Klaw, Sonic Subjugator

Art by Andreia Ugrai

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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.

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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

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RampCard drawInteractionThreats & synergy

The working parts

Ramp11
Card draw13
Interaction14
↳ board wipes3
Tutors4

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

B 68
37lands · rule of thumb 35–38
2.94average mana value (nonland)
$170.08whole deck, today

The list

Commander

1
Klaw, Sonic Subjugator

Klaw, Sonic Subjugator

2B

Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Villain

Chosen commander for the requested strategy.

Ramp

10
Sol Ring

Sol Ring

1

Artifact

Fast mana staple

Arcane Signet

Arcane Signet

2

Artifact

Reliable mana fixing and acceleration

Mind Stone

Mind Stone

2

Artifact

Early ramp that cantrips in the late game

Thought Vessel

Thought Vessel

2

Artifact

Unconditional two-mana rock

Charcoal Diamond

Charcoal Diamond

2

Artifact

Consistent two-mana black acceleration

Jet Medallion

Jet Medallion

2

Artifact

Discounts all black spells in the deck

Dark Ritual

Dark Ritual

B

Instant

Bursts out early threats or Klaw ahead of curve

Crypt Ghast

Crypt Ghast

3B

Creature — Spirit

Doubles Swamp mana and provides creature count for the yard

Burnished Hart

Burnished Hart

3

Artifact Creature — Elk

Ramps Swamps directly while putting a creature into the graveyard

Solemn Simulacrum

Solemn Simulacrum

4

Artifact Creature — Golem

Ramps, draws on death, and fuels the creature count in the yard

Card Draw

10
Stitcher's Supplier

Stitcher's Supplier

B

Creature — Zombie

Self-mills six cards on entering and dying to load the graveyard with creatures

Golgari Thug

Golgari Thug

1B

Creature — Human Warrior

Dredge 4 quickly fills the graveyard with creature fuel

Stinkweed Imp

Stinkweed Imp

2B

Creature — Imp

Dredge 5 dumps massive numbers of creatures into the graveyard

Morbid Opportunist

Morbid Opportunist

2B

Creature — Human Rogue

Draws cards steadily off sacrifice and creature deaths

Midnight Reaper

Midnight Reaper

2B

Creature — Zombie Knight

Turns dying nontoken creatures into fresh cards

Grim Haruspex

Grim Haruspex

2B

Creature — Human Wizard

Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die

Ayara, First of Locthwain

Ayara, First of Locthwain

BBB

Legendary Creature — Elf Noble

Sacrifice outlet that draws cards and burns opponents when black creatures enter

Sign in Blood

Sign in Blood

BB

Sorcery

Cheap and effective burst card draw

Night's Whisper

Night's Whisper

1B

Sorcery

Efficient two-mana burst card velocity

Read the Bones

Read the Bones

2B

Sorcery

Digs deep into the library to find combo and reanimation pieces

Removal

11
Feed the Swarm

Feed the Swarm

1B

Sorcery

Crucial mono-black answer to enchantments and creatures

Infernal Grasp

Infernal Grasp

1B

Instant

Unconditional low-cost instant creature removal

Hero's Downfall

Hero's Downfall

1BB

Instant

Flexible instant-speed creature or planeswalker removal

Defile

Defile

B

Instant

Scales efficiently with Swamps for cheap removal

Ravenous Chupacabra

Ravenous Chupacabra

2BB

Creature — Beast Horror

Creature-based removal that adds to graveyard creature count

Shriekmaw

Shriekmaw

4B

Creature — Elemental

Evokes for two mana to kill a creature and immediately place a creature in the graveyard

