Art by Anthony Devine
Commander deckB
Damocles Base, Sword of Kang
Crew Damocles Base with resilient, recurring creatures to connect in combat, repeatedly forcing opponents into painful villainous choices while draining their life and generating overwhelming 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
1Damocles Base, Sword of Kang
4BLegendary Artifact — Vehicle
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Thought Vessel
2Artifact
Provides mana and unlimited hand size for burst card draw
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
Flexible source of ramp, card draw, and 3/2 crewers
Card Draw
10
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Draws cards as opponents sacrifice nontoken creatures
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
Turns recurring small creatures into massive card draw
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
1BBLegendary Creature — Nightmare
Pressures opponents with repeated edicts and draw
Removal
10
Invoke Despair
1BBBBSorcery
Forces severe sacrifices and punishes empty boards with damage and draw
Threats/Wincons
24
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
3BBLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Steals nontoken creatures sacrificed to Damocles Base
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Punishes opposing draws and offsets life loss from villainous choices
Bloodghast
BBCreature — Vampire Spirit
Free landfall recursion to consistently crew vehicles
Nether Traitor
BBCreature — Spirit
Recurring creature with shadow to help crew or apply pressure
Reassembling Skeleton
1BCreature — Skeleton Warrior
Reliable instant-speed recurring creature for crew 3
Dreadhorde Invasion
1BEnchantment
Produces free Zombie tokens every turn to crew vehicles
Cultist of the Absolute
BLegendary Enchantment — Background
Grants high power to crew vehicles easily, plus evasion
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
Drains opponents and provides draw off recurring pilots
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
2BBLegendary Creature — Vampire Warrior
Exiles dying creatures and spawns 2/2 Zombie tokens
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Wipes opposing small blockers and drains heavily
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Monstrous life swing based on heavy black devotion
Archon of Cruelty
6BBCreature — Archon
Devastating attack trigger complementing villainous choice sacrifices
Rankle, Master of Pranks
2BBLegendary Creature — Faerie Rogue
Hasty flyer that enables sacrifices and card churn
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
1BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Rewards evasive combat damage with extensive card draw
Scrapheap Scrounger
2Artifact Creature — Construct
Efficient 3/2 body that crews Damocles Base by itself and recurs
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
5Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Heavy-hitting vehicle that bolts targets on entry and attack
Unlicensed Hearse
2Artifact — Vehicle
Graveyard hate vehicle that quickly grows into a huge threat
Smuggler's Copter
2Artifact — Vehicle
Cheap flying vehicle that loots on attack or block
Reckoner Bankbuster
2Artifact — Vehicle
Card draw engine that becomes a 4/4 pilot or attacker
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BBCreature — Beast Horror
Targeted removal attached to a body capable of crewing
Misery's Shadow
1BCreature — Shade
Incidental graveyard exile with mana-sink pumping to crew
Dauthi Voidwalker
BBCreature — Dauthi Rogue
Unblockable attacker that exiles opposing cards for later use
Nirkana Revenant
4BBCreature — Vampire Shade
Doubles swamp mana and pumps its power to crew or close games
Utility
8
Key to the City
2Artifact
Makes Damocles Base unblockable while looting away recursion targets
Whispersilk Cloak
3Artifact — Equipment
Provides unblockable and shroud to ensure combat triggers connect safely
Fireshrieker
3Artifact — Equipment
Grants double strike to trigger Damocles Base's combat effect twice
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects key creatures and grants haste to vehicles
Roaming Throne
4Artifact Creature — Golem
Naming Vehicle doubles the villainous choice combat trigger
Strionic Resonator
2Artifact
Copies the villainous choice trigger when combat damage is dealt
Lithoform Engine
4Legendary Artifact
Versatile artifact to copy combat damage triggers or spells
