow us to recover our life from our opponents damage or even from our own spells, like Toxic Deluge and Phyrexian Arena , Bitterblossom ecc . Obzedat can be exiled at the end of our turn so he cant be targeted by sorcery speed removal which is very relevant against control decks that recur to sorcery speed mass removal. This deck is relies on a control strategy with Obzedat as our only creature. The main idea of the deck is to control the board with a high abundance of disrupt effects like discard spells, spot removal, mass removal and graveyard hate until we find conditions to win. Other than Obzedat we have some other ways to win like strong Planeswalkers, Bitterblossom and Armageddon (this last card you use it only in an advantageous situation with highlights on the battlefield). I hope you found this article to be entertaining and useful! Thanks for Reading!

• WIN CON :

1) Fighting with the commander Obzedat (leveraging its skills and self-exile steal life points) after playing a land distruction ( Armageddon / Cataclysm )

2) Contamination + token gen ( es. Bitterblossom/ Elspeth, Knight-Errant / Elspeth, Sun's Champion ) = lock opponent playing (if opponent doesn't play mono-black)

3) Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void / Rest in Peace = Exile target opponent's library

• FUNCTION :

1) RAMP DRAW : Dark Confidant , Phyrexian Arena , Night's Whisper , Read the Bones , Sign in Blood , Skeletal Scrying , Ob Nixilis Reignited , Sorin, Grim Nemesis , Skullclamp

combo RAMP DRAW : Skullclamp + token gen ( es. Bitterblossom/ Elspeth, Knight-Errant / Elspeth, Sun's Champion )

2) RAMP MANA : Land Tax , Tithe , Expedition Map

3) TUTORS : Demonic Tutor , Cruel Tutor , Enlightened Tutor , Beseech the Queen

4) STAX EFFECTS : Grand Abolisher , Nevermore , Cursed Totem , Pithing Needle , Maze of Ith

5) DISCARD : Liliana of the Veil , Thoughtseize Castigate , Distress , Duress , Gerrard's Verdict , Hymn to Tourach , Inquisition of Kozilek

6) SPOT REMOVAL : Chainer's Edict , Diabolic Edict , Geth's Verdict , Mortify , Hero's Downfall , Swords to Plowshares, Unexpectedly Absent , Anguished Unmaking , Utter End , Council's Judgment , Oblivion Ring , Vindicate , Dismember

7) MASS REMOVAL : Damnation , Wrath of God , Toxic Deluge , Black Sun's Zenith, Elspeth, Sun's Champion , Terminus , Armageddon , Cataclysm

There are some papers in the list that does not convince me much, for example : Beseech the Queen , Black Sun's Zenith , Buried Ruin and Coercive Portal. We kindly accept suggestions to improve the deck ;-) bye !

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Splash colors	WB
Legality	This deck is not Duel Commander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.70
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire Knight 1/1 B
Folders	Kalov