Skithiryx [[Duel Commander]]

Duel Commander

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Creature (2)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Plague Stinger

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms
• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Land (38)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rishadan Port
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 20x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Dystopia
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Artifact (16)

• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Coercive Portal
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Lashwrithe
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox DiamondGC
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Instant (14)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Diabolic Edict
• 1x Disfigure
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Funeral Charm
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Sickening Shoal
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Sudden Death
• 1x Victim of Night
• 1x Withering Boon

Sorcery (24)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Caress of Phyrexia
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Distress
• 1x Drown in Sorrow
• 1x Duress
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Mind Shatter
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Sinkhole
• 1x Stupor
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unmask
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

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Land (2)

• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Thawing Glaciers

Artifact (1)

• 1x Lotus Bloom

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Our general is such an efficient win condition by himself that few others are really necessary here, and this deck aims to take advantage of that by jamming the deck to capacity with one haymaker spell after another. Unspeakable Symbol and Hatred allows for a one hit-ko with either Skittles or Inkmoth Nexus. The deck has the ability to play the general and get into the red zone at a blistering speed, thanks to cards like Lake of the Dead, Bubbling Muck, and your usual black namesakes like Dark Ritual and Cabal Coffers. This deck has hands that can kill as early as Turn two, and can typically do so with a usual hand by about Turn 4 or Turn 5 with little resistance.

The majority of the deck is some of the best selection of cards that the color Black has to offer. Premium removal, some of the best Hand Disruption spells in the game, and some considerable draw power with utility spells and insane tutors (there's even a counterspell in there in Withering Boon). A little artifact acceleration to get us ahead, and with our general as our go-to win engine, a pretty consistent endgame when we get there. Of course there's always something like Liliana of the Veil who can simply threaten to end the game by herself.

While not for the faint of heart, I highly recommend giving this deck a spin. There are also plenty of budget builds of the deck available as well, making it a very accessible way of getting into the Duel Commander format.As always, comments, suggestions and +1's are always greatly appreciated.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Duel Commander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.44
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	edh favs, EDH, skittles, Inspiration