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