Art by Miklós Ligeti
Saved commander deck
Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal
Utilize Gollum's cheap Adventure spell to distribute +1/+1 counters and trigger lifegain engines, then deploy Gollum as an evasive menace threat alongside aggressive counter synergies and life-draining payoffs.
Prompt: Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal
{3}{B} // {B}Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror // Sorcery — Adventure
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Crypt Ghast
{3}{B}Creature — Spirit
doubles swamp mana and provides extort lifegain
Black Market Connections
{2}{B}Enchantment
provides treasure ramp alongside tokens and cards
Card Draw
10 cards
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
steady card draw from creature deaths
Pact of the Serpent
{1}{B}{B}Sorcery
burst card draw based on shared creature types
Ayara, First of Locthwain
{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
lifedrain engine that sacrifices creatures for cards
Removal
10 cards
Feed the Swarm
{1}{B}Sorcery
essential black removal for creatures or enchantments
Tragic Slip
{B}Instant
cheap removal that takes down giant creatures after morbid
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
{1}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Rogue
gains +1/+1 counters whenever life is gained
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
turns lifegain from Meager Meal into direct damage
Marauding Blight-Priest
{2}{B}Creature — Vampire Cleric
drains opponents whenever life is gained
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Ally
distributes +1/+1 counters across attackers on combat damage
Marionette Apprentice
{1}{B}Creature — Human Artificer
provides a creature with fabricate and drains on death triggers
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior
grows with +1/+1 counters while exiling enemy creatures
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
massive lifegain and life loss finisher
Tenured Inkcaster
{4}{B}Creature — Vampire Warlock
drains opponents when creatures with counters attack
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Vampire
free sacrifice outlet that grows with +1/+1 counters
Champion of Dusk
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Knight
refuels hand based on vampire tribal count
Vorpal Sword
{B}Artifact — Equipment
deathtouch equipment with alternate win condition
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
rewards evasive menace attacks with card advantage
Knight of the Ebon Legion
{B}Creature — Vampire Knight
grows with counters on life loss and scales into late game
Creeping Bloodsucker
{1}{B}Creature — Vampire
guaranteed upkeep life drain to enable lifegain synergies
Retribution of the Ancients
{B}Enchantment
converts spare +1/+1 counters into repeatable removal
Exquisite Blood
{4}{B}Enchantment
life gain powerhouse that combos with drain triggers
Nirkana Revenant
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Shade
mana doubler and combat threat with shade pump
Necropolis Regent
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire
doubles +1/+1 counters when creatures deal combat damage
Vampire Nighthawk
{1}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Shaman
evasive lifelink creature ideal for counter distribution
Gifted Aetherborn
{B}{B}Creature — Aetherborn Vampire
defensive early lifelink body to hold counters
Feast on the Fallen
{2}{B}Enchantment
places +1/+1 counters on your creatures each upkeep an opponent lost life
Court of Ambition
{2}{B}{B}Enchantment
introduces Monarch and punishes opponents with life loss or discard
Westgate Regent
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire
warded menace beater that doubles its counters on combat damage
Utility
8 cards
The Ozolith
{1}Legendary Artifact
preserves +1/+1 counters when creatures leave the battlefield
Professor's Warning
{B}Instant
modal combat trick providing either a counter or indestructible
Kaya's Ghostform
{B}Enchantment — Aura
resilient single-mana protection against exile and destruction
Whip of Erebos
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Enchantment Artifact
grants teamwide lifelink and reanimates creatures
Bolas's Citadel
{3}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Artifact
top-deck cast engine fueled by high life totals
