Cultist of the Absolute + Sarevok, Deathbringer
Cultist of the Absolute & Sarevok, Deathbringer Commander Deck
The deck pairs Sarevok, Deathbringer with Cultist of the Absolute to pressure all opponents with a flying, deathtouch threat that drains life at each end step whenever no permanents leave the battlefield, incentivizing opponents to either hold back or suffer steadily mounting life loss. To satisfy the Cultist's upkeep sacrifice requirement while generating value, the deck runs a suite of recursive creatures and death-trigger payoffs — creatures that return from the graveyard for free or at low cost keep the sacrifice engine churning while cards like Zulaport Cutthroat and Ayara, First of Locthwain convert each death into additional life loss. The deck wins by grinding opponents down through a combination of Sarevok's passive drain, aristocrats-style death triggers, and explosive finishers like Torment of Hailfire once the board state has been established.
Decklist
- Haunt of the Dead Marshes
- Escape Tunnel
- Vrock
- Undying Malice
- Plaguecrafter
- Unbury
- Vibrant Cityscape
- Eerie Gravestone
- Risky Research
- Deadly Precision
- Foggy Swamp Visions
- Fire Navy Trebuchet
- Pirate Peddlers
- Phoenix Fleet Airship
- Beetle-Headed Merchants
- Callous Inspector
- June, Bounty Hunter
- Joo Dee, One of Many
- Scrounge for Eternity
- Lightless Evangel
- Ichorid
- Nasty End
- Lash of the Balrog
- Zuko's Conviction
- Terramorphic Expanse
- Evolving Wilds
- Final Act
- Dire Fleet Ravager
- Lightning Greaves
- Expedition Map
- Desecration Demon
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Defile
- Mind Stone
- 28× Swamp
- Zulaport Cutthroat
- Victimize
- Bloodsoaked Champion
- Grim Haruspex
- Accursed Marauder
- Butcher of Malakir
- Viconia, Drow Apostate
- Ayara, First of Locthwain
- Mutilate
- Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
- Obsessive Pursuit
- Stone of Erech
- Realm of Koh
- Alpharael, Stonechosen
- Torment of Hailfire
- Path of Ancestry
- Necromantic Selection
- Deadly Tempest
- Koh, the Face Stealer
- Mornsong Aria
- Behold the Sinister Six!
- Agent Venom
- Command Tower
- Exotic Orchard
- Sol Ring
- Arcane Signet
- Commander's Sphere
- Fellwar Stone
- Nine-Lives Familiar
- Deadly Dispute
- Rogue's Passage
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
- Witch's Cottage
- Not Dead After All
- Reassembling Skeleton