Art by Matt Stewart
Saved commander deck
Mabel, Bitter Recluse
Leverage Mabel's cheap mana value and enter-the-battlefield trigger to strip loyalty from enemy planeswalkers and +1/+1 counters from opponents' threats, while repeatedly flickering or sacrificing and recasting her to trigger aristocrat drains and reset your own persist creatures.
Prompt: Mabel, Bitter Recluse commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Mabel, Bitter Recluse
{B}Legendary Creature — Mouse Warlock
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Jet Medallion
{2}Artifact
Reduces the casting cost of all black spells, including Mabel
Crypt Ghast
{3}{B}Creature — Spirit
Doubles Swamp mana and provides extort reach
Black Market Connections
{2}{B}Enchantment
Provides continuous ramp, card advantage, and bodies
Card Draw
10 cards
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Draws cards steadily off creature deaths
Grim Haruspex
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
Aristocrat draw engine on dying nontoken creatures
Deadly Dispute
{1}{B}Instant
Draws two cards and provides a Treasure by sacrificing Mabel or fodder
Removal
12 cards
Hero's Downfall
{1}{B}{B}Instant
Versatile removal for creatures and planeswalkers
Sheoldred's Edict
{1}{B}Instant
Bypasses hexproof and targets planeswalkers or creatures
The Meathook Massacre
{X}{B}{B}Legendary Enchantment
Scalable sweeper that persists as a drain engine
Threats/Wincons
22 cards
Puppeteer Clique
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Faerie Wizard
Persist creature whose -1/-1 counter can be cleared by Mabel to persist infinitely
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
{3}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Zombie Cleric
Gives non-Humans undying which Mabel can reset
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
Massive life drain finisher scaling with black devotion
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Punishe opponents' card draw while sustaining your life total
Bloodghast
{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Spirit
Recursive sacrifice fodder and resilient attacker
Reassembling Skeleton
{1}{B}Creature — Skeleton Warrior
Repeatable sacrifice outlet fodder
Ayara, First of Locthwain
{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
Drains opponents when black creatures like Mabel enter
Zulaport Cutthroat
{1}{B}Creature — Human Rogue Ally
Classic aristocrat drain on creature deaths
Syr Konrad, the Grim
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Heavy drain engine tied to creature mortality and mill
Archfiend of Ifnir
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
Spreads -1/-1 counters across the enemy board
Carnifex Demon
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Demon
Distributes -1/-1 counters across all creatures that Mabel can manage
Massacre Wurm
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Wipes opposing utility boards and heavily drains opponents
Grave Titan
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Giant
Rapidly generates a wide army of Zombie tokens
Kokusho, the Evening Star
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Potent flying threat that drains each opponent for 5 on death
Lolth, Spider Queen
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Planeswalker — Lolth
Planeswalker that gains loyalty from sacrifice loops
Professor Onyx
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Drains opponents on spellcasts and provides card advantage
Liliana of the Veil
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana
Symmetrical resource denial that fits the deck's low curve
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Sacrifice outlet that places counters and draws cards
Vorpal Sword
{B}Artifact — Equipment
Cheap deathtouch equipment that doubles as an alternate win condition
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Steals opposing creatures removed by Mabel or kill spells
Torgaar, Famine Incarnate
{6}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Avatar
Sacrifices cheap creatures like Mabel to cut an opponent's life in half
Utility
8 cards
Conjurer's Closet
{5}Artifact
Repeatedly flickers Mabel at end step to reuse her counter-removal ETB
Sword of Hearth and Home
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Flickers Mabel on combat damage to trigger counter removal and ramp Swamps
Skullclamp
{1}Artifact — Equipment
Premier card advantage tool for small creatures
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Grants protection and haste to key threats
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects your commander or key engine creatures with hexproof
Phyrexian Reclamation
{B}Enchantment
Easily recurs Mabel and other dead creatures for minimal mana
Whip of Erebos
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Grants lifelink to the team and reanimates threats in a pinch
