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Commander deckB
Ronin, Shadow Stalker
Leverage Ronin's mana acceleration to cast and equip deadly Equipment ahead of curve, turning him into a lethal Voltron threat while sacrificing disposable Equipment for board control and recursion.
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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
1Ronin, Shadow Stalker
2BLegendary Creature — Human Rogue Hero
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11
Crypt Ghast
3BCreature — Spirit
Doubles swamp mana and provides extort lifegain.
Foundry Inspector
3Artifact Creature — Construct
Reduces the casting cost of all Equipment and artifacts.
Jhoira's Familiar
4Artifact Creature — Bird
Reduces the casting cost of historic spells including equipment.
Card Draw
10
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
Draw engine paired with fodder or sacrificed gear.
Deadly Dispute
1BInstant
Sacrifice spare equipment or artifacts for cards and treasures.
Fanatical Offering
1BInstant
Converts spare equipment into fresh cards and a map token.
Reckoner's Bargain
1BInstant
Sacrifices high-cost equipment to gain life and draw cards.
Mask of Memory
2Artifact — Equipment
Draws two cards and discards one whenever equipped creature deals combat damage.
Removal
9
Hero's Downfall
1BBInstant
Destroys target creature or planeswalker at instant speed.
Threats/Wincons
22
Bloodthirsty Blade
2Artifact — Equipment
Cheap equipment that forces opponents to attack each other.
Shadowspear
1Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Grants trample, lifelink to offset Ronin's life loss, and removes hexproof.
Loxodon Warhammer
3Artifact — Equipment
Provides massive power, trample, and crucial lifelink.
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Grants haste and hexproof protection for Ronin.
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Zero-cost equip ability providing shroud and haste.
Blackblade Reforged
2Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Pumps Ronin's power massively based on land count.
Commander's Plate
1Artifact — Equipment
Provides huge stat boost and protection from four colors.
Sword of Feast and Famine
3Artifact — Equipment
Untaps lands, forces discard, and provides protection.
Sword of the Animist
2Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Searches for basic Swamps on attack to ramp.
Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus
3Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Living weapon that continuously ramps basic lands.
Nettlecyst
3Artifact — Equipment
Scales huge based on artifacts and enchantments.
Cranial Plating
2Artifact — Equipment
Provides explosive power scaling with artifacts.
Lashwrithe
4Artifact — Equipment
Living weapon that scales massively with Swamp count.
Nightmare Lash
4Artifact — Equipment
Mono-black equipment that heavily boosts power based on Swamps.
Fireshrieker
3Artifact — Equipment
Grants double strike for fast Voltron commander kills.
Infiltration Lens
1Artifact — Equipment
Cheap equipment that draws cards whenever Ronin is blocked.
Vorpal Sword
BArtifact — Equipment
Deathtouch equipment with an alternate win condition.
Scythe of the Wretched
2Artifact — Equipment
Steals creatures slain by Ronin in combat or via his sacrifice ability.
Umezawa's Jitte
2Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Versatile combat counters providing removal, life, and pump.
Armory Automaton
3Artifact Creature — Construct
Attaches all equipment on the battlefield to itself for massive swings.
Brass Knuckles
4Artifact — Equipment
Grants double strike to Ronin when conditions are met.
Whispersilk Cloak
3Artifact — Equipment
Makes Ronin completely unblockable with shroud.
Utility
8
Dross Scorpion
4Artifact Creature — Scorpion
Untaps Ronin when sacrificed artifacts hit the graveyard.
Workshop Assistant
3Artifact Creature — Construct
Returns sacrificed equipment to hand upon dying.
Myr Retriever
2Artifact Creature — Myr
Recurs key equipment from graveyard to hand.
Junk Diver
3Artifact Creature — Bird
Flying artifact creature that recurs sacrificed equipment.
Scrap Trawler
3Artifact Creature — Construct
Generates continuous equipment recursion whenever artifacts hit the graveyard.
Marionette Apprentice
1BCreature — Human Artificer
Drains opponents whenever artifacts are sacrificed.
Trading Post
4Artifact
Sacrifice outlet, token generator, life buffer, and artifact recursion engine.
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Cheap recursion for key support creatures like Scrap Trawler or Crypt Ghast.
