Art by Miklós Ligeti
Saved commander deck
Azog, Moria's Ruin
Sacrifice high-power, low-cost creatures to Azog's enter-the-battlefield ability to amass massive Goblin Armies while drawing cards, then blink or recur Azog to continuously drain opponents.
Prompt: Azog, Moria's Ruin commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Azog, Moria's Ruin
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Goblin Soldier
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Crypt Ghast
{3}{B}Creature — Spirit
Doubles mana from Swamps and offers extort drains
Ashnod's Altar
{3}Artifact
Converts excess tokens or creatures into explosive mana
Defiler of Flesh
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Allows paying life for black pips and pumps creatures
Card Draw
10 cards
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Draws cards steadily whenever creatures die each turn
Grim Haruspex
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
Rewards sacrificing your own creatures with card draw
Skullclamp
{1}Artifact — Equipment
Converts small tokens or fodder into burst draw
Removal
10 cards
Feed the Swarm
{1}{B}Sorcery
Crucial black removal that hits enchantments or creatures
Living Death
{3}{B}{B}Sorcery
Sweeps the battlefield and mass reanimates sacrificed threats
Dismember
{1}{B/P}{B/P}Instant
Efficient spot removal payable with Phyrexian mana
Tragic Slip
{B}Instant
Easily gives minus thirteen to kill any creature with morbid
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Phyrexian Dreadnought
{1}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Dreadnought
One-mana 12-power creature to feed Azog for an immediate 12/12 Army and card
Rotting Regisaur
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Dinosaur
Three-mana 7/6 beatstick that creates a massive Army when eaten by Azog
Clackbridge Troll
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Troll
Huge 8/8 body providing high power to sac into Azog
Shakedown Heavy
{2}{B}Creature — Ogre Warrior
Three-mana 6/4 that draws cards or becomes a giant Army via Azog
Hunted Horror
{B}{B}Creature — Horror
Two-mana 7/7 that translates into seven counters on your Goblin Army
Bloodsoaked Champion
{B}Creature — Human Warrior
Self-recurring creature for steady sacrifice fodder
Reassembling Skeleton
{1}{B}Creature — Skeleton Warrior
Easily rebuys itself repeatedly to feed sacrifice triggers
Nether Traitor
{B}{B}Creature — Spirit
Hasty recurring creature that triggers off token and creature deaths
Ophiomancer
{2}{B}Creature — Human Shaman
Provides a 1/1 deathtouch Snake on every upkeep
Zulaport Cutthroat
{1}{B}Creature — Human Rogue Ally
Drains opponents whenever your creatures or tokens die
Blood Artist
{1}{B}Creature — Vampire
Key aristocrats drain piece whenever any creature dies
Marionette Apprentice
{1}{B}Creature — Human Artificer
Creates artifact fodder and drains on creature or artifact deaths
Ayara, First of Locthwain
{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
Drains opponents on black creature entry and offers card draw
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
Huge life drain win condition scaling off mono-black devotion
Flesh Carver
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Sacrifice outlet that grows large and replaces itself with a big token
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior
Exiles opposing creatures to generate Zombies and grows into a big threat
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Steals sacrificed or discarded permanents from opponents
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Premier sac outlet, card draw engine, and creature removal
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Steals opposing creatures destroyed by Azog or removal
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Nightmare
Forces opponent sacrifices while drawing extra cards
Nadier's Nightblade
{2}{B}Creature — Elf Warrior
Drains opponents whenever your Army tokens or treasures leave the battlefield
Butcher of Malakir
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Warrior
Edict effect forcing opponents to sacrifice whenever your creatures die
Sling-Gang Lieutenant
{3}{B}Creature — Goblin
Goblin synergy that sacrifices Goblins to drain life directly
Gollum, Patient Plotter
{1}{B}Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror
Can repeatedly return from the graveyard to serve as sac fodder
Utility
8 cards
Supernatural Stamina
{B}Instant
Returns Azog to immediately trigger his enters ability again
Feign Death
{B}Instant
Rebuys Azog on death to reuse the removal and amass trigger
Undying Malice
{B}Instant
Instant-speed recursion trick for enters-the-battlefield triggers
Kaya's Ghostform
{B}Enchantment — Aura
Cheap protection that brings Azog back from exile or death
Golden Argosy
{4}Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Blinks Azog and crewed creatures to recur enter abilities
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects key creatures with free equip shroud and haste
