Mono-black voltron list with Bontu as the commander.

Bontu isn't an obvious choice for a voltron commander - he's got no evasion, a slow clock, and can't even attack unless you jump through hoops - but I do really like that he has indestructible by default. As a result, this comes out as more of a slow grindy-voltron deck that's more about controlling what creatures your opponent has and playing the long game, as opposed to the hyper aggro volton decks that tend of fizzle out after that first big push.

Sacrifice sub-theme. It's hard not to when it so built-in to the commander :P and most of the sacrifice synergies just happen to be good at clearing out blockers, so another boon for the voltron plan.


After actually building and doing some gold-fishing I'm really liking this deck. The 'grindy volton' as opposed to 'aggro voltron' really seems to work, and cards like Infiltration Lens and Kusari-Gama really give the opponent a horrible choice of falling further behind or taking a big commander hit, often compounded by Menace making the blocks worse.

Sadistic Glee and Blade of the Bloodchief are quite over-performers. Sifter of Skulls and Pawn of Ulamog have proven under-performers - most of the time there's plenty of tokens to sac so they don't really do much. May swap one of both for some more wraths (Deathbringer Regent seems good here).

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Date added 6 years
Last updated 6 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

9 - 0 Mythic Rares

50 - 0 Rares

20 - 0 Uncommons

6 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.56
Tokens Copy Clone, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Goat 0/1 W, Harpy 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Rat 1/1 B, Snake 1/1 B, Thrull 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B
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