Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Commander Deck

This deck uses Sheoldred, the Apocalypse primarily as a removal magnet, forcing opponents to spend resources answering her while the deck's powerful black creatures and big finishers apply pressure in her absence. When Sheoldred does stick, her draw punishment engine becomes a win condition in its own right, especially combined with Peer into the Abyss to immediately kill a target opponent by forcing them to draw half their library. Teferi's Puzzle Box amplifies this engine by forcing opponents to draw a new hand at the start of each of their draw steps, triggering Sheoldred's life loss ability repeatedly every turn. A secondary combo line uses Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose alongside life-triggering creatures to create an infinite lifegain and lifeloss loop, while a reanimation package ensures that expensive threats can be recovered and replayed to maintain pressure throughout the game. Early game, 1/1 deathtouch creatures serve as attack deterrents, discouraging opponents from swinging into them and buying time for the deck's larger threats to come online.

Decklist

• 38× Swamp
• Arcane Signet
• Phyrexian Obliterator
• Coldsteel Heart
• Dark Ritual
• Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• Mind Stone
• Phyrexian Arena
• Sword of the Animist
• Thran Dynamo
• Torment of Hailfire
• Ambition's Cost
• Peer into the Abyss
• Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• Fellwar Stone
• Knight of the Ebon Legion
• Avatar of Woe
• Sign in Blood
• Wayfarer's Bauble
• Worn Powerstone
• Hedron Archive
• Ancient Craving
• Reanimate
• Visara the Dreadful
• Ophiomancer
• Toxic Deluge
• Victimize
• Hired Poisoner
• Noxious Gearhulk
• Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• Ruthless Ripper
• Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• Star Compass
• Karn's Bastion
• Blightsteel Colossus
• Scion of Darkness
• Charcoal Diamond
• Sword of Hearth and Home
• Archon of Cruelty
• Dauthi Voidwalker
• Ebony Fly
• Morbid Opportunist
• Blood Pact
• Brainstealer Dragon
• Black Market Connections
• Sceptre of Eternal Glory
• Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
• Staff of Compleation
• Bilious Skulldweller
• Hoarding Broodlord
• Valgavoth, Terror Eater
• Bloodthirsty Conqueror
• Engine Rat
• Hullcarver
• The Soul Stone
• Gilacorn
• Sol Ring
• Massacre Wurm
• Sheoldred, Whispering One
• Gilded Lotus
• Teferi's Puzzle Box
• Ancient Brass Dragon