Commander 1
Creatures 5
Instants 18
Sorceries 22
Artifacts 15
Enchantments 5
Lands 34
Strategy notes
A Grixis (blue-black-red) Commander storm-combo deck built to chain cheap spells, rituals, tutors, and card draw into a big explosive turn. Its core plan is to generate lots of mana with cards like Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, Jeska’s Will, Seething Song, and Birgi/Storm-Kiln Artist, then refill with Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, wheels, or Peer into the Abyss.
The deck wins by building storm count and finishing with Tendrils of Agony, Grapeshot, Brain Freeze, or a huge Aetherflux Reservoir turn. Underworld Breach, Yawgmoth’s Will, Past in Flames, and Kess, Dissident Mage let it replay spells from the graveyard, making combo turns highly resilient and explosive. Cost reducers like Baral and Goblin Electromancer plus strong protection such as Force of Will, Pact of Negation, and Fierce Guardianship help force through the winning turn.
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