Art by Bartek Fedyczak
Saved commander deck
Iron Monger, Sadistic Tycoon
Trigger connive to loot through the library and stack +1/+1 counters onto Iron Monger and changeling Villains, turning early discard into graveyard reanimation and explosive combat damage.
Prompt: Iron Monger, Sadistic Tycoon commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Iron Monger, Sadistic Tycoon
{2}{B}Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9 cards
Crypt Ghast
{3}{B}Creature — Spirit
Doubles mana from Swamps and provides extort
Black Market Connections
{2}{B}Enchantment
Creates Changeling Villain tokens, ramps mana, and draws cards
Card Draw
11 cards
Currency Converter
{1}Artifact
Stores cards discarded to connive and produces Rogue tokens
Bone Miser
{4}{B}Creature — Zombie Wizard
Generates mana, tokens, or draw whenever cards are discarded to connive
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Draws cards repeatedly off creature deaths
Bolas's Citadel
{3}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Artifact
Allows storming through the top of the deck with life
Removal
9 cards
Lethal Scheme
{2}{B}{B}Instant
Kills a creature or planeswalker while up to four creatures connive
Archfiend of Ifnir
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
Shrinks opponents' boards whenever connive discards a card
Retribution of the Ancients
{B}Enchantment
Converts excess +1/+1 counters on Villains into creature removal
Feed the Swarm
{1}{B}Sorcery
Flexible black removal for creatures or problem enchantments
Infernal Grasp
{1}{B}Instant
Efficient unconditional instant-speed creature removal
Hero's Downfall
{1}{B}{B}Instant
Reliable instant-speed creature and planeswalker removal
Damnation
{2}{B}{B}Sorcery
Standard unconditional sweeper for creature-heavy boards
Threats/Wincons
17 cards
Body Launderer
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Ogre Rogue
Connives whenever nontoken creatures die and reanimates creatures
Revel Ruiner
{3}{B}Creature — Octopus Rogue
Connives upon entering the battlefield
Changeling Outcast
{B}Creature — Shapeshifter
Unblockable changeling that counts as a Villain to receive counters
Bloodline Pretender
{3}Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling Villain that grows with +1/+1 counters
Universal Automaton
{1}Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
Cheap one-mana artifact changeling Villain
Cairn Wanderer
{4}{B}Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling Villain that gains keywords from the graveyard
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Ally
Spreads +1/+1 counters across all attacking creatures
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior
Exiles opposing creatures, grows with counters, and creates tokens
Dauthi Voidwalker
{B}{B}Creature — Dauthi Rogue
Provides graveyard hate and lets you cast opponent's best cards
Unspeakable Symbol
{1}{B}{B}Enchantment
Instantly adds +1/+1 counters to Villains using life
Noxious Gearhulk
{4}{B}{B}Artifact Creature — Construct
Great reanimation target that removes a creature and gains life
Archon of Cruelty
{6}{B}{B}Creature — Archon
Massive discard and sacrifice payoff to cheat in via reanimation
Grave Titan
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Giant
Generates a horde of tokens and heavy combat presence
Massacre Wurm
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Wipes opposing small creatures and punishes opponents on death
Necrosynthesis
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
Grants counters on creature death and digs for cards when the host dies
Marionette Apprentice
{1}{B}Creature — Human Artificer
Drains opponents when artifacts or creatures die
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
Devastating life drain based on heavy mono-black devotion
Utility
14 cards
Graveshifter
{3}{B}Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling Villain that recurs a creature from the graveyard
The Ozolith
{1}Legendary Artifact
Preserves +1/+1 counters when buffed Villains leave the battlefield
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
Efficient reanimation aura for discarded threats
Living Death
{3}{B}{B}Sorcery
Board wipe and mass reanimation of everything discarded earlier
Vampiric Tutor
{B}Instant
Instantly finds the best connive piece or removal spell
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects Iron Monger from targeted removal and gives haste
Shadow of the Grave
{1}{B}Instant
Returns all cards discarded during connive turns back to hand
