Art by Sam Kennedy
Commander deckB
Khan, Vengeful Heart
Leverage recursive creatures, artifact tokens, and aristocrat payoffs to fuel Khan's card-drawing sacrifice trigger, grinding opponents down with death drains and resilient graveyard-to-exile recursion.
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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
1Khan, Vengeful Heart
2BBLegendary Creature — Human Warrior
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Wayfarer's Bauble
1Artifact
Fetches a swamp and can be sacrificed to Khan if needed
Crypt Ghast
3BCreature — Spirit
Doubles mana from Swamps and provides extort drains
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
Yields treasure artifacts, card draw, and creature tokens to sacrifice
Phyrexian Altar
3Artifact
Sacrifice outlet generating colored mana for combo loops
Card Draw
10
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
Unbeatable draw engine when paired with x/1 sacrifice fodder
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Reliably draws a card every turn a creature dies
Grim Haruspex
2BCreature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
Consistent card draw off dying nontoken creatures
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
Drains opponents on enter and acts as a creature sac outlet
Deadly Dispute
1BInstant
Sacrifices an artifact or creature and creates a Treasure token
Removal
10
Feed the Swarm
1BSorcery
Crucial mono-black answer to problematic enchantments or creatures
Dictate of Erebos
3BBEnchantment
Flash enchantment forcing opponents to sacrifice when your creatures die
Grave Pact
1BBBEnchantment
Controls the board by forcing opponents to sacrifice creatures
Threats/Wincons
24
Blood Artist
1BCreature — Vampire
Classic aristocrats payoff draining on any creature death
Zulaport Cutthroat
1BCreature — Human Rogue Ally
Drains each opponent whenever your creatures die
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Drains opponents when creatures die or leave graveyards
Marionette Apprentice
1BCreature — Human Artificer
Creates an artifact Servo token and drains on artifact or creature death
Bastion of Remembrance
2BEnchantment
Noncreature drain effect that provides a 1/1 token upon entry
Bloodghast
BBCreature — Vampire Spirit
Recurs from the graveyard on landfall for free sacrifice fuel
Reassembling Skeleton
1BCreature — Skeleton Warrior
Repeatable sacrifice fodder that returns straight to the battlefield
Nether Traitor
BBCreature — Spirit
Recurs whenever another nontoken creature dies
Cult Conscript
BCreature — Skeleton Warrior
Cheap recursive creature that triggers off nontoken deaths
Dreadhorde Invasion
1BEnchantment
Produces an Army token each turn for continuous sacrifice fodder
Bitterblossom
1BKindred Enchantment — Faerie
Produces a flying Faerie Rogue token every upkeep
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
1BLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Provides a Decayed Zombie token every end step
Ophiomancer
2BCreature — Human Shaman
Produces a 1/1 deathtouch Snake on each player's upkeep if you have none
Gravecrawler
BCreature — Zombie
Easily recastable creature to sacrifice over and over
Persistent Specimen
BCreature — Skeleton
Secondary Reassembling Skeleton for continuous sacrifice material
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Devotion finisher that swings life totals massively
Mirkwood Bats
3BCreature — Bat
Drains opponents when tokens are created and sacrificed
Warren Soultrader
2BCreature — Zombie Goblin Wizard
Converts life and creatures into Treasure tokens for Khan or mana
Chthonian Nightmare
1BEnchantment
Repeatable recursion engine that loops creatures and generates energy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
1BBLegendary Creature — Nightmare
Forces opponent sacrifices or draws cards from your disposable permanents
Sheoldred, Whispering One
5BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Recurs your board while choking opposing creature counts
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Punishes opposing token and go-wide strategies with lethal life loss
Gixian Puppeteer
3BCreature — Phyrexian Warlock
Drains opponents when Khan draws cards and provides reanimation
Pitiless Plunderer
3BCreature — Human Pirate
Generates artifact Treasure tokens whenever creatures die
Utility
8
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Haste and protection for key utility creatures and Khan
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Hexproof protection for your engine creatures
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Cheap reanimation aura for high-impact creatures
Victimize
2BSorcery
Sacrifices a creature to return two creatures from the graveyard
Living Death
3BBSorcery
Massive wipe and reanimation swing after filling your graveyard
Whip of Erebos
2BBLegendary Enchantment Artifact
Grants team lifelink and reanimates creatures with exile clause
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
Plays cards off the top of the library and provides an alternate win condition
