Art by Andrea Piparo
Commander deckB
Gollum the Abandoned
Loop Gollum between the battlefield and graveyard using cheap sacrifice fodder and outlets to repeatedly trigger his ETB drain effect while controlling opposing graveyards and burning out the table with Aristocrats payoffs.
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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
1Gollum the Abandoned
1BLegendary Creature — Halfling Horror
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Phyrexian Altar
3Artifact
Produces colored mana from sacrificed bodies to chain casts
Card Draw
10
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
Turns recurring creatures and tokens into card advantage
Deadly Dispute
1BInstant
Draws cards and creates a Treasure artifact to sacrifice
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Consistent draw on creature death triggers
Grim Haruspex
2BCreature — Human Wizard
Draws off non-token creatures like Gollum dying
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
Additional draw engine off nontoken deaths
Removal
10
Dictate of Erebos
3BBEnchantment
Forces opponents to sacrifice creatures whenever ours die
Threats/Wincons
24
Zulaport Cutthroat
1BCreature — Human Rogue Ally
Drains each opponent whenever your creatures die
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Triggers on creatures entering/leaving graveyards and dying
Marionette Apprentice
1BCreature — Human Artificer
Drains opponents on creature or artifact death
Nadier's Nightblade
2BCreature — Elf Warrior
Triggers off sacrificing tokens, artifacts, and Treasures
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
Drains when Gollum enters and acts as a sac outlet
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Devotion-based mass life drain finisher
Marionette Master
4BBCreature — Human Artificer
Massive drain trigger when sacrificing artifacts or Treasures
Reassembling Skeleton
1BCreature — Skeleton Warrior
Endless recurring sacrifice fodder
Bloodsoaked Champion
BCreature — Human Warrior
Cheap repeatable sacrifice fodder from graveyard
Cult Conscript
BCreature — Skeleton Warrior
Easily recurred creature to sacrifice to Gollum's ability
Ophiomancer
2BCreature — Human Shaman
Generates a disposable deathtouch creature every turn
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
1BLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Generates free decayed tokens to sacrifice each turn
Bitterblossom
1BKindred Enchantment — Faerie
Creates flying tokens each upkeep for fodder
Warren Soultrader
2BCreature — Zombie Goblin Wizard
Free sacrifice outlet that produces Treasure tokens
Carrion Feeder
BCreature — Zombie
One-mana sacrifice outlet that grows into a threat
Viscera Seer
BCreature — Vampire Wizard
One-mana sacrifice outlet that filters draws
Woe Strider
2BCreature — Horror
Free sacrifice outlet with escape and extra fodder
Pitiless Plunderer
3BCreature — Human Pirate
Generates Treasures whenever creatures die to fuel loops
Pawn of Ulamog
1BBCreature — Vampire Shaman
Generates Eldrazi Spawn to provide mana and fodder
Sifter of Skulls
3BCreature — Eldrazi
Generates Eldrazi Scion tokens on nontoken deaths
Utility
8
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects key engines with shroud and haste
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
Cast spells from top of library and massive burn outlet
Altar of Dementia
2Artifact
Free sacrifice outlet and self-mill or win condition
Bontu's Monument
3Legendary Artifact
Cost reduction and life drain for every creature cast
