Art by Joan Piqué Llorens
Commander deckR
Sarcophagus, Ship of the Dead
Flood the board with aggressive tokens and high-power suicidal creatures to rapidly charge Sarcophagus via stationing and death triggers, converting wide boards into explosive burst damage and an airborne flagship.
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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 · 62 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
1Sarcophagus, Ship of the Dead
2RLegendary Artifact — Spacecraft
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Cursed Mirror
2RArtifact
Ramp that copies high-power creatures to Station or swing
Wily Goblin
RRCreature — Goblin Pirate
Provides a treasure token and a creature body to tap or sacrifice
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
Fetches mana and triggers Sarcophagus on death
Neheb, the Eternal
3RRLegendary Creature — Zombie Minotaur Warrior
Converts aggressive combat and burn damage into massive red mana
Card Draw
10
Unexpected Windfall
2RRInstant
Discards a dead card to draw two and create two treasures
Professional Face-Breaker
2RCreature — Human Warrior
Generates treasures on combat damage and turns treasures into cards
Removal
10
Blasphemous Act
8RSorcery
Cheap board wipe that generates mass death triggers to charge Sarcophagus
Tibalt's Trickery
1RInstant
Surprise stack interaction to stop opposing win conditions
Goblin Bombardment
1REnchantment
Sacrifice outlet to ping targets and add charge counters to Sarcophagus
Threats/Wincons
24
Siege-Gang Commander
3RRCreature — Goblin
Creates multiple bodies and acts as a direct-damage sacrifice outlet
Krenko, Mob Boss
2RRLegendary Creature — Goblin Warrior
Rapidly multiplies goblin tokens to station or sacrifice
Young Pyromancer
1RCreature — Human Shaman
Generates elemental creature tokens whenever you cast spells
Mogg War Marshal
1RCreature — Goblin Warrior
Brings multiple bodies and triggers death counters easily via Echo
Beetleback Chief
2RRCreature — Goblin Warrior
Creates three creature bodies upon entry
Pia and Kiran Nalaar
2RRLegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Makes thopter tokens and provides an artifact sacrifice outlet
Legion Warboss
2RCreature — Goblin Soldier
Creates hasty attacking goblin tokens every combat
Goblin Rabblemaster
2RCreature — Goblin Warrior
Aggressive token maker whose high power taps for huge Station counters
Squee, Dubious Monarch
2RLegendary Creature — Goblin Noble
Hasty recursive threat that spawns tokens on attack
Purphoros, God of the Forge
3RLegendary Enchantment Creature — God
Punishes opponents whenever creature tokens enter the battlefield
Terror of the Peaks
3RRCreature — Dragon
Turns entering creatures into targeted burn
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
1RRRLegendary Creature — Dwarf Noble
Amplifies red source damage substantially across all tokens and pings
Ogre Battledriver
2RRCreature — Ogre Warrior
Gives newly entered creatures +2/+0 and haste, boosting Station power
Ball Lightning
RRRCreature — Elemental
Taps for 6+ charge counters via Station before dying to trigger another
Blistering Firecat
1RRRCreature — Elemental Cat
Seven power creature that can Station for 7 counters before sacrificing itself
Spark Elemental
RCreature — Elemental
Cheap high-power creature that stations for 3+ counters and dies
Hellspark Elemental
1RCreature — Elemental
Repeatedly stations for 3 counters and dies both from hand and unearth
Gut, True Soul Zealot
2RLegendary Creature — Goblin Shaman
Sacrifices disposable creatures to produce high-power 4/1 skeletons
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
2RLegendary Creature — Devil
Spawns devil tokens that ping when they die, charging Sarcophagus
Urabrask the Hidden
3RRLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Grants your team haste and slows down opposing blockers
Utility
8
Ashnod's Altar
3Artifact
Free creature sacrifice outlet for ramp and death triggers
Phyrexian Altar
3Artifact
Free sacrifice outlet that produces colored mana while triggering death counters
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Hexproof and haste protection for key threats
All Will Be One
3RREnchantment
Converts every charge counter placed on Sarcophagus into direct damage
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
Preserves counters if Sarcophagus or other permanents leave the battlefield
Mechanized Warfare
1RREnchantment
Adds extra damage to all red and artifact source pings and swings
Spiteful Prankster
2RCreature — Devil
Pings an opponent whenever any creature dies, synergizing with your sac engine
