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