Art by Wei Guan
Commander deckBU
Lore, Positronic Provocateur
Capitalize on Lore's enters-the-battlefield triggers by pairing repeatable bounce, blink, and recursion with combat damage triggers, unblockable attackers, and graveyard synergies.
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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
1Lore, Positronic Provocateur
1UBUBLegendary Artifact Creature — Android Rogue
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
1BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Rewards unblockable attacks with steady card draw
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
Draws cards whenever unblockable creatures connect
Coastal Piracy
2UUEnchantment
Draws cards when creatures deal combat damage to players
Thieving Skydiver
1UCreature — Merfolk Rogue
Steals opposing mana rocks on unblocked incursions
Removal
10
Bitter Triumph
1BInstant
Low-cost planeswalker and creature removal that can discard to graveyard
Threats/Wincons
24
Fallen Shinobi
3UBCreature — Zombie Ninja
Devastating ninjutsu threat enabled by unblockable attacks
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
1UBLegendary Creature — Human Ninja
Ninjutsu payoff dealing direct damage from unblockable hits
Inkfathom Witch
1UBCreature — Merfolk Wizard
Turns unblocked creatures into lethal 4/1 attackers
Grim Hireling
3BCreature — Tiefling Rogue
Generates treasure tokens and removes creatures on unblocked hits
Dauthi Voidwalker
BBCreature — Dauthi Rogue
Unblockable shadow threat with graveyard hate and theft
Shadowmage Infiltrator
1UBCreature — Human Wizard
Classic saboteur creature that draws cards on damage
Notion Thief
2UBCreature — Human Rogue
Disrupts opponent card draw and generates immense advantage
Archon of Cruelty
6BBCreature — Archon
High-impact reanimation target enabled by surveil self-mill
Toxrill, the Corrosive
5BBLegendary Creature — Slug Horror
Suffocates opponent boards and generates slug tokens
Sphinx of the Second Sun
6UUCreature — Sphinx
Massive value engine reanimator target
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
1BBLegendary Creature — Nightmare
Sacrifices surplus artifacts for card draw and life loss
Baleful Strix
UBArtifact Creature — Bird
Cheap deathtouch cantrip artifact creature
Thieving Varmint
1BCreature — Varmint
Lifelink deathtouch attacker that ramps and gains life unblocked
Silent-Blade Oni
3UUBBCreature — Demon Ninja
Casts the best spells from opponent hands when unblocked
Mist-Syndicate Naga
2UCreature — Snake Ninja
Clones itself when dealing combat damage
Thief of Sanity
1UBCreature — Specter
Steals opponents' best cards when connecting in combat
Haughty Djinn
1UUCreature — Djinn
Grows massive from surveiled instants and sorceries
Cephalid Facetaker
2UCreature — Octopus Rogue
Copies the best creature on board and becomes unblockable
Phyrexian Metamorph
3UPArtifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
Flexible clone for key creatures or artifacts
Satoru Umezawa
1UBLegendary Creature — Human Ninja
Gives any large reanimation target ninjutsu via unblocked attackers
Kokusho, the Evening Star
4BBLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Potent flying threat and reanimation drain engine
Grave Titan
4BBCreature — Giant
Swarms the board with tokens when attacking unblocked
Consuming Aberration
3UBCreature — Horror
Massive threat fueled by casting spells and opponent graveyards
Sepulchral Primordial
5BBCreature — Avatar
Reanimates opposing threats put into graves via combat and surveil
Utility
8
Displacer Kitten
3UCreature — Cat Beast
Blinks Lore repeatedly on noncreature casts for unblockable or surveil
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
3ULegendary Enchantment Creature — God
Free end step flicker to re-trigger Lore's ETB
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Cheap reanimation spell capitalizing on Lore's surveil
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects key creatures and grants immediate haste
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Provides essential hexproof and haste protection
