Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Commander

Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

4.7±0.3

Upgraded precon

Meaningful upgrades and cleaner synergies, though consistency gaps remain.

High confidence(324 pts)

Estimated win turn

T6best

T7typical

T9+contested

Vector breakdown

Fast mana2

Mana rocks6

Arcane Signet+6

Fellwar Stone+5

Talisman of Indulgence+5

Thought Vessel+4

Rakdos Signet+4

Other acceleration2

Jet Medallion+5

Bontu's Monument+3

Treasure generators2

Professional Face-Breaker+4

Black Market Connections+3

Commander Draw Engine (Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls provides card draw)+10ⓘ

Tutors1

Demonic Tutor+10

Draw engines7

Black Market Connections+5

Professional Face-Breaker+3

Scrawling Crawler+1

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse+5

Erebos, God of the Dead+3

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin+1

Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber+2

Cantrips & burst draw2

Recursion2

Phyrexian Reclamation+5

Kolaghan's Command+1

Value engines1

Basilisk Collar+2

Control Strategy Bonus (11.2 interaction cards)+16ⓘ

Counterspells1

Deflecting Swat+9

Spot removal5

Orcish Bowmasters+5

Withering Torment+2

Kolaghan's Command+1

Board wipes6

The Meathook Massacre+5

Blasphemous Edict+4

Massacre Wurm+1

Chandra, Awakened Inferno+1

Stax & hate19

Roiling Vortex+5

Pyrostatic Pillar+2

Ankh of Mishra+1

Razorkin Needlehead+1

Rampaging Ferocidon+5

Zo-Zu the Punisher+1

Rug of Smothering+1

Underworld Dreams+1

Scrawling Crawler+1

+7 more

Protection2

Lightning Greaves+6

Swiftfoot Boots+4

Two-Color Powerhouse Lands (2)+5ⓘ

Fetchlands1

Bloodstained Mire+8

Dual & shock lands5

Blackcleave Cliffs+5

Sulfurous Springs+4

Dragonskull Summit+4

Premium utility lands1

Command Tower+5

Utility lands12

Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power+2

Shadowblood Ridge+2

Shizo, Death's Storehouse+2

Graven Cairns+2

Smoldering Marsh+2

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+2

Witch's Clinic+2

Blazemire Verge+2

Reliquary Tower+2

Taplands8

Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire+2

Temple of Malice+3

Foreboding Ruins+2

Leechridden Swamp+2

Spinerock Knoll+2

Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle+2

Raucous Theater+2

Basic lands2

Combat Damage Synergy: aristocrats engine, 1 damage multiplier+12ⓘ

Combo pieces1

Exquisite Blood+8

Synergy pieces3

Screaming Nemesis+1

The Lord of Pain+3

Chandra, Awakened Inferno+1

Win conditions2

Unstoppable Slasher+1

Solphim, Mayhem Dominus+8

Combat threats1

Drain effects13

Kederekt Parasite+1

Bloodchief Ascension+1

The Meathook Massacre+3

Bontu's Monument+3

Underworld Dreams+1

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse+4

Great Unclean One+4

Bloodthirsty Conqueror+1

Polluted Bonds+1

Massacre Wurm+1

Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber+2

+1 more

Token generators1

Orcish Bowmasters+4

Bracket

3

Bracket 3Upgraded

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

Breakdown

✓

Power level 4.7 → Bracket 3

Mana base85Interaction84Threats78

0.2 above Bracket 2 ceiling (4.5)

1.8 below Bracket 4 threshold (6.5)

Game Changers are present, but your power level already places this deck in Bracket 3.

✓

Game changers 3

Demonic TutorJeska's WillOrcish Bowmasters

✕Mass land denial — none

✕2-card combo — none

✕Extra turns — none

Themes5 total

Stax (Commander)18 cards

This deck uses resource denial and disruption to slow opponents down.

Ankh of Mishra,Blood Seeker,Emberwilde Captain,Fate Unraveler,Harsh Mentor

Lifegain18 cards

18 lifegain synergies. Gain life to trigger payoffs and outlast opponents.

Shadowspear,Basilisk Collar,Erebos, God of the Dead,Bontu's Monument,Exquisite Blood

Lifedrain10 cards

10 lifedrain effects. Drain opponents' life while gaining your own.

Bontu's Monument,Exquisite Blood,Bloodchief Ascension,Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire,The Meathook Massacre

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.