Fleshbag Marauder

Fleshbag Marauder

2B

Creature — Zombie Warrior

Forces edicts while sacrificing itself to pad graveyard creature count

Plaguecrafter

Plaguecrafter

2B

Creature — Human Shaman

Hits creatures, planeswalkers, or cards in hand while sacrificing itself

Demon's Disciple

Demon's Disciple

2B

Creature — Human Cleric

Additional edict creature that easily ends up in the graveyard

Toxic Deluge

Toxic Deluge

2B

Sorcery

Premier scalable mono-black board wipe

Living Death

Living Death

3BB

Sorcery

Mass board wipe and mass reanimation of all creatures in the graveyard

Threats/Wincons

20
Waste Not

Waste Not

1B

Enchantment

Extracts massive value whenever Klaw or other effects force opponents to discard

Megrim

Megrim

2B

Enchantment

Damages opponents whenever Klaw forces them to discard

Liliana's Caress

Liliana's Caress

1B

Enchantment

Efficient enchantment that causes life loss on opponent discards

Raiders' Wake

Raiders' Wake

3B

Enchantment

Punishes discard with life loss and triggers discard on attacks

Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern

Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern

3BB

Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact

Steals any permanent opponents discard to Klaw or sacrifice

Tourach, Dread Cantor

Tourach, Dread Cantor

1B

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

Grows massively into a lethal threat whenever opponents discard

Geth's Grimoire

Geth's Grimoire

4

Artifact — Book

Draws cards whenever opponents discard to Klaw or edicts

Tinybones, Trinket Thief

Tinybones, Trinket Thief

1B

Legendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue

Draws cards on end steps when opponents discard and provides a win condition

Syr Konrad, the Grim

Syr Konrad, the Grim

3BB

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Drains the table whenever creatures enter or leave the graveyard, or cards are milled

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

3BB

Creature — Zombie

Massive life drain that scales with high mono-black devotion

Bloodghast

Bloodghast

BB

Creature — Vampire Spirit

Self-recurring creature for sacrifice and graveyard synergies

Nether Traitor

Nether Traitor

BB

Creature — Spirit

Persistent recursive creature for sacrifice loops

Reassembling Skeleton

Reassembling Skeleton

1B

Creature — Skeleton Warrior

Reliable repeatable sacrifice fodder

Abhorrent Overlord

Abhorrent Overlord

5BB

Creature — Demon

Massive flying threat that generates a swarm of Harpies

Grave Titan

Grave Titan

4BB

Creature — Giant

High-impact token generating threat and heavy beater

Sheoldred, Whispering One

Sheoldred, Whispering One

5BB

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

Reanimates your creatures while forcing opponent sacrifices each upkeep

Sepulchral Primordial

Sepulchral Primordial

5BB

Creature — Avatar

Steals the best creatures from opponents' graveyards upon entering

Archfiend of Ifnir

Archfiend of Ifnir

3BB

Creature — Demon

Shrinks opponents' boards through cycling or forced discard synergies

Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage

Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage

2B

Legendary Planeswalker — Davriel

Planeswalker that forces discard and punishes empty hands

Vicious Rumors

Vicious Rumors

B

Sorcery

One-mana spell that drains, mills, and forces each opponent to discard

Utility

11
Reanimate

Reanimate

B

Sorcery

Premier one-mana reanimation spell for Klaw or high-cost threats

Animate Dead

Animate Dead

1B

Enchantment — Aura

Cheap aura reanimation to reuse Klaw's discard trigger

Victimize

Victimize

2B

Sorcery

Sacrifices a creature to return two creatures, including Klaw, to the battlefield

Dread Return

Dread Return

2BB

Sorcery

Reanimation spell with flashback that can be cast from the graveyard by sacrificing creatures

Conjurer's Closet

Conjurer's Closet

5

Artifact

Flickers Klaw on your end step to repeat his targeted hand disruption

Blade of Selves

Blade of Selves

2

Artifact — Equipment

Myriad creates attacking token copies of Klaw to trigger his discard against all opponents

Viscera Seer

Viscera Seer

B

Creature — Vampire Wizard

Zero-mana sacrifice outlet that scrys and sends creatures to the yard

Carrion Feeder

Carrion Feeder

B

Creature — Zombie

Cheap sacrifice outlet that grows while stocking the graveyard

Buried Alive

Buried Alive

2B

Sorcery

Tutors three key creatures directly into the graveyard to instantly fuel Klaw

Entomb

Entomb

B

Instant

Instant-speed tutor that puts any creature into the graveyard for Klaw or reanimation

Tortured Existence

Tortured Existence

B

Enchantment

Swaps creature cards between hand and graveyard repeatedly for one black mana

Lands

37
Reliquary Tower

Reliquary Tower

Land

No maximum hand size.

War Room

War Room

Land

Card draw from the mana base.

Rogue's Passage

Rogue's Passage

Land

Makes a creature unblockable.

Temple of the False God

Temple of the False God

Land

Extra mana in the late game.

Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog

Land

Free graveyard hate on ETB.

Castle Locthwain

Castle Locthwain

Land

Mono-color utility land.

Swamp

Swamp 31x

Basic Land — Swamp

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.