Art by Marius Bota
Commander deckB
Miss Highwater
Deal combat damage with Miss Highwater to contract opponents, punish their drawing and discard with forced life loss, and aggressively eliminate players to steal their entire armies and artifact arsenals.
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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 · 60 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
1Miss Highwater
2BBLegendary Creature — Demon Advisor
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Dark Ritual
BInstant
Fast burst mana to deploy Miss Highwater as early as turn two
Culling the Weak
BInstant
Converts disposable creatures into explosive early mana
Card Draw
10
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Draws cards steadily off inevitable player and creature deaths
Pact of the Serpent
1BBSorcery
Massive draw off our tokens or punishes an opponent going wide
Peer into the Abyss
4BBBSorcery
Massive burst draw or target an opponent to trigger lethal drain
Removal
11
Feed the Swarm
1BSorcery
Versatile black removal that hits creatures or enchantments
Go for the Throat
1BInstant
Cheap, efficient instant removal for nonartifact threats
Threats/Wincons
19
Underworld Dreams
BBBEnchantment
Deals massive damage when opponents accept the contract draw
Fate Unraveler
3BEnchantment Creature — Hag
Drains opponents for each card drawn from contracts or wheels
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Punishes 7-card contract draws with 14 immediate damage
Megrim
2BEnchantment
Shocks players when they discard their hand for the contract
Liliana's Caress
1BEnchantment
Causes massive life loss when opponents discard to the contract
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
3BBLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Steals permanents discarded when players take the deal
Geth's Grimoire
4Artifact — Book
Refills our hand rapidly when opponents discard to contract
Sangromancer
2BBCreature — Vampire Shaman
Gains enormous life whenever contracted players discard cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Finishes off weakened contracted opponents with devotion drain
Archfiend of Ifnir
3BBCreature — Demon
Wipes opposing boards when you cycle or discard
Grave Titan
4BBCreature — Giant
High-impact creature that generates an army on its own
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
Combines creature removal, lifegain, and a menacing threat
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Punishes opponent boards and rapidly drops life totals to lethal
Dauthi Voidwalker
BBCreature — Dauthi Rogue
Unblockable attacker that steals cards discarded to contracts
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
1BBBCreature — Vampire Demon
Doubles all life loss suffered during your turns
Wound Reflection
5BEnchantment
Doubles end-of-turn damage to swiftly eliminate contracted foes
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
2BLegendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
Weaponizes our lifegain to burn down opponents quickly
Utility
10
Whispersilk Cloak
3Artifact — Equipment
Ensures Miss Highwater connects safely to trigger her ability
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Miss Highwater with shroud and gives haste
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Gives hexproof and haste to ensure commander combat triggers
Vorpal Sword
BArtifact — Equipment
Directly eliminates contracted opponents with lethal deathtouch trigger
Court of Ambition
2BBEnchantment
Introduces monarch and continually forces discard or life loss
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Cheap reanimation to bring back high-value discarded creatures
Phyrexian Reclamation
BEnchantment
Provides repeated creature recursion throughout the match
Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
5BB // 1BEnchantment // Sorcery — Adventure
Early removal adventure that scales into an unbeatable reanimation engine
