Art by Jennifer Hrabota Lesser
Commander deckB
Madame Hydra, Reanimated
Fill the graveyard with creatures using self-mill and sacrifice synergies to grow Madame Hydra into a lethal menace threat, while leveraging mass reanimation to overwhelm opponents.
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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
1Madame Hydra, Reanimated
3BLegendary Creature — Human Horror Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Crypt Ghast
3BCreature — Spirit
Doubles mana from Swamps and offers extort drains
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
Creature-based ramp that draws a card and counts in the yard
Card Draw
10
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Consistent card advantage whenever any creature dies
Grim Haruspex
2BCreature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
Creature death trigger that keeps the hand full
Undead Butler
1BCreature — Zombie
Mills cards on entry and recurs a creature when dying
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
Sacrifice outlet for card draw that drains on creature entries
Disciple of Bolas
3BCreature — Human Wizard
Sacrifices an oversized Madame Hydra for massive card draw and life
Removal
10
Feed the Swarm
1BSorcery
Essential black removal that handles problem enchantments
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BBCreature — Beast Horror
Targeted creature removal attached to a creature body
Fleshbag Marauder
2BCreature — Zombie Warrior
Forces each player to sacrifice a creature while fueling the graveyard
Demon's Disciple
2BCreature — Human Cleric
Sacrifice edict effect on a creature body
Plaguecrafter
2BCreature — Human Shaman
Edict creature that also hits planeswalkers and hand sizes
Shriekmaw
4BCreature — Elemental
Evokes cheaply into the graveyard while removing a threat
Threats/Wincons
24
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Pumps out massive damage as creatures mill and leave or hit the yard
Sepulchral Primordial
5BBCreature — Avatar
Steals the best creatures from each opponent's graveyard
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Decimates opposing small creatures and punishes opponents with life loss
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Massive life drain finisher based on mono-black devotion
Balthor the Defiled
2BBLegendary Creature — Zombie Dwarf
Mass reanimator that returns all black creatures straight to the board
Nighthowler
1BBEnchantment Creature — Horror
Becomes gigantic with full graveyards and can bestow onto Madame Hydra
Bonehoard
4Artifact — Equipment
Living weapon that scales immensely with all graveyards
Mortivore
2BBCreature — Lhurgoyf
Creature that scales in power directly from graveyard size
Golgari Thug
1BCreature — Human Warrior
Dredge engine that repeatedly stocks the graveyard with creatures
Stinkweed Imp
2BCreature — Imp
Deep dredge 5 engine that functions as a deathtouch blocker
Stitcher's Supplier
BCreature — Zombie
Mills six cards across entering and dying for a single mana
Gorging Vulture
2BCreature — Bird
Mills four cards and gains life per creature milled
Mire Triton
1BCreature — Zombie Merfolk
Cheap deathtouch body that self-mills two cards
Archfiend of Ifnir
3BBCreature — Demon
Turns cycling and discard into board-clearing -1/-1 counters
Vilis, Broker of Blood
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
Massive reanimation target that turns life loss into card draw
Sheoldred, Whispering One
5BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Forces opponent sacrifices while reanimating your creatures every upkeep
Chainer, Dementia Master
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Minion
Instant-speed reanimation of any creature from any graveyard
Dreadhound
4BBCreature — Demon Dog
Mills cards on entry and drains opponents whenever creatures die or are milled
Massacre Girl
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Assassin
Cascading board wipe that puts dozens of creatures into yards
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
Destroys a threat, gains life, and provides an artifact creature body
Kokusho, the Evening Star
4BBLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Huge drain trigger upon death that swings life totals drastically
Nether Traitor
BBCreature — Spirit
Recurring creature that fuels sacrifice engines and gains haste
Bloodghast
BBCreature — Vampire Spirit
Reliable graveyard recurrer off of simple land drops
Utility
8
Victimize
2BSorcery
Turns one sacrificial body into two massive reanimated threats
Buried Alive
2BSorcery
Tutors your three best creatures directly into the graveyard
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Gives Madame Hydra haste and shroud to protect her high power
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Haste and hexproof protection for the commander
Mesmeric Orb
2Artifact
Rapidly fills all graveyards as permanents untap throughout the game
