Art by Mark Zug
Commander deckB
Ascendant Evincar
Capitalize on Ascendant Evincar's passive ability by swarming the board with black creatures and tokens that get buffed while suppressing nonblack enemy creatures. Use mono-black ramp, efficient removal, and graveyard recursion to maintain a dominant asymmetric board state.
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Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Ascendant Evincar
4BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Vampire Noble
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
fetches a swamp and draws a card on death
Card Draw
10
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
steady card draw as creatures die each turn
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
24
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
massive life drain finisher based on devotion
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
4BLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
generates swarms of black Thrull tokens
Ogre Slumlord
3BBCreature — Ogre Rogue
spawns black Rat tokens whenever nontoken creatures die
Abhorrent Overlord
5BBCreature — Demon
makes a swarm of flying black Harpies based on devotion
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
punishes small opposing creatures and burns opponents
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
destroys a creature on entry and gains life
Butcher of Malakir
5BBCreature — Vampire Warrior
forces opponents to sacrifice creatures continuously
Geth, Lord of the Vault
4BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
reanimates opponents' creatures and artifacts
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
3BBLegendary Creature — Vampire Shaman
repeatable creature removal and stat buff
Anowon, the Ruin Sage
3BBLegendary Creature — Vampire Shaman
forces non-Vampire creature sacrifices each turn
Champion of Dusk
3BBCreature — Vampire Knight
draws cards based on your Vampire count
Vampire Nighthawk
1BBCreature — Vampire Shaman
efficient black threat with flying, lifelink, deathtouch
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
2BLegendary Creature — Aetherborn Vampire
resilient sacrifice outlet that grows quickly
Pontiff of Blight
4BBCreature — Zombie Cleric
gives your creature swarm extort to drain the table
Sengir, the Dark Baron
4BBLegendary Creature — Vampire Noble
flying threat that grows massive as creatures die
Harvester of Souls
4BBCreature — Demon
large attacker that draws cards on non-token deaths
Desecration Demon
2BBCreature — Demon
undercosted flying threat that forces sacrifices
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BBCreature — Beast Horror
creature removal on a body that gets commander buffs
Overseer of the Damned
5BBCreature — Demon
destroys a creature and makes black Zombie tokens
Shriekmaw
4BCreature — Elemental
flexible removal spell that double-functions as a creature
Kokusho, the Evening Star
4BBLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
flying beatstick with a game-ending death trigger
Bad Moon
1BEnchantment
anthematic enchantments that stacks with commander lord effect
Black Market
3BBEnchantment
accumulates massive mana as creatures die across the table
Utility
8
Phyrexian Reclamation
BEnchantment
repeatable creature retrieval from graveyard to hand
Whip of Erebos
2BBLegendary Enchantment Artifact
grants team lifelink and temporary creature reanimation
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
allows playing top cards of library using life
