
Art by David Palumbo
Commander deckB
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.
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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
1
Minotaur, Roxxon CEO
4BBLegendary Creature — Minotaur Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Sol Ring
1Artifact
Essential mana acceleration to help cast high-cost spells and commander early.

Thought Vessel
2Artifact
Provides mana ramp and removes maximum hand size restrictions.

Dark Ritual
BInstant
Burst mana to power out the commander or high-impact spells turns ahead of schedule.

Crypt Ghast
3BCreature — Spirit
Doubles mana production from Swamps and offers extort life drain.

Black Market
3BBEnchantment
Explodes in mana generation whenever nontoken creatures die.

Ashnod's Altar
3Artifact
Sacrifice outlet that converts villain tokens or fodder into colorless mana.
Card Draw
10
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Draws a card each turn a creature dies, synergizing directly with the commander.

Grim Haruspex
2BCreature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures we control die.

Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
Card draw engine tied to dying nontoken creatures.

Harvester of Souls
4BBCreature — Demon
Draws cards whenever any nontoken creature dies on the battlefield.

Village Rites
BInstant
Instantly turns an expendable villain token or creature into fresh cards.

Corrupted Conviction
BInstant
Cheap sacrifice outlet that draws two cards at instant speed.
Removal
11
Toxic Deluge
2BSorcery
Flexible, efficient board wipe that triggers the commander for every dying nontoken creature.

Damnation
2BBSorcery
Classic unconditional sweeper that replaces all nontoken casualties with menace tokens.

Feed the Swarm
1BSorcery
Flexible black removal capable of destroying creatures or problematic enchantments.

Living Death
3BBSorcery
Mass sacrifice and reanimation swing that triggers the commander heavily.

Dictate of Erebos
3BBEnchantment
Forces opponents to sacrifice creatures whenever ours die, fueling mass token generation.

Fleshbag Marauder
2BCreature — Zombie Warrior
Edict creature that triggers death triggers while clearing opposing threats.

Plaguecrafter
2BCreature — Human Shaman
Nontoken edict body that also hits planeswalkers or strips cards.

Demon's Disciple
2BCreature — Human Cleric
Redundant edict effect on a nontoken body.
Threats/Wincons
23
Blood Artist
1BCreature — Vampire
Drains opponents whenever any creature on the battlefield dies.

Zulaport Cutthroat
1BCreature — Human Rogue Ally
Drains all opponents whenever our creatures die.

Falkenrath Noble
3BCreature — Vampire Noble
Additional drain trigger whenever any creature dies.

Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Punches through damage from creatures dying, milling, and leaving graveyards.

Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
Drains opponents whenever black villain tokens enter and serves as a sacrifice outlet.

Mirkwood Bats
3BCreature — Bat
Drains opponents each time villain tokens are created or sacrificed.

Marionette Apprentice
1BCreature — Human Artificer
Generates a token and drains opponents on creature and artifact deaths.

Bastion of Remembrance
2BEnchantment
Enchantment-based drain effect that is resilient to creature wipes.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Massive life swing and win condition based on mono-black devotion.

Reassembling Skeleton
1BCreature — Skeleton Warrior
Recurs from the graveyard repeatedly to generate villain tokens on death.

Bloodghast
BBCreature — Vampire Spirit
Free recurring nontoken creature from landfall.

Nether Traitor
BBCreature — Spirit
Recurs cheaply whenever another nontoken creature dies.

Gravecrawler
BCreature — Zombie
Easily recastable nontoken body to continuously sacrifice.

Ophiomancer
2BCreature — Human Shaman
Provides continuous sacrificial bodies on each player's upkeep.

Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
1BLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
Provides free decayed fodder each end step.

Warren Soultrader
2BCreature — Zombie Goblin Wizard
Free sacrifice outlet that creates treasure tokens while triggering death effects.

Viscera Seer
BCreature — Vampire Wizard
Free sacrifice outlet that provides library filtering.

Carrion Feeder
BCreature — Zombie
One-mana sacrifice outlet that grows into a massive combat threat.

Woe Strider
2BCreature — Horror
Free sacrifice outlet with an escape mechanic for recursion.

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
2BBLegendary Creature — Human Cleric
Premier sacrifice engine that draws cards and spreads -1/-1 counters.

Braids, Arisen Nightmare
1BBLegendary Creature — Nightmare
Sacrifice engine that forces opponents to lose life or give up resources.

Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Clears opposing small creatures and burns opponents down, generating a swarm of tokens.

Torment of Hailfire
XBBSorcery
Devastating late-game finisher that strips opponent boards or ends their life totals.
Utility
8
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
Draws two cards repeatedly when equipping disposable 1-toughness fodder or tokens.

Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects the expensive commander with shroud and gives haste.

Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Hexproof protection for Minotaur to stay on the board.

Phyrexian Reclamation
BEnchantment
Repeatable graveyard recursion directly to hand.

Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Cheap reanimation spell for our best threats or opponents' fallen creatures.

Victimize
2BSorcery
Sacrifices a token to bring back two key nontoken creatures from the graveyard.

Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
Massive card advantage engine and alternate win condition via sacrificing tokens.


















