Armus, Skin of Evil

Legendary Creature — Ooze Horror

Chosen commander for the requested strategy.

Artifact

essential fast mana to power out our high-cost commander

Artifact

standard mana rock for consistent early acceleration

Instant

explosive burst mana to accelerate discard threats early

Artifact

early artifact ramp that can cycle for a fresh card later

Artifact

solid two-mana rock that removes hand size restrictions

Artifact

reliable mana ramp that produces black mana

Artifact

reduces the cost of all black spells in the deck

Creature — Spirit

doubles mana production from Swamps and offers extort drains

Enchantment

modular enchantment generating ramp, card draw, and board presence

Artifact

doubles Swamp mana output to easily cast and recast a 7-mana commander

Artifact

provides two colorless mana to help reach expensive late-game spells

Enchantment

reliable source of extra card draw every turn

Sorcery

cheap burst card draw in the early game

Sorcery

efficient two-mana card advantage

Sorcery

scry two before drawing helps dig deep for key pieces

Sorcery

draws three cards while forcing each opponent to discard

Enchantment

monumental card advantage engine in mono-black

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

rewards combat damage with cards and has a game-ending discard ability

Creature — Human Rogue

draws cards steadily off continuous creature attrition

Legendary Artifact

allows casting spells off the top of the library to overwhelm opponents

Enchantment

repeatable instant-speed card draw using excess life

Sorcery

rare mono-black answer to problematic enchantments or creatures

Instant

unconditional cheap instant-speed creature removal

Sorcery

premier board wipe that bypasses indestructible creatures

Sorcery

classic board wipe to reset the battlefield

Instant

scales into an extremely cheap and efficient creature removal spell

Instant

flexible removal hitting creatures and planeswalkers

Instant

free exile removal when Armus is on the battlefield

Instant

free creature removal spell powered by life payment

Sorcery

one-sided board wipe that leaves our threats standing

Sorcery

effective board sweeper tailored for heavy Swamp mana bases

Instant

versatile exile removal for creatures or planeswalkers

Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact

steals cards discarded by Armus and other discard effects

Legendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue

draws cards from opponent discards and provides a lethal mana sink

Enchantment

generates massive value in mana, zombies, and cards from enemy discards

Enchantment

shocks opponents every time Armus forces them to discard

Enchantment

punishes discard with life loss and adds an extra raid discard trigger

Enchantment

cheap enchantment dealing damage for every card discarded

Enchantment

drains opponents heavily once their hands have been depleted

Legendary Planeswalker — Davriel

forces discards and punishes opponents with empty hands

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

grows massive from opponent discards and protects itself with protection from white

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

drains opponents on draws while keeping our life total high

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

reanimates our creatures while forcing opponents to sacrifice theirs

Creature — Demon

shrinks the entire opposing board when we cycle or discard

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

generates flying bird tokens whenever a player discards each turn

Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue

hasty flyer that triggers symmetrical discard, draw, and sacrifice

Creature — Elf Cleric

low-cost creature forcing each opponent to discard a card on entry

Artifact Creature — Insect

cheap artifact creature that strips a card from all opponents

Creature — Rat

ensures opponents are constantly losing cards from turn two onward

Creature — Elemental Incarnation

targeted discard threat that can be evoked for free

Creature — Zombie Warrior

forces each player to sacrifice a creature to control the board

Creature — Human Cleric

forces sacrifices across creatures and planeswalkers

Creature — Human Shaman

forces sacrifices and discards if opponents have no creatures

Enchantment

introduces the monarch and forces discard or heavy life loss each upkeep

Enchantment — Aura

efficient reanimation to bring back big threats from the graveyard

Sorcery

premier one-mana recursion spell for any graveyard

Sorcery

turns small utility creatures into two reanimated game-enders

Artifact — Equipment

gives Armus shroud and haste so it immediately threatens opponents

Artifact — Equipment

protects our high-investment commander with hexproof and haste

Enchantment

forces players to discard whenever they cast spells, locking down the game

Enchantment

forces random discards every turn to keep opposing hands completely empty

Artifact — Book

refills our hand whenever an opponent is forced to discard

Land

No maximum hand size.

Land

Card draw from the mana base.

Land

Makes a creature unblockable.

Land

Extra mana in the late game.

Land

Free graveyard hate on ETB.

Land

Mono-color utility land.

Basic Land — Swamp

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.