Old Stickfingers Balance of Life and Death

Commander

Old Stickfingers

3.4±0.4

Precon level

Comparable to stock precons: clear plan, but slower mana and lower card efficiency.

Primary win line:Go-wide combat finish

High confidence(205 pts)

Estimated win turn

T6best

T7typical

T9+contested

Vector breakdown

Heavy Curve (25% CMC 5+)+-10ⓘ

Fast mana5

Songs of the Damned+5

Priest of Forgotten Gods+1

Culling Ritual+6

Mana rocks1

Arcane Signet+6

Mana dorks5

Birds of Paradise+6

Llanowar Elves+5

Insidious Roots+2

Skull Prophet+1

Nightshade Dryad+1

Land ramp3

Wight of the Reliquary+4

Icetill Explorer+2

Hedge Shredder+1

Tutors4

B/G

B/G

Fiend Artisan+2

Defense of the Heart+1

Draw engines1

Eumidian Wastewaker+5

Cantrips & burst draw7

Priest of Forgotten Gods+1

Skull Prophet+1

Glissa Sunslayer+4

Crawling Sensation+2

Billowing Shriekmass+1

Golgari Grave-Troll+1

Recursion12

Valgavoth's Faithful+1

Aftermath Analyst+8

Life // Death+1

Conduit of Worlds+5

Rise of the Witch-king+1

Gisa, Glorious Resurrector+1

Thrilling Encore+1

Overlord of the Balemurk+1

Colossal Grave-Reaver+1

Value engines7

Splinterfright+1

Icetill Explorer+2

Hedge Shredder+1

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest+1

Bolas's Citadel+5

Other1

Gaius van Baelsar+1

Spot removal5

Witherbloom Command+5

Glissa Sunslayer+4

Liliana, Waker of the Dead+1

Graveyard hate2

Blessed Respite+1

Gisa, Glorious Resurrector+1

Board wipes3

Culling Ritual+6

Blasphemous Edict+4

Bringer of the Last Gift+1

Stax & hate1

Eumidian Wastewaker+5

Mana Acceleration (14 sources)+4ⓘ

Two-Color Powerhouse Lands (1)+4ⓘ

Dual & shock lands5

Overgrown Tomb+6

Undergrowth Stadium+5

Blooming Marsh+5

Woodland Cemetery+4

Shifting Woodland+4

Premium utility lands1

Command Tower+5

Utility lands7

Phyrexian Tower+4

Witch's Cottage+2

Svogthos, the Restless Tomb+2

Deathcap Glade+2

Festering Thicket+2

Wastewood Verge+2

Taplands11

Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt+2

Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog+2

Fell the Profane // Fell Mire+2

Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise+2

Necroblossom Snarl+2

Restless Cottage+2

Underground Mortuary+2

Lair of the Hydra+2

Dakmor Salvage+2

Basic lands2

Combat Damage Synergy: token swarm strategy, 2 evasion enablers, aristocrats engine+25ⓘ

Combo pieces1

Bolas's Citadel+6

Synergy pieces19

Valgavoth's Faithful+1

Wight of the Reliquary+4

B/G

B/G

Fiend Artisan+2

Crawling Sensation+2

Life // Death+1

Splinterfright+1

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord+4

Liliana, Waker of the Dead+1

+7 more

Win conditions2

Bringer of the Last Gift+1

Rise of the Dark Realms+6

Combat threats1

Lord of Extinction+1

Sacrifice outlets2

Priest of Forgotten Gods+1

Phyrexian Tower+3

Drain effects1

Ob Nixilis, the Fallen+1

Token generators1

Insidious Roots+2

Reanimation4

Gisa, Glorious Resurrector+1

Thrilling Encore+1

Ardyn, the Usurper+8

Bracket

3

Bracket 3Upgraded

Strong synergy and high card quality. Up to 3 Game Changers, late-game combos OK.

Breakdown

✓

Power level 3.4 (Bracket 2)+Game Changers→ Bracket 3

Threats89Mana base83Consistency74

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Game changers 1

Bolas's Citadel

✕Mass land denial — none

✕2-card combo — none

✕Extra turns — none

Themes8 total

Mill17 cards

17 mill effects. Empty opponent libraries or fuel your graveyard.

Mindcrank,Witherbloom Command,Dreadhound,Golgari Grave-Troll,Six

Aristocrats16 cards

16 sacrifice/death synergies. Drains opponents while generating value from deaths.

Animate Dead,Dreadhound,Sheoldred, Whispering One,Bringer of the Last Gift,Wight of the Reliquary

Graveyard/Reanimator14 cards

14 graveyard synergies. Use your graveyard as a second hand.

Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt,Witherbloom Command,Life // Death,Conduit of Worlds,Sheoldred, Whispering One

Combos0 total

No combos detected

This deck wins through combat, value engines, or synergies rather than infinite combos. Checked against Commander Spellbook's database of 80,000+ documented combo variants.