Art by Heonhwa
Commander deckB
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Sacrifice cheap, recursive creatures and nonland permanents to Braids to force opponents to sacrifice their board or grant you immense card advantage, draining life through aristocrat payoffs to seal the game.
Asked for“Braids arisen nightmare bracket ,3”
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
1Braids, Arisen Nightmare
1BBLegendary Creature — Nightmare
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
supplies ramp, draw, and shapeling sacrifice targets
Card Draw
10
Grim Haruspex
2BCreature — Human Wizard
draws cards whenever your nontoken creatures die
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
staple card draw with 1-toughness recurring tokens
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
drains life and sacrifices fodder to draw cards
Removal
10
The Meathook Massacre
XBBLegendary Enchantment
scalable board wipe that doubles as a drain engine
Threats/Wincons
24
Bloodghast
BBCreature — Vampire Spirit
recurs effortlessly on landfall for Braids sacrifices
Reassembling Skeleton
1BCreature — Skeleton Warrior
repeatable instant-speed sacrifice fodder
Cult Conscript
BCreature — Skeleton Warrior
readily rebuys itself from the graveyard
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
1BLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
generates a decayed zombie token each end step
Ophiomancer
2BCreature — Human Shaman
produces a deathtouch snake token on each player's upkeep
Bitterblossom
1BKindred Enchantment — Faerie
flying fairy tokens for continuous sacrifice fuel
Blood Artist
1BCreature — Vampire
classic aristocrat life drain on any creature death
Zulaport Cutthroat
1BCreature — Human Rogue Ally
drains every opponent when your creatures die
Marionette Apprentice
1BCreature — Human Artificer
drains when creatures or artifacts are sacrificed
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
punishes graveyard movement and sacrifices heavily
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
massive life swing win condition based on black devotion
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
punishes opponents for drawing and buffers your life total
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
3BBLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
steals permanents opponents sacrifice to Braids
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
1BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
encourages combat card draw and provides late-game blowout
Dauthi Voidwalker
BBCreature — Dauthi Rogue
graveyard hate that steals key opposing cards
Pitiless Plunderer
3BCreature — Human Pirate
generates treasure mana on every creature death
Poxwalkers
2BCreature — Zombie
returns to battlefield whenever spells are cast from graveyard
Persistent Specimen
BCreature — Skeleton
another reliable creature that recurs directly to play
Tenacious Underdog
1BCreature — Human Warrior
blitzes from the graveyard to draw and sacrifice
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
2BLegendary Creature — Rat Noble
creates rat tokens while exiling problematic opposing cards
Utility
8
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
cheap reanimation aura that Braids can sacrifice later
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
protects Braids from spot removal with shroud
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
casts spells off the top using life and acts as a finisher
Wishclaw Talisman
1BArtifact
tutor that can be sacrificed to Braids before handing to opponents
