Art by InHyuk Lee
Commander deckB
Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord
Utilize changelings and Maskwood Nexus to maximize Villain cost reductions and connive triggers, discarding large threats to reanimate them while grinding out card advantage.
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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
1Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord
2BLegendary Creature — Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
provides mana, card draw, and changeling-synergistic bodies
Defiler of Flesh
2BBCreature — Phyrexian Horror
allows paying life to cast black permanent spells
Card Draw
10
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
draws cards reliably from creature deaths
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
drains life and sacrifices creatures for cards
Species Specialist
2BBCreature — Human Warrior
draws off villain or changeling deaths
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
converts dying nontoken creatures into fresh cards
Removal
10
Living Death
3BBSorcery
wipes the board while mass reanimating your discarded creatures
Threats/Wincons
23
Changeling Outcast
BCreature — Shapeshifter
unblockable Villain that costs one mana and connives
Universal Automaton
1Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
cheap Villain to trigger connive and trigger counters
Bloodline Pretender
3Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
Villain changeling that grows whenever other Villains enter
Metallic Mimic
2Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
names Villain to enter as one and pump all future Villains
Roaming Throne
4Artifact Creature — Golem
doubles Baron Strucker's triggered abilities as a Villain
Graveshifter
3BCreature — Shapeshifter
Villain changeling that returns a creature from the graveyard
Ghostly Changeling
2BCreature — Shapeshifter
Villain changeling with evasive pump ability
Cairn Wanderer
4BCreature — Shapeshifter
Villain changeling gaining abilities from the graveyard
Archfiend of Ifnir
3BBCreature — Demon
puts -1/-1 counters on opposing boards whenever you connive
Bone Miser
4BCreature — Zombie Wizard
generates immense value whenever you discard to connive
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
burns opponents whenever creatures hit or leave graveyards
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
heals from connive draws while punishing opponents
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
punishes wide boards and drains opponents
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
massive life drain finisher in heavy mono-black
Grave Titan
4BBCreature — Giant
creates a formidable zombie army upon entering and attacking
Archon of Cruelty
6BBCreature — Archon
game-ending reanimation target discarded via connive
Vilis, Broker of Blood
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
massive body that turns life loss into card draw
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
sacrifices creatures to tutor any answer or win condition
Junji, the Midnight Sky
3BBLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
evasive dragon that reanimates or forces mass discard on death
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
1BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
encourages combat and provides massive card advantage
Chainer, Dementia Master
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Minion
instant-speed reanimator for all graveyards
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
1BLegendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue
casts opponents' discarded cards and provides cheap board presence
Utility
9
Maskwood Nexus
4Artifact
makes every creature in the deck a Villain for discounts and connive
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
efficient aura that recurs threats pitched via connive
Victimize
2BSorcery
sacrifices a cheap creature to return two reanimation targets
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
protects commander and gives haste to reanimated threats
Tortured Existence
BEnchantment
recycles discarded creatures and enables repeated discard triggers
