Art by Lars Grant-West
Saved commander deck
Radioactive Man
Accelerate into Radioactive Man, equip evasion and haste to reliably connect in combat, and rapidly execute opponents through devastating halving life triggers and life loss payoffs.
Prompt: Radioactive Man commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Radioactive Man
{4}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Dark Ritual
{B}Instant
Fast mana to power out high-cost spells or commander early
Crypt Ghast
{3}{B}Creature — Spirit
Doubles mana from Swamps and drains life via extort
Black Market Connections
{2}{B}Enchantment
Versatile engine generating Treasures, cards, and bodies
Card Draw
8 cards
Read the Bones
{2}{B}Sorcery
Digs deep into the library for key evasive equipment
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Draws cards off opposing creature deaths
Grim Haruspex
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards when non-token creatures die
Removal
10 cards
Hero's Downfall
{1}{B}{B}Instant
Flexible removal for creatures and planeswalkers
Threats/Wincons
21 cards
Whispersilk Cloak
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Grants unblockable and shroud to secure combat damage triggers
Fireshrieker
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Grants double strike to trigger life-halving twice in one turn
Wound Reflection
{5}{B}Enchantment
Causes opponents to lose the rest of their life after the commander trigger
Archfiend of Despair
{6}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
Doubles life lost in a turn, instantly knocking out damaged players
Scytheclaw
{5}Artifact — Equipment
Redundant combat trigger that halves an opponent's life total
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
{1}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Vampire Demon
Doubles life loss caused during your turn for instant kills
Quietus Spike
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Stacks with the commander to strip nearly all an opponent's life
Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
{5}{B}{B} // {1}{B}Enchantment // Sorcery — Adventure
Early removal that turns into continuous reanimation
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Punishes opposing draws while stabilizing your own life
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
Finisher that drains substantial life based on black devotion
Gonti, Lord of Luxury
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Rogue
Deathtouch body that steals useful utility from opponents
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
Converts lifegain into lethal burn damage
Sepulchral Primordial
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Avatar
Late game bomb reanimating top creatures from all opponents
Dauthi Voidwalker
{B}{B}Creature — Dauthi Rogue
Unblockable shadow threat with graveyard hate and free spell casting
Hypnotic Specter
{1}{B}{B}Creature — Specter
Classic evasive attacker that strips resources from opponents
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Ally
Evasive attacker that permanently grows the board
Rankle, Master of Pranks
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue
Hasty flying threat offering discard, edicts, and draw
Massacre Wurm
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Wipes opposing small creatures and punishes their deaths
Exsanguinate
{X}{B}{B}Sorcery
Finishes off opponents whose life totals were halved
Utility
8 cards
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Provides haste and shroud for immediate and safe attacks
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Grants haste and hexproof to safeguard the commander
Key to the City
{2}Artifact
Discards spare cards to make the commander unblockable
Hot Soup
{1}Artifact — Equipment
Budget unblockable equipment to guarantee commander hits
Prowler's Helm
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Evasive equipment making the commander virtually unblockable
Undying Malice
{B}Instant
Saves commander from destruction and returns it with a counter
