Art by Andreia Ugrai
Saved commander deck
Klaw, Sonic Subjugator
Fill the graveyard with creature cards through self-mill, dredge, and sacrifice engines to amplify Klaw's targeted discard ability, then repeatedly reanimate and flicker Klaw to strip opponents of resources while draining them with discard and death triggers.
Prompt: Klaw, Sonic Subjugator commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Klaw, Sonic Subjugator
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Crypt Ghast
{3}{B}Creature — Spirit
Doubles Swamp mana and provides creature count for the yard
Burnished Hart
{3}Artifact Creature — Elk
Ramps Swamps directly while putting a creature into the graveyard
Solemn Simulacrum
{4}Artifact Creature — Golem
Ramps, draws on death, and fuels the creature count in the yard
Card Draw
10 cards
Stitcher's Supplier
{B}Creature — Zombie
Self-mills six cards on entering and dying to load the graveyard with creatures
Golgari Thug
{1}{B}Creature — Human Warrior
Dredge 4 quickly fills the graveyard with creature fuel
Stinkweed Imp
{2}{B}Creature — Imp
Dredge 5 dumps massive numbers of creatures into the graveyard
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Draws cards steadily off sacrifice and creature deaths
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
Turns dying nontoken creatures into fresh cards
Grim Haruspex
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Ayara, First of Locthwain
{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
Sacrifice outlet that draws cards and burns opponents when black creatures enter
Read the Bones
{2}{B}Sorcery
Digs deep into the library to find combo and reanimation pieces
Removal
11 cards
Feed the Swarm
{1}{B}Sorcery
Crucial mono-black answer to enchantments and creatures
Hero's Downfall
{1}{B}{B}Instant
Flexible instant-speed creature or planeswalker removal
Ravenous Chupacabra
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Beast Horror
Creature-based removal that adds to graveyard creature count
Shriekmaw
{4}{B}Creature — Elemental
Evokes for two mana to kill a creature and immediately place a creature in the graveyard
Fleshbag Marauder
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Warrior
Forces edicts while sacrificing itself to pad graveyard creature count
Plaguecrafter
{2}{B}Creature — Human Shaman
Hits creatures, planeswalkers, or cards in hand while sacrificing itself
Demon's Disciple
{2}{B}Creature — Human Cleric
Additional edict creature that easily ends up in the graveyard
Living Death
{3}{B}{B}Sorcery
Mass board wipe and mass reanimation of all creatures in the graveyard
Threats/Wincons
20 cards
Waste Not
{1}{B}Enchantment
Extracts massive value whenever Klaw or other effects force opponents to discard
Liliana's Caress
{1}{B}Enchantment
Efficient enchantment that causes life loss on opponent discards
Raiders' Wake
{3}{B}Enchantment
Punishes discard with life loss and triggers discard on attacks
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Steals any permanent opponents discard to Klaw or sacrifice
Tourach, Dread Cantor
{1}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Grows massively into a lethal threat whenever opponents discard
Geth's Grimoire
{4}Artifact — Book
Draws cards whenever opponents discard to Klaw or edicts
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
{1}{B}Legendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue
Draws cards on end steps when opponents discard and provides a win condition
Syr Konrad, the Grim
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Drains the table whenever creatures enter or leave the graveyard, or cards are milled
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
Massive life drain that scales with high mono-black devotion
Bloodghast
{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Spirit
Self-recurring creature for sacrifice and graveyard synergies
Nether Traitor
{B}{B}Creature — Spirit
Persistent recursive creature for sacrifice loops
Reassembling Skeleton
{1}{B}Creature — Skeleton Warrior
Reliable repeatable sacrifice fodder
Abhorrent Overlord
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
Massive flying threat that generates a swarm of Harpies
Grave Titan
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Giant
High-impact token generating threat and heavy beater
Sheoldred, Whispering One
{5}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Reanimates your creatures while forcing opponent sacrifices each upkeep
Sepulchral Primordial
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Avatar
Steals the best creatures from opponents' graveyards upon entering
Archfiend of Ifnir
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
Shrinks opponents' boards through cycling or forced discard synergies
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
{2}{B}Legendary Planeswalker — Davriel
Planeswalker that forces discard and punishes empty hands
Vicious Rumors
{B}Sorcery
One-mana spell that drains, mills, and forces each opponent to discard
Utility
11 cards
Reanimate
{B}Sorcery
Premier one-mana reanimation spell for Klaw or high-cost threats
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
Cheap aura reanimation to reuse Klaw's discard trigger
Victimize
{2}{B}Sorcery
Sacrifices a creature to return two creatures, including Klaw, to the battlefield
Dread Return
{2}{B}{B}Sorcery
Reanimation spell with flashback that can be cast from the graveyard by sacrificing creatures
Conjurer's Closet
{5}Artifact
Flickers Klaw on your end step to repeat his targeted hand disruption
Blade of Selves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Myriad creates attacking token copies of Klaw to trigger his discard against all opponents
Viscera Seer
{B}Creature — Vampire Wizard
Zero-mana sacrifice outlet that scrys and sends creatures to the yard
Carrion Feeder
{B}Creature — Zombie
Cheap sacrifice outlet that grows while stocking the graveyard
Buried Alive
{2}{B}Sorcery
Tutors three key creatures directly into the graveyard to instantly fuel Klaw
Entomb
{B}Instant
Instant-speed tutor that puts any creature into the graveyard for Klaw or reanimation
Tortured Existence
{B}Enchantment
Swaps creature cards between hand and graveyard repeatedly for one black mana
