Nethroi, Apex of Death
Nethroi, Apex of Death Commander Deck
Nethroi, Apex of Death serves as the engine of this reanimator-combo deck, which fills the graveyard early through self-mill, tutors, and sacrifice outlets, then mutates Nethroi to return a swarm of zero-power creatures — including key combo pieces — directly to the battlefield at once. The deck wins primarily through infinite sacrifice loops, most commonly by combining Gravecrawler with a free sacrifice outlet and a drain trigger from cards like Blood Artist or Zulaport Cutthroat to kill all opponents simultaneously. Supporting engines like Protean Hulk and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician help assemble these combinations efficiently, while disruption in the form of silence effects and instant-speed interaction protects the winning turn.
Decklist
- 5× Plains
- 8× Forest
- 6× Swamp
- Arcane Signet
- Command Tower
- Deafening Silence
- Fabled Passage
- Bojuka Bog
- Ashnod's Altar
- Beast Within
- Birds of Paradise
- Blood Artist
- Carrion Feeder
- Eldritch Evolution
- Eternal Witness
- Gravecrawler
- Lightning Greaves
- Llanowar Elves
- Meren of Clan Nel Toth
- Path to Exile
- Sandsteppe Citadel
- Skullclamp
- Shriekmaw
- Sol Ring
- Swords to Plowshares
- Heroic Intervention
- Life from the Loam
- Walking Ballista
- Corpse Knight
- Buried Alive
- Exotic Orchard
- Golgari Signet
- Reveillark
- Orzhov Signet
- Sun Titan
- Terramorphic Expanse
- Llanowar Wastes
- Brushland
- Reanimate
- Phyrexian Altar
- Tainted Wood
- Entomb
- Blasting Station
- Godless Shrine
- Elvish Mystic
- Karmic Guide
- Toxic Deluge
- Viscera Seer
- Greater Good
- Canopy Vista
- Victimize
- Guardian Project
- Apprentice Necromancer
- Golgari Grave-Troll
- Phyrexian Tower
- Zulaport Cutthroat
- Beast Whisperer
- Overgrown Tomb
- Protean Hulk
- Silence
- Sunpetal Grove
- Altar of Dementia
- Cruel Celebrant
- Putrid Goblin
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- Deadly Rollick
- Grand Abolisher
- Melira, Sylvok Outcast
- Eerie Ultimatum
- Fiend Artisan
- Indatha Triome
- Luminous Broodmoth
- Saffi Eriksdotter
- Stitcher's Supplier
- Pitiless Plunderer
- Vault of Champions
- Feed the Swarm
- Malakir Rebirth
- Culling Ritual
- Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
- Haywire Mite
- Warren Soultrader