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Commander deckB
MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel
Trigger MACH-1's surveil ability on multiple turns through consistent lifegain increments, filtering cards and filling the graveyard to power reanimation and aristocratic drain effects.
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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 · 61 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
1
MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel
1BLegendary Artifact Creature — Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Crypt Ghast
3BCreature — Spirit
Doubles Swamp mana and extort grants lifegain triggers.

Bontu's Monument
3Legendary Artifact
Reduces black creature costs while draining opponents to trigger surveil.
Card Draw
10
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
Generates mana, card advantage, and bodies while interacting with lifetotals.

Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Draws cards once each turn when creatures die.

Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
Gains life when black creatures enter and sacrifices creatures for card draw.

Erebos, God of the Dead
3BLegendary Enchantment Creature — God
Repeatable mana sink card draw that prevents opponents from gaining life.

Well of Lost Dreams
4Artifact
Translates frequent lifegain into massive card draw.

Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
Play cards directly from library using life total.
Removal
10
The Meathook Massacre
XBBLegendary Enchantment
Board clear that stays to provide lifegain triggers on deaths.
Threats/Wincons
17
Blood Artist
1BCreature — Vampire
Drains opponents and gains life whenever any creature dies.

Zulaport Cutthroat
1BCreature — Human Rogue Ally
Drains opponents and triggers lifegain when your creatures die.

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
2BLegendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
Weaponizes each lifegain instance into direct damage.

Marauding Blight-Priest
2BCreature — Vampire Cleric
Damages opponents whenever life is gained.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Massive life drain and lifegain swing based on devotion.

Bloodthirsty Aerialist
1BBCreature — Vampire Rogue
Grows rapidly into a lethal flying threat from lifegain.

Sanguine Bond
3BBEnchantment
Enchantment that turns lifegain into direct target player damage.

Creeping Bloodsucker
1BCreature — Vampire
Guarantees a lifegain trigger on your upkeep to surveil.

Ill-Gotten Inheritance
3BEnchantment
Passive upkeep drain that guarantees surveil triggers.

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Drains opponents on draw and provides consistent lifegain triggers on your draws.

Archfiend of Ifnir
3BBCreature — Demon
Discards and surveil dumping cards synergize to shrink opponent boards.

Chupacabra Echo
2BBCreature — Beast Horror Spirit
Capitalizes on surveiled graveyard size to eliminate creatures.

Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Pings opponents as surveil mills creatures into the graveyard.

Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Punishes opposing boards and drains life.

Sepulchral Primordial
5BBCreature — Avatar
High-impact reanimation target stealing opposing graveyard creatures.
Utility
15
Dread Return
2BBSorcery
Reanimates and can be flashed back directly from the surveiled graveyard.

Whip of Erebos
2BBLegendary Enchantment Artifact
Grants team lifelink and reanimates creatures with haste.

Shadowspear
1Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Provides trample, lifelink triggers, and removes hexproof/indestructible.

Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Haste and shroud protection for key creatures.

Tortured Existence
BEnchantment
Cheap recursion engine utilizing cards binned via surveil.

Phyrexian Reclamation
BEnchantment
Repeatable creature retrieval from the graveyard to hand.

Vampiric Tutor
BInstant
Instant tutor that works with surveil to immediately bin or draw the card.

Exsanguinate
XBBSorcery
Finisher that drains all opponents and produces huge lifegain.



































