Art by Vilhelmas Banys
Commander deckB
Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
Weaponize massive discard, wheels, and land dumps into high-value triggers, free spells, and graveyard recursion to dominate the table in true Grixis fashion.
Asked for“**Commander:** Doctor Doom, Unrivaled (Grixis) Build a **Power Level 7–8** EDH deck focused on **discard synergy**, not cEDH or generic Grixis goodstuff. Core strategy: * Discard for value (Bone Miser, Archfiend of Ifnir, Waste Not) * Wheel effects (Windfall, Dark Deal, Wheel of Misfortune) * Graveyard recursion (Oskar, Reanimate, Victimize, Underworld Breach) * Land discard (Seismic Assault, Land's Edge, Dakmor Salvage, Crucible of Worlds) * Free casting (Cascade, Discover, impulse draw, Nico Minoru, Lady Loki) * Clone effects (Vizier of Many Faces) Keep Marvel Villains when they support the strategy. Include ~6–8 counters, 8–10 removal, 3–5 board wipes, and 3–5 reanimation spells. Prioritize synergy and overlooked cards. Explain every cut and replacement.”
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 · 58 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
1Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
2BBLegendary Creature — Human Sorcerer Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
8
Thought Vessel
2Artifact
colorless ramp that offers no hand size limit when hoarding card draw
Mind Stone
2Artifact
Colorless mana acceleration that can be cashed in for a card later.
Liquimetal Torque
2Artifact
Two-mana artifact ramp with fringe artifact interaction.
Jet Medallion
2Artifact
Reduces the cost of all black spells to speed up discard engines.
Card Draw
11
Currency Converter
1Artifact
sifts discarded cards into treasures and rogue tokens
Read the Bones
2BSorcery
Digs four cards deep to find crucial discard synergy pieces.
Necropotence
BBBEnchantment
Premier card advantage engine to keep your hand full of threats.
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
Enables massive explosive turns from the top of the deck.
Removal
11
Plaguecrafter
2BCreature — Human Shaman
Forces each opponent to sacrifice a creature or planeswalker or discard.
Threats/Wincons
19
Waste Not
1BEnchantment
core pay-off engine producing mana, zombies, and cards from opponent discard
Bone Miser
4BCreature — Zombie Wizard
generates mana, tokens, and draw off your own discards
Archfiend of Ifnir
3BBCreature — Demon
wipes enemy boards whenever you discard cards
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
3BBLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
steals enemy permanents whenever they discard
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
1BLegendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue
draws extra cards from enemy discards and serves as a late-game win condition
Tourach, Dread Cantor
1BLegendary Creature — Human Cleric
grows rapidly with opponent discard and offers forced discard on cast
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
punishes opponent draw off wheels while sustaining your life total
Raiders' Wake
3BEnchantment
deals damage on discard and encourages aggressive attacks
Dauthi Voidwalker
BBCreature — Dauthi Rogue
exiles opponent discarded cards and casts them for free
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
drains opponents whenever wheel effects fill your hand
Necrogen Mists
2BEnchantment
Symmetrical upkeep discard engine to fuel payoff effects.
Painful Quandary
3BBEnchantment
Punishes spellcasting with severe life loss or discard.
Sangromancer
2BBCreature — Vampire Shaman
Gains huge amounts of life whenever opponents discard or creatures die.
Mindslicer
2BBCreature — Horror
Symmetrical mass hand wipe on death to lock out opponents.
Awaken the Erstwhile
3BBSorcery
Empties all hands and converts discarded cards into Zombie tokens.
Utility
9
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
low-cost enchantment reanimation for pitch-discarded creatures
Containment Construct
2Artifact Creature — Construct
allows playing discarded lands and spells directly from exile
Crucible of Worlds
3Artifact
recycles land discarded to Seismic Assault or wheels
Venser's Journal
5Artifact — Book
Removes hand size limits while triggering life gain each turn.
Living Death
3BBSorcery
Swaps graveyards and battlefields for a game-ending play.
Dread Return
2BBSorcery
Reanimates key threats from the graveyard with flashback.
Anvil of Bogardan
2Artifact
Forces continuous draw and discard every turn across the board.
