Art by David Palumbo
Saved commander deck
Minotaur, Roxxon CEO
Trigger Minotaur's ability by sacrificing our own recurring nontoken creatures and wiping opponent boards to amass an evasive army of menace tokens, closing the game with aristocrat drain effects.
Prompt: Minotaur, Roxxon CEO commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Minotaur, Roxxon CEO
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Minotaur Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Sol Ring
{1}Artifact
Essential mana acceleration to help cast high-cost spells and commander early.
Thought Vessel
{2}Artifact
Provides mana ramp and removes maximum hand size restrictions.
Dark Ritual
{B}Instant
Burst mana to power out the commander or high-impact spells turns ahead of schedule.
Crypt Ghast
{3}{B}Creature — Spirit
Doubles mana production from Swamps and offers extort life drain.
Black Market
{3}{B}{B}Enchantment
Explodes in mana generation whenever nontoken creatures die.
Ashnod's Altar
{3}Artifact
Sacrifice outlet that converts villain tokens or fodder into colorless mana.
Card Draw
10 cards
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Draws a card each turn a creature dies, synergizing directly with the commander.
Grim Haruspex
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures we control die.
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
Card draw engine tied to dying nontoken creatures.
Harvester of Souls
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
Draws cards whenever any nontoken creature dies on the battlefield.
Village Rites
{B}Instant
Instantly turns an expendable villain token or creature into fresh cards.
Corrupted Conviction
{B}Instant
Cheap sacrifice outlet that draws two cards at instant speed.
Removal
11 cards
Toxic Deluge
{2}{B}Sorcery
Flexible, efficient board wipe that triggers the commander for every dying nontoken creature.
Damnation
{2}{B}{B}Sorcery
Classic unconditional sweeper that replaces all nontoken casualties with menace tokens.
Feed the Swarm
{1}{B}Sorcery
Flexible black removal capable of destroying creatures or problematic enchantments.
Living Death
{3}{B}{B}Sorcery
Mass sacrifice and reanimation swing that triggers the commander heavily.
Dictate of Erebos
{3}{B}{B}Enchantment
Forces opponents to sacrifice creatures whenever ours die, fueling mass token generation.
Grave Pact
{1}{B}{B}{B}Enchantment
Continuous sacrifice pressure on opponents' boards.
Fleshbag Marauder
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Warrior
Edict creature that triggers death triggers while clearing opposing threats.
Plaguecrafter
{2}{B}Creature — Human Shaman
Nontoken edict body that also hits planeswalkers or strips cards.
Demon's Disciple
{2}{B}Creature — Human Cleric
Redundant edict effect on a nontoken body.
Threats/Wincons
23 cards
Blood Artist
{1}{B}Creature — Vampire
Drains opponents whenever any creature on the battlefield dies.
Zulaport Cutthroat
{1}{B}Creature — Human Rogue Ally
Drains all opponents whenever our creatures die.
Falkenrath Noble
{3}{B}Creature — Vampire Noble
Additional drain trigger whenever any creature dies.
Syr Konrad, the Grim
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Punches through damage from creatures dying, milling, and leaving graveyards.
Ayara, First of Locthwain
{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
Drains opponents whenever black villain tokens enter and serves as a sacrifice outlet.
Mirkwood Bats
{3}{B}Creature — Bat
Drains opponents each time villain tokens are created or sacrificed.
Marionette Apprentice
{1}{B}Creature — Human Artificer
Generates a token and drains opponents on creature and artifact deaths.
Bastion of Remembrance
{2}{B}Enchantment
Enchantment-based drain effect that is resilient to creature wipes.
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
Massive life swing and win condition based on mono-black devotion.
Reassembling Skeleton
{1}{B}Creature — Skeleton Warrior
Recurs from the graveyard repeatedly to generate villain tokens on death.
Bloodghast
{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Spirit
Free recurring nontoken creature from landfall.
Nether Traitor
{B}{B}Creature — Spirit
Recurs cheaply whenever another nontoken creature dies.
Gravecrawler
{B}Creature — Zombie
Easily recastable nontoken body to continuously sacrifice.
Ophiomancer
{2}{B}Creature — Human Shaman
Provides continuous sacrificial bodies on each player's upkeep.
Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
{1}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Provides free decayed fodder each end step.
Warren Soultrader
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Goblin Wizard
Free sacrifice outlet that creates treasure tokens while triggering death effects.
Viscera Seer
{B}Creature — Vampire Wizard
Free sacrifice outlet that provides library filtering.
Carrion Feeder
{B}Creature — Zombie
One-mana sacrifice outlet that grows into a massive combat threat.
Woe Strider
{2}{B}Creature — Horror
Free sacrifice outlet with an escape mechanic for recursion.
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Premier sacrifice engine that draws cards and spreads -1/-1 counters.
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Nightmare
Sacrifice engine that forces opponents to lose life or give up resources.
Massacre Wurm
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Clears opposing small creatures and burns opponents down, generating a swarm of tokens.
Torment of Hailfire
{X}{B}{B}Sorcery
Devastating late-game finisher that strips opponent boards or ends their life totals.
Utility
8 cards
Skullclamp
{1}Artifact — Equipment
Draws two cards repeatedly when equipping disposable 1-toughness fodder or tokens.
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects the expensive commander with shroud and gives haste.
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Hexproof protection for Minotaur to stay on the board.
Phyrexian Reclamation
{B}Enchantment
Repeatable graveyard recursion directly to hand.
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
Cheap reanimation spell for our best threats or opponents' fallen creatures.
Victimize
{2}{B}Sorcery
Sacrifices a token to bring back two key nontoken creatures from the graveyard.
Bolas's Citadel
{3}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Artifact
Massive card advantage engine and alternate win condition via sacrificing tokens.
