Art by Lordigan
Saved commander deck
Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel
Equip low-cost creatures and changeling Villains to trigger free equipment attaches, generate card filtering and +1/+1 counters through connive, and exploit discard with reanimation synergies.
Prompt: Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel
{1}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Hero Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9 cards
Sword of the Animist
{2}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
equipment that ramps basic lands on attack while triggering connive
Card Draw
10 cards
Morbid Curiosity
{1}{B}{B}Sorcery
sacrifices high-cost equipment or creatures for major draw
Mask of Memory
{2}Artifact — Equipment
equipment that loots on combat damage to synergize with connive
Deadly Dispute
{1}{B}Instant
draws cards and creates a treasure from spare artifacts or creatures
Skullclamp
{1}Artifact — Equipment
draw engine when attached to 1-toughness creatures
Vilis, Broker of Blood
{5}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Demon
massive reanimation target that converts life loss into cards
Removal
10 cards
Bitter Triumph
{1}{B}Instant
low-cost removal that can discard cards to fuel reanimation
Hero's Downfall
{1}{B}{B}Instant
instant-speed removal for creatures and planeswalkers
Toxic Deluge
{2}{B}Sorcery
efficient flexible board wipe that bypasses indestructible
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Blackblade Reforged
{2}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
gives huge power and toughness boosts based on land count
Cranial Plating
{2}Artifact — Equipment
boosts equipped creature's power based on artifacts controlled
Shadowspear
{1}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
grants trample, lifelink, and removes hexproof or indestructible
Blade of the Bloodchief
{1}Artifact — Equipment
piles on +1/+1 counters whenever creatures die
Commander's Plate
{1}Artifact — Equipment
protects mono-black commander from four colors and boosts stats
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
gives hexproof and haste to equipped attacker
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
free equip cost to grant haste and shroud
Sword of Feast and Famine
{3}Artifact — Equipment
untaps lands, forces discard, and provides protection
Sword of Forge and Frontier
{3}Artifact — Equipment
provides impulsive card advantage and extra land drops
Umezawa's Jitte
{2}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
versatile combat equipment with removal, lifegain, and pump modes
Loxodon Warhammer
{3}Artifact — Equipment
grants trample and lifelink to large attacking threats
Nettlecyst
{3}Artifact — Equipment
scales massively with equipment and artifact tokens
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
{1}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
grows the equipped creature whenever artifacts or creatures leave battlefield
Changeling Outcast
{B}Creature — Shapeshifter
unblockable Villain that triggers free equipment attachment on entry
Universal Automaton
{1}Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
one-mana Villain to trigger equipment attaches immediately
Graveshifter
{3}{B}Creature — Shapeshifter
Villain that triggers equipment attachment and recovers a creature from the graveyard
Bloodline Pretender
{3}Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
scales in size as a Villain and triggers attachment synergies
Armory Automaton
{3}Artifact Creature — Construct
attaches all available equipment on attack to connive instantly
Nether Traitor
{B}{B}Creature — Spirit
evasive recurring attacker to carry equipment and connive repeatedly
Archfiend of Ifnir
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
sweeps opposing boards whenever equipped creatures connive and discard
Dauthi Voidwalker
{B}{B}Creature — Dauthi Rogue
unblockable attacker carrying equipment while exiling opponent cards
Bonehoard
{4}Artifact — Equipment
scales power from all creature cards in graveyards
Utility
8 cards
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
efficient enchantment to recur threats discarded through connive
Living Death
{3}{B}{B}Sorcery
mass board wipe and reanimation swing after filling the graveyard
Undying Malice
{B}Instant
protects equipped creatures from removal while returning them stronger
Feign Death
{B}Instant
one-mana protection that returns the creature with a +1/+1 counter
Brass Squire
{3}Artifact Creature — Myr
tap ability provides free equipment attachment on demand
