GolgariLegendary Creature — Zombie Elf WizardStorrev, Devkarin Lich
Mana value4Rank#12,702
The Commander
Trample
Whenever Storrev deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, return to your hand target creature or planeswalker card in your graveyard that wasn't put there this combat.
Guide
Gameplan
Storrev is a midrange Golgari value engine: jam efficient creatures, trade and sacrifice them freely, then connect with Storrev's 6/5 trample body to recur your best threats from the yard. You grind the table out through repeated value, recursion, and incidental sacrifice synergies until your card advantage overwhelms everyone.
Strengths
- Built-in recursion engine that refills hands every time it connects
- Naturally trampling 6/5 for 4 is hard to chump-block profitably
- Pairs perfectly with sacrifice and graveyard strategies in the strongest two-color value pairing
- Color identity gives access to the best removal, ramp, and recursion in the game
Weaknesses
- Recursion only triggers on combat damage, so it's slow and combat-dependent
- Vulnerable to spot removal and chump-blocking that denies the trigger
- Graveyard hate (Rest in Peace, Bojuka Bog) blanks the entire payoff
- No evasion beyond trample, and no protection built in
- Can be grindy and durdly without a dedicated finisher
Key Cards
- Skullclamp — Turns expendable creatures into card draw, refueling the bodies Storrev recurs.
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed — Gives recurred creatures undying and protects the board, enabling sacrifice loops.
- Eternal Witness — A recursion piece you can rebuy with Storrev to chain back any spell repeatedly.
- Vraska, Golgari Queen — Sacrifice outlet, card advantage, and a planeswalker win condition all in Storrev's colors.
- Lightning Greaves — Haste and shroud let Storrev attack immediately and survive removal to trigger recursion.
- Meren of Clan Nel Toth — A second graveyard value engine that synergizes with the same sacrifice package.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana and protection (Lightning Greaves, Heroic Intervention, Swiftfoot Boots) so Storrev connects reliably and survives. Tighten the sacrifice engine around Skullclamp, Bolas's Citadel, and a drain payoff to convert value into a fast kill, and consider tutors like Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor to assemble loops. Lean into reanimation targets and recursion (Reanimate, Animate Dead, Eternal Witness) to make every Storrev hit a game-swinging play.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Commander damage from a buffed, trampling Storrev
- ▸Aristocrats drain via Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and sacrifice loops
- ▸Overwhelming card advantage that buries the table in threats
- ▸Reanimated bombs like Grave Titan generating insurmountable board presence
Archetypes
- Aristocrats — Storrev rebuys your best sacrifice fodder and bombs while drain effects close the game.
- Reanimator/Graveyard Value — The trigger turns your yard into a recurring resource for fatties and utility creatures.
- Midrange Goodstuff — A trampling 6/5 plus removal-heavy Golgari shell grinds opponents into the dirt.
- Voltron — Trample plus equipment makes Storrev a credible commander-damage threat that snowballs.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BG), by popularity.
