Shadow

Shadow is a Rakdos (black-red) Commander aristocrats / sacrifice-midrange deck. It wants to flood the board with expendable creatures and token makers, then turn them into value through sacrifice outlets and death triggers.

Key synergies include cards like Reassembling Skeleton, Ogre Slumlord, Gutless Plunderer, Mayhem Devil, Indulgent Aristocrat, Falkenrath Torturer, and Syndicate Trafficker, which reward sacrificing creatures or repeatedly bring bodies back. The deck also mixes in graveyard recursion and reanimation elements from cards like Isareth the Awakener, Gravewaker, and Josu Vess to keep pressure on after board wipes.

It generally wins by grinding value, draining or pinging opponents through repeated sacrifice loops, and finishing with a wide board of tokens or recursive attackers backed by Rakdos removal and combat pressure.