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Szarekh, the Silent King - Decklist

Creatures 30$21.27

  1. Armix, Filigree Thrasher1Armix, Filigree Thrasher$0.34
  2. Canoptek Tomb Sentinel1Canoptek Tomb Sentinel$1.96
  3. Chief of the Foundry1Chief of the Foundry$0.20
  4. Chronomancer1Chronomancer$1.70
  5. Cryptek1Cryptek$1.13
  6. Dalek Drone1Dalek Drone$0.37
  7. Deal Broker1Deal Broker$0.63
  8. Flayed One1Flayed One$0.34
  9. Foundry Inspector1Foundry Inspector$0.26
  10. Hexmark Destroyer1Hexmark Destroyer$0.40

Creatures continued

  1. Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade1Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade$1.66
  2. Lokhust Heavy Destroyer1Lokhust Heavy Destroyer$0.45
  3. Lychguard1Lychguard$0.40
  4. Myr Retriever1Myr Retriever$0.86
  5. Necron Overlord1Necron Overlord$0.52
  6. Noxious Gearhulk1Noxious Gearhulk$0.45
  7. Plasmancer1Plasmancer$0.34
  8. Psychomancer1Psychomancer$1.29
  9. Royal Warden1Royal Warden$0.63
  10. Sautekh Immortal1Sautekh Immortal$0.36

Creatures continued

  1. Scrap Trawler1Scrap Trawler$1.37
  2. Shimmer Myr1Shimmer Myr$0.24
  3. Skorpekh Destroyer1Skorpekh Destroyer$0.34
  4. Steel Hellkite1Steel Hellkite$0.25
  5. Steel Overseer1Steel Overseer$0.24
  6. Technomancer1Technomancer$0.68
  7. Tomb Blade1Tomb Blade$0.36
  8. Trazyn the Infinite1Trazyn the Infinite$1.43
  9. Triarch Praetorian1Triarch Praetorian$1.68
  10. Triarch Stalker1Triarch Stalker$0.39

Instants 2$1.28

  1. Defile1Defile$1.00
  2. Go for the Throat1Go for the Throat$0.28

Sorceries 8$3.52

  1. Beacon of Unrest1Beacon of Unrest$0.30
  2. Blight Grenade1Blight Grenade$0.39
  3. Dread Return1Dread Return$0.50
  4. Monumental Corruption1Monumental Corruption$0.38
  5. Mutilate1Mutilate$0.30
  6. Terisiare's Devastation1Terisiare's Devastation$0.33
  7. Terror Tide1Terror Tide$0.26
  8. Their Number Is Legion1Their Number Is Legion$1.06

Artifacts 19$9.78

  1. Arcane Signet1Arcane Signet$0.38
  2. Commander's Sphere1Commander's Sphere$0.18
  3. Convergence of Dominion1Convergence of Dominion$0.93
  4. Cranial Plating1Cranial Plating$0.40
  5. Endless Atlas1Endless Atlas$0.53
  6. Ghost Ark1Ghost Ark$0.40
  7. Gilded Lotus1Gilded Lotus$0.61
  8. Hedron Archive1Hedron Archive$0.25
  9. Mask of Memory1Mask of Memory$0.32
  10. Mighty Servant of Leuk-o1Mighty Servant of Leuk-o$0.37

Artifacts continued

  1. Mind Stone1Mind Stone$0.21
  2. Necron Monolith1Necron Monolith$0.86
  3. Night Scythe1Night Scythe$0.59
  4. Reckoner Bankbuster1Reckoner Bankbuster$0.63
  5. Sculpting Steel1Sculpting Steel$1.66
  6. Smuggler's Copter1Smuggler's Copter$0.71
  7. Trading Post1Trading Post$0.30
  8. Unstable Obelisk1Unstable Obelisk$0.14
  9. Wayfarer's Bauble1Wayfarer's Bauble$0.31

Enchantments 2$1.39

  1. Phyrexian Scriptures1Phyrexian Scriptures$0.67
  2. The War in Heaven1The War in Heaven$0.72

Lands 38 / 38$17.20

  1. Barren Moor1Barren Moor$0.16
  2. Bojuka Bog1Bojuka Bog$1.18
  3. Buried Ruin1Buried Ruin$0.36
  4. Castle Locthwain1Castle Locthwain$1.34
  5. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  6. Darksteel Citadel1Darksteel Citadel$0.45
  7. Demolition Field1Demolition Field$0.23
  8. Desert of the Glorified1Desert of the Glorified$0.14
  9. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  10. Geier Reach Sanitarium1Geier Reach Sanitarium$0.79
  11. Ghost Quarter1Ghost Quarter$0.44

Lands continued

  1. Havengul Laboratory // Havengul Mystery1Havengul Laboratory // Havengul Mystery$0.61
  2. Memorial to Folly1Memorial to Folly$0.24
  3. Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid1Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid$1.59
  4. Mortuary Mire1Mortuary Mire$0.30
  5. Myriad Landscape1Myriad Landscape$0.26
  6. Path of Ancestry1Path of Ancestry$0.17
  7. Phyrexia's Core1Phyrexia's Core$0.21
  8. Polluted Mire1Polluted Mire$0.15
  9. Rogue's Passage1Rogue's Passage$0.34
  10. Sequestered Stash1Sequestered Stash$0.15
  11. Snow-Covered Swamp×55Snow-Covered Swamp$2.95

Lands continued

  1. Swamp×44Swamp$0.40
  2. Temple of the False God1Temple of the False God$0.19
  3. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10
  4. The Mycosynth Gardens1The Mycosynth Gardens$0.39
  5. Treasure Vault1Treasure Vault$1.30
  6. Urza's Mine1Urza's Mine$0.66
  7. Urza's Power Plant1Urza's Power Plant$0.59
  8. War Room1War Room$0.82
  9. Witch's Cottage1Witch's Cottage$0.39

About this Szarekh, the Silent King deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: Szarekh, the Silent King, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. Its known subtotal is $54.44 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2. 1 cards have no price.

The list is drawn from what Szarekh, the Silent King decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Technomancer, Sculpting Steel and Cryptek. The picks most particular to this commander are Royal Warden, Trazyn the Infinite and Their Number Is Legion, which turn up here far more often than in other Mono-Black decks.

Its average mana value is 3.63. It runs no Game Changers.

The most expensive cards are Canoptek Tomb Sentinel ($1.96), Chronomancer ($1.70) and Triarch Praetorian ($1.68); 36 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $40.23, and with no limit $677.03; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value3.63
Game Changers0
Combos0
Deck match67%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 2 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 13 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 16 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 16 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 7 cards
  7. Mana value 6: 6 cards
  8. Mana value 7+: 2 cards

The curve and the average cover Szarekh, the Silent King and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1011+1
Card advantage1212+0
Targeted disruption1215+3
Mass disruption66+0
Lands3838+0
Plan3023-7

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 6 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

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Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

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Full deck price by per-card cap

Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for Szarekh, the Silent King at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what Szarekh, the Silent King decks usually play.

Format

With printings adds the set and collector number of the printing each price is based on. Both text formats list the commander first and work on most deck sites.

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