Art by Karl Kopinski
Commander deckBGU
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Aggressively mill your entire library through dredge and self-mill engines, then win the game on the spot by casting or reanimating Thassa's Oracle, Laboratory Maniac, or Jace, Wielder of Mysteries.
Asked for“win by not having any cards in library”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
1BGULegendary Creature — Snake Shaman
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Llanowar Elves
GCreature — Elf Druid
cheap green ramp to accelerate early self-mill setup
Elves of Deep Shadow
GCreature — Elf Druid
mana dork producing black for tutors and self-mill spells
Card Draw
10
Fact or Fiction
3UInstant
digs five deep and sends unwanted cards straight to the grave
Deep Analysis
3USorcery
draw spell that can be cast directly from the graveyard to win
Mulldrifter
4UCreature — Elemental
creature-based draw that triggers Sidisi when milled and reanimated
Shamanic Revelation
3GGSorcery
refuels hand based on zombie army generated by Sidisi
Removal
10
Assassin's Trophy
BGInstant
unconditional cheap removal for any troublesome permanent
Beast Within
2GInstant
flexible instant-speed answer to any problematic permanent
Cyclonic Rift
1UInstant
one-sided board bounce protecting your game-winning turn
Fierce Guardianship
2UInstant
free counterspell to protect game-winning empty library triggers
Threats/Wincons
20
Thassa's Oracle
UUCreature — Merfolk Wizard
primary win condition when library is empty or near empty
Laboratory Maniac
2UCreature — Human Wizard
wins the game if you would draw a card with no library
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
1UUULegendary Planeswalker — Jace
planeswalker alternate win condition for an empty library
Leveler
5Artifact Creature — Juggernaut
immediately exiles your entire library to enable win conditions
Hermit Druid
1GCreature — Human Druid
mills massive chunks of the library in a single activation
Golgari Grave-Troll
4GCreature — Troll Skeleton
largest dredge engine to aggressively tear through the deck
Stinkweed Imp
2BCreature — Imp
repeatable dredge 5 that also serves as a deathtouch blocker
Underrealm Lich
3BGCreature — Zombie Elf Shaman
replaces draws with massive card selection and mills three cards per draw
Doom Whisperer
3BBCreature — Nightmare Demon
surveil engine that can empty your entire library with enough life
Lord of Extinction
3BGCreature — Elemental
massive beater fueled by extensive self-mill graveyard count
Splinterfright
2GCreature — Elemental
continual self-mill creature that scales with creatures in graveyard
Boneyard Wurm
1GCreature — Wurm
cheap threat scaling off the huge graveyard Sidisi creates
Mortivore
2BBCreature — Lhurgoyf
creature that turns high self-mill count into a game-ending threat
Kessig Cagebreakers
4GCreature — Human Rogue
produces an army of wolf tokens off creatures in the graveyard
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
5BGBGLegendary Creature — Avatar
free recursive threat powered by delve and zombie tokens
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
BBGGLegendary Creature — Zombie Elf
flings huge creatures to drain the table as a backup plan
Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
2BBGGLegendary Creature — Elf Shaman
floods the board with insect tokens and draws cards
Wonder
3UCreature — Incarnation
gives all your creatures flying once milled into the graveyard
Genesis
4GCreature — Incarnation
graveyard recursion engine to retrieve key combo creatures
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
burns opponents every time creatures hit or leave the graveyard
Utility
12
Demonic Consultation
BInstant
instantly exiles entire library to enable Thassa's Oracle win
Dread Return
2BBSorcery
flashback reanimation sacrificed using zombie tokens for free win condition
Reanimate
BSorcery
cheap one-mana spell to bring back Thassa's Oracle or Hermit Druid
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
low-cost aura to reanimate game-winning creatures from grave
Mesmeric Orb
2Artifact
ruthless mill artifact that quickly shreds your own library
Perpetual Timepiece
2Artifact
self-mills every turn and provides protection against graveyard exile
Altar of Dementia
2Artifact
free sacrifice outlet that self-mills or empties the library
Demonic Tutor
1BSorcery
fetches any required piece including Oracle or self-mill spells
