Art by Lindsey Look
Saved commander deck
Proft, Sinister Mastermind
Fill the graveyard rapidly with self-mill, discard, and sacrifice to satisfy Proft's threshold casting restriction while fueling explosive mono-black reanimation lines.
Prompt: Proft, Sinister Mastermind commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Proft, Sinister Mastermind
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Wayfarer's Bauble
{1}Artifact
fetches a basic land and deposits itself into the graveyard
Card Draw
10 cards
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
draws cards steadily when creatures die
Ayara, First of Locthwain
{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
sacrifices creatures to draw while draining opponents
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Grim Haruspex
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
card draw engine tied to dying nontoken creatures
Vilis, Broker of Blood
{5}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Demon
massive card advantage engine and reanimation target
Bolas's Citadel
{3}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Artifact
casts spells from the top of the library to dig rapidly
Removal
10 cards
Hero's Downfall
{1}{B}{B}Instant
flexible removal for creatures and planeswalkers
Living Death
{3}{B}{B}Sorcery
symmetric board wipe that reanimates all milled creatures
Drown in Sorrow
{1}{B}{B}Sorcery
wipes small creatures and scries cards toward threshold
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
massive life swing based on black devotion
Archfiend of Ifnir
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
evasive beater that shrinks enemy boards on discard
Massacre Wurm
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
punishes wide boards with mass debuffs and life loss
Grave Titan
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Giant
creates zombie tokens to swarm the battlefield
Syr Konrad, the Grim
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
burns opponents whenever cards leave or enter graveyards
Sheoldred, Whispering One
{5}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
continual reanimation and opponent sacrifice engine
Sepulchral Primordial
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Avatar
steals the best creature from each opponent's graveyard
Mortivore
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Lhurgoyf
grows massive from all creature cards in all graveyards
Nighthowler
{1}{B}{B}Enchantment Creature — Horror
scales power based on creatures in all graveyards
Golgari Thug
{1}{B}Creature — Human Warrior
dredges four cards to hit threshold fast and recurs creatures
Stinkweed Imp
{2}{B}Creature — Imp
dredges five cards every draw to fill threshold immediately
Chainer, Dementia Master
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Minion
repeatable instant-speed reanimation engine
Geth, Lord of the Vault
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
steals artifacts and creatures while milling opponents
Balthor the Defiled
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Zombie Dwarf
mass reanimates all black creatures in your graveyard
Junji, the Midnight Sky
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
flying threat that reanimates a creature upon death
Kokusho, the Evening Star
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
huge life drain trigger upon dying and returning
Noxious Gearhulk
{4}{B}{B}Artifact Creature — Construct
etb creature removal and life gain body
Bone Miser
{4}{B}Creature — Zombie Wizard
provides mana, cards, and zombies when cards are discarded
Nether Traitor
{B}{B}Creature — Spirit
recurring evasive attacker that comes back from the grave
Bloodghast
{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Spirit
recursive threat that returns automatically with land drops
Dread Presence
{3}{B}Creature — Nightmare
turns Swamp land drops into card draw or life drain
Ravenous Chupacabra
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Beast Horror
creature on a stick that destroys opposing threats
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
rewards combat connections with card draw and graveyard theft
Necrogoyf
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Lhurgoyf
threat that grows larger as creatures fill graveyards
Utility
8 cards
Stitcher's Supplier
{B}Creature — Zombie
mills six cards between entering and dying to enable threshold
Altar of Dementia
{2}Artifact
sacrifice outlet that aggressively mills your own deck
Perpetual Timepiece
{2}Artifact
repeatable self-mill that provides graveyard protection
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
gives hexproof and haste to your commander or threats
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
reanimates huge threats milled into the graveyard
