Art by Simon Dominic
Commander deckB
M.O.D.O.K.
Pay life into M.O.D.O.K.'s connive ability to sculpt your hand, grow a massive lifelinking aerial threat, and discard big reanimation targets while passively shrinking opposing creatures.
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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 · 61 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
1M.O.D.O.K.
3BBLegendary Artifact Creature — Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Thought Vessel
2Artifact
Provides mana and removes maximum hand size restrictions
Crypt Ghast
3BCreature — Spirit
Doubles mana from Swamps and offers extort life drain
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
Trades life for mana, card advantage, and board presence
Defiler of Flesh
2BBCreature — Phyrexian Horror
Lets you pay life instead of black mana for permanents
Card Draw
9
Phyrexian Arena
1BBEnchantment
Steady extra draw each turn with negligible life loss
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Triggers off creatures dying from M.O.D.O.K.'s debuff
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
Draws cards while draining opponents on creature entry
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
Casts spells directly from library using life totals
Vilis, Broker of Blood
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
Draws cards whenever you pay life to connive
Removal
11
Hero's Downfall
1BBInstant
Flexible instant-speed answer to creatures and planeswalkers
Sheoldred's Edict
1BInstant
Bypasses hexproof and indestructible across all opponents
The Meathook Massacre
XBBLegendary Enchantment
Scalable board wipe that drains upon creature deaths
Threats/Wincons
23
Archfiend of Ifnir
3BBCreature — Demon
Places -1/-1 counters on opposing boards whenever you connive
Bone Miser
4BCreature — Zombie Wizard
Yields tokens, mana, or cards off connive discards
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Pings each opponent whenever creature cards hit the graveyard
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Recovers life from connive draws and punishes opponents
Sheoldred, Whispering One
5BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Forces opponent sacrifices while reanimating discarded threats
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Low-mana reanimation aura for graveyard recursion
Living Death
3BBSorcery
Mass reanimation that breaks symmetry with a stocked graveyard
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Massive life drain to refuel M.O.D.O.K.'s connive engine
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
1BBBCreature — Vampire Demon
Doubles life lost by opponents during your turn
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
2BLegendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
Converts M.O.D.O.K.'s lifelink damage into burn
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
4BPBPBPLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror Minion
Enables extreme mana cheating through life payments
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Piles onto M.O.D.O.K.'s debuff to wipe tokens and burn opponents
Kaervek, the Spiteful
2BBLegendary Creature — Human Warlock
Adds another continuous -1/-1 layer to sweep small creatures
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
Repeated tutor engine using life and expendable creatures
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Damages each opponent whenever you draw through connive
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
1BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Incentivizes attacking and provides an activated win condition
Grave Titan
4BBCreature — Giant
Heavy reanimation target that floods the board with tokens
Massacre Girl
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Assassin
Chains continuous death triggers to wipe the entire table
Faith of the Devoted
2BEnchantment
Drains opponents and regains life on every connive discard
Utility
8
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Grants haste and shroud to protect M.O.D.O.K.
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Hexproof protection while allowing targeted buffing
Whispersilk Cloak
3Artifact — Equipment
Makes a giant M.O.D.O.K. unblockable and untargetable
Whip of Erebos
2BBLegendary Enchantment Artifact
Gives lifelink to all creatures and reanimates for a turn
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
Preserves +1/+1 counters accumulated by M.O.D.O.K. connives
Dauthi Voidwalker
BBCreature — Dauthi Rogue
Graveyard hate with unblockable damage and spell theft
Nether Traitor
BBCreature — Spirit
Recurs readily as a sacrifice target or evasive attacker
