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Commander deckB
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.
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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 · 61 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
1Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel
1BLegendary Creature — Human Hero Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Sword of the Animist
2Legendary Artifact — Equipment
equipment that ramps basic lands on attack while triggering connive
Card