Art by Bastien L. Deharme
Commander deckB
Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
Embrace the gothic aristocracy through graveyard sacrifice, reanimating devastating threats and draining opponents while controlling the board with dark magic and planeswalkers.
Asked for“goth mommy commander deck”
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
1Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
1BBLegendary Creature — Human Cleric // Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Crypt Ghast
3BCreature — Spirit
doubles mana output from swamps with extort drain
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
versatile engine producing mana treasures, tokens, and cards
Card Draw
10
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
draws two cards from recursive one-toughness fodder
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
steady card advantage off creature deaths each turn
Grim Haruspex
2BCreature — Human Wizard
draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
draws a card on creature death to keep hand full
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
sacrifices black creatures to draw while draining opponents
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
1BBLegendary Creature — Nightmare
forces opponents to sacrifice permanents or give you cards
Removal
10
Sheoldred's Edict
1BInstant
flexible edict effect bypassing hexproof and indestructible
Massacre Girl
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Assassin
cascading -1/-1 board wipe on a gothic assassin body
Threats/Wincons
25
Gravecrawler
BCreature — Zombie
infinitely recursive sacrifice fodder with zombies
Bloodghast
BBCreature — Vampire Spirit
recurs from the graveyard automatically on landfall
Reassembling Skeleton
1BCreature — Skeleton Warrior
repeatable sacrifice outlet to flip Liliana
Zulaport Cutthroat
1BCreature — Human Rogue Ally
team-wide life drain when your creatures perish
Ophiomancer
2BCreature — Human Shaman
produces deathtouch snakes on every player's upkeep
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
1BBLegendary Creature — Vampire Ally
goth vampire that buffs the attacking team with +1/+1 counters
Pitiless Plunderer
3BCreature — Human Pirate
creates treasure tokens whenever creatures die
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
heavy drain engine on graveyard and creature movement
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
massive life swing based on black devotion
Grave Titan
4BBCreature — Giant
generates an army of zombie tokens upon entry and attack
Kokusho, the Evening Star
4BBLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
devastating death trigger that drains each opponent for five
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
punishes wide boards with shrink and direct life loss
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
iconic gothic praetor punishing enemy draws while healing you
Sheoldred, Whispering One
5BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
reanimates your dead and forces opponents to sacrifice creatures
Archon of Cruelty
6BBCreature — Archon
devastating reanimation target that drains and discards foes
Vilis, Broker of Blood
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
massive demon that turns life loss into immense card advantage
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
3BBBLegendary Creature — Zombie Cleric
grants undying to your board and punishes human attackers
Chainer, Dementia Master
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Minion
repeatable instant-speed reanimator for any graveyard
Liliana of the Veil
1BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
planeswalker that enforces resource denial and edicts
Liliana, Death's Majesty
3BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
makes zombie tokens, reanimates threats, and sweeps boards
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
4BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
ultimate necromancer engine for card draw, tokens, and edicts
Professor Onyx
4BBLegendary Planeswalker — Liliana
magecraft drain engine and card selection walker
Torment of Hailfire
XBBSorcery
game-ending black mana sink that decimates opponents
Utility
7
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
cheap enchantment aura reanimating key creatures
Living Death
3BBSorcery
mass graveyard swap acting as board wipe and win condition
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
protects key creatures with shroud and grants haste
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
gives hexproof and haste protection to commander
