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