Art by Bartek Fedyczak
Commander deckB
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.
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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 · 60 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
1Iron Monger, Sadistic Tycoon
2BLegendary Artifact Creature — Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
Creates Changeling Villain tokens, ramps mana, and draws cards
Card Draw
11
Currency Converter
1Artifact
Stores cards discarded to connive and produces Rogue tokens
Bone Miser
4BCreature — Zombie Wizard
Generates mana, tokens, or draw whenever cards are discarded to connive
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Draws cards repeatedly off creature deaths
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
Allows storming through the top of the deck with life
Removal
9
Lethal Scheme
2BBInstant
Kills a creature or planeswalker while up to four creatures connive
Archfiend of Ifnir
3BBCreature — Demon
Shrinks opponents' boards whenever connive discards a card
Retribution of the Ancients
BEnchantment
Converts excess +1/+1 counters on Villains into creature removal
Feed the Swarm
1BSorcery
Flexible black removal for creatures or problem enchantments
Hero's Downfall
1BBInstant
Reliable instant-speed creature and planeswalker removal
Threats/Wincons
17
Body Launderer
2BBCreature — Ogre Rogue
Connives whenever nontoken creatures die and reanimates creatures
Changeling Outcast
BCreature — Shapeshifter
Unblockable changeling that counts as a Villain to receive counters
Bloodline Pretender
3Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling Villain that grows with +1/+1 counters
Universal Automaton
1Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
Cheap one-mana artifact changeling Villain
Cairn Wanderer
4BCreature — Shapeshifter
Changeling Villain that gains keywords from the graveyard
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
1BBLegendary Creature — Vampire Ally
Spreads +1/+1 counters across all attacking creatures
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
2BBLegendary Creature — Vampire Warrior
Exiles opposing creatures, grows with counters, and creates tokens
Dauthi Voidwalker
BBCreature — Dauthi Rogue
Provides graveyard hate and lets you cast opponent's best cards
Unspeakable Symbol
1BBEnchantment
Instantly adds +1/+1 counters to Villains using life
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
Great reanimation target that removes a creature and gains life
Archon of Cruelty
6BBCreature — Archon
Massive discard and sacrifice payoff to cheat in via reanimation
Grave Titan
4BBCreature — Giant
Generates a horde of tokens and heavy combat presence
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Wipes opposing small creatures and punishes opponents on death
Necrosynthesis
1BEnchantment — Aura
Grants counters on creature death and digs for cards when the host dies
Marionette Apprentice
1BCreature — Human Artificer
Drains opponents when artifacts or creatures die
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Devastating life drain based on heavy mono-black devotion
Utility
14
Graveshifter
3BCreature — Shapeshifter
Changeling Villain that recurs a creature from the graveyard
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
Preserves +1/+1 counters when buffed Villains leave the battlefield
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Efficient reanimation aura for discarded threats
Living Death
3BBSorcery
Board wipe and mass reanimation of everything discarded earlier
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Iron Monger from targeted removal and gives haste
Shadow of the Grave
1BInstant
Returns all cards discarded during connive turns back to hand
