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