Art by Fesbra
Saved commander deck
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.
Prompt: MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel commander deck
Commander
1 cards
MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel
{1}{B}Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9 cards
Wayfarer's Bauble
{1}Artifact
Fetches a basic swamp directly onto the battlefield.
Crypt Ghast
{3}{B}Creature — Spirit
Doubles Swamp mana and extort grants lifegain triggers.
Bontu's Monument
{3}Legendary Artifact
Reduces black creature costs while draining opponents to trigger surveil.
Card Draw
10 cards
Black Market Connections
{2}{B}Enchantment
Generates mana, card advantage, and bodies while interacting with lifetotals.
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Draws cards once each turn when creatures die.
Ayara, First of Locthwain
{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
Gains life when black creatures enter and sacrifices creatures for card draw.
Erebos, God of the Dead
{3}{B}Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Repeatable mana sink card draw that prevents opponents from gaining life.
Well of Lost Dreams
{4}Artifact
Translates frequent lifegain into massive card draw.
Bolas's Citadel
{3}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Artifact
Play cards directly from library using life total.
Removal
10 cards
The Meathook Massacre
{X}{B}{B}Legendary Enchantment
Board clear that stays to provide lifegain triggers on deaths.
Threats/Wincons
17 cards
Blood Artist
{1}{B}Creature — Vampire
Drains opponents and gains life whenever any creature dies.
Zulaport Cutthroat
{1}{B}Creature — Human Rogue Ally
Drains opponents and triggers lifegain when your creatures die.
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
Weaponizes each lifegain instance into direct damage.
Marauding Blight-Priest
{2}{B}Creature — Vampire Cleric
Damages opponents whenever life is gained.
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
Massive life drain and lifegain swing based on devotion.
Bloodthirsty Aerialist
{1}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Rogue
Grows rapidly into a lethal flying threat from lifegain.
Sanguine Bond
{3}{B}{B}Enchantment
Enchantment that turns lifegain into direct target player damage.
Creeping Bloodsucker
{1}{B}Creature — Vampire
Guarantees a lifegain trigger on your upkeep to surveil.
Dogged Pursuit
{3}{B}Enchantment
Drains each opponent and gains life on end step.
Ill-Gotten Inheritance
{3}{B}Enchantment
Passive upkeep drain that guarantees surveil triggers.
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Drains opponents on draw and provides consistent lifegain triggers on your draws.
Archfiend of Ifnir
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
Discards and surveil dumping cards synergize to shrink opponent boards.
Chupacabra Echo
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Beast Horror Spirit
Capitalizes on surveiled graveyard size to eliminate creatures.
Syr Konrad, the Grim
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Pings opponents as surveil mills creatures into the graveyard.
Grave Titan
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Giant
Top-end token producer and reanimation target.
Massacre Wurm
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Punishes opposing boards and drains life.
Sepulchral Primordial
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Avatar
High-impact reanimation target stealing opposing graveyard creatures.
Utility
15 cards
Victimize
{2}{B}Sorcery
Sacrifices a small creature to return two surveiled threats.
Dread Return
{2}{B}{B}Sorcery
Reanimates and can be flashed back directly from the surveiled graveyard.
Whip of Erebos
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Grants team lifelink and reanimates creatures with haste.
Shadowspear
{1}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Provides trample, lifelink triggers, and removes hexproof/indestructible.
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Haste and shroud protection for key creatures.
Tortured Existence
{B}Enchantment
Cheap recursion engine utilizing cards binned via surveil.
Phyrexian Reclamation
{B}Enchantment
Repeatable creature retrieval from the graveyard to hand.
Vampiric Tutor
{B}Instant
Instant tutor that works with surveil to immediately bin or draw the card.
Exsanguinate
{X}{B}{B}Sorcery
Finisher that drains all opponents and produces huge lifegain.
