Art by Slawomir Maniak
Commander deckBG
Baba Lysaga, Night Witch
Sacrifice permanents that span multiple card types to activate Baba Lysaga every turn, draining opponents while drawing deep into your deck to assemble lethal aristocrats combos.
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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
1Baba Lysaga, Night Witch
1BGLegendary Creature — Human Warlock
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1GCreature — Snake Shaman
creature ramp that sacrifices on demand
Ornithopter of Paradise
2Artifact Creature — Thopter
artifact creature providing two card types for Baba Lysaga
Liquimetal Torque
2Artifact
ramp rock that can turn any permanent into an artifact for extra type count
Card Draw
10
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
draws cards from consistent turn-by-turn sacrifices
Grim Haruspex
2BCreature — Human Wizard
draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
consistent death-trigger card advantage
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
1BBLegendary Creature — Nightmare
sacrifices dual-type permanents to punish opponents and draw
Disciple of Bolas
3BCreature — Human Wizard
draws cards and gains life from high-power creatures
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
turns small utility creatures into massive card draw
Mishra's Bauble
0Artifact
zero-mana artifact that cantrips and fuels sacrifice count
Removal
10
Binding the Old Gods
2BGEnchantment — Saga
enchantment saga providing removal, ramp, and card types
Haywire Mite
1Artifact Creature — Insect
artifact creature that exiles problem artifacts or enchantments
Culling Ritual
2BGSorcery
clears low-mana permanents and produces huge mana bursts
The Eldest Reborn
4BEnchantment — Saga
saga providing edict removal, discard, and reanimation
Threats/Wincons
24
Marionette Master
4BBCreature — Human Artificer
drains life whenever sacrificed artifacts leave the battlefield
Mirkwood Bats
3BCreature — Bat
burns all opponents on both token creation and permanent sacrifice
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
drains whenever creatures enter the graveyard
Doomwake Giant
4BEnchantment Creature — Giant
enchantment creature that shrinks opposing boards
Nyx Weaver
1BGEnchantment Creature — Spider
enchantment creature that mills and recurs key pieces
Courser of Kruphix
1GGEnchantment Creature — Centaur
enchantment creature that filters lands and provides life
Pharika, God of Affliction
1BGLegendary Enchantment Creature — God
enchantment creature that exiles cards for snake tokens
Bow of Nylea
1GGLegendary Enchantment Artifact
legendary artifact enchantment providing two types in one card
Bootleggers' Stash
5GArtifact
artifact that generates a stream of treasure artifact tokens
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
artifact creature that destroys a threat and gains life
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
artifact creature that leaves behind two artifact creature tokens on death
Scrap Trawler
3Artifact Creature — Construct
artifact creature recurring lower-cost artifacts when things die
Myr Battlesphere
7Artifact Creature — Myr Construct
massive artifact creature that floods the board with artifact tokens
Triplicate Titan
9Artifact Creature — Golem
artifact creature with death triggers splitting into three tokens
Hangarback Walker
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
artifact creature scaling into thopters for sacrifice fodder
Scute Swarm
2GCreature — Insect
token generator to flood the battlefield with sacrifice targets
Blood Artist
1BCreature — Vampire
classic aristocrat drain piece for sacrifice triggers
Zulaport Cutthroat
1BCreature — Human Rogue Ally
drains the whole table whenever your creatures die
Nadier's Nightblade
2BCreature — Elf Warrior
drains opponents whenever tokens leave the battlefield
Pitiless Plunderer
3BCreature — Human Pirate
turns dying creatures into treasure tokens
Eternal Witness
1GGCreature — Human Shaman
recovers key cards from the graveyard on ETB
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
3BBLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
steals permanents sacrificed or discarded by opponents
Old Stickfingers
XBGLegendary Creature — Horror
fills the graveyard with multiple card types and grows large
Nylea's Colossus
6GEnchantment Creature — Giant
enchantment creature that doubles creature power on enchantments
Utility
8
Whip of Erebos
2BBLegendary Enchantment Artifact
artifact enchantment granting lifelink and reanimating key threats
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
free haste and shroud protection for the commander
Phyrexian Reclamation
BEnchantment
recurs sacrificed utility creatures directly to hand
Dross Skullbomb
1Artifact
artifact that cantrips, recurs creatures, and feeds Baba Lysaga
Urza's Bauble
0Artifact
zero-mana artifact that feeds sacrifice triggers and draws
