Every Rose Has It's Thorns

Commander
BSkithiryx, the Blight Dragon
3.4±0.5
Precon
Clear strategy at precon-level card quality. Taplands and basic ramp slow development.
Medium confidence(210 pts)
Estimated win turn
T7best
T8typical
T10+contested
Vector breakdown
Fast mana1
1Sol Ring+10
Mana rocks1
2Arcane Signet+6
Mana dorks1
2Plague Myr+4
Land ramp1
1Wayfarer's Bauble+5
Treasure generators1
2BBlack Market Connections+3
Draw engines4
1BBPhyrexian Arena+5
2BBlack Market Connections+5
BBBAyara, First of Locthwain+3
4BBLiliana, Dreadhorde General+9
Cantrips & burst draw2
BVillage Rites+5
1BDeadly Dispute+5
Recursion1
1BNecrogen Communion+1
Value engines1
2Contagion Clasp+1
Spot removal8
1BDauthi Cutthroat+5
1BFeed the Swarm+5
1BGo for the Throat+5
1BInfernal Grasp+5
2Contagion Clasp+1
2BDauthi Jackal+2
1BBHero's Downfall+2
2BVraska's Fall+1
Graveyard hate2
BBDauthi Voidwalker+5
2BBPhyrexian Scriptures+11
Board wipes1
2BPhyresis Outbreak+1
Mono-Color Mana Base (no fixing needed)+25ⓘ
Mono-Color Powerhouse Lands (1)+3ⓘ
Dual & shock lands1
Castle Locthwain+4
Utility lands2
Myriad Landscape+2
War Room+2
Taplands2
BMalakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire+2
Bojuka Bog+2
Basic lands1
Swamp+30
Combat Damage Synergy: aristocrats engine+8ⓘ
Synergy pieces2
2BPlague Belcher+1
3BBSyr Konrad, the Grim+5
Win conditions2
4Grafted Exoskeleton+4
3BBGray Merchant of Asphodel+6
Combat threats4
1BPhyresis+1
1BBNighthawk Scavenger+1
1BBVampire Nighthawk+1
3BHand of the Praetors+4
Sacrifice outlets2
3BFlesh-Eater Imp+8
3BBPhyrexian Plaguelord+4
Drain effects3
BBBAyara, First of Locthwain+3
1BBIchor Rats+1
4BBPontiff of Blight+1
Token generators1
4BKinzu of the Bleak Coven+4
Reanimation1
1BNecrogen Communion+1
Damage multipliers2
2BBPhyrexian Vatmother+4
4Core Prowler+4
Other1
1BDreadhorde Invasion+3

Bracket

2
Bracket 2Core
Unoptimized but functional. Clear game plan without maximum efficiency.
Breakdown
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Power level 3.4 → Bracket 2
Mana base70Threats68Interaction43

0.4 above Bracket 1 ceiling (3)

1.1 below Bracket 3 threshold (4.5)

✕Game changers — none
✕Mass land denial — none
✕2-card combo — none
✕Extra turns — none

Themes9 total

Infect26 cards

26 infect/poison cards. Win with 10 poison counters instead of 40 damage.

Vraska's Fall,Pestilent Syphoner,Phyrexian Crusader,Plague Stinger,Ichorclaw Myr
-1/-1 Counters19 cards

19 -1/-1 counter cards. Weaken and wither opponent creatures.

Phyrexian Crusader,Plague Stinger,Ichorclaw Myr,Flensermite,Whispering Specter
Aristocrats17 cards

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

Whispering Specter,Necropede,Core Prowler,Dauthi Ghoul,Dauthi Mindripper

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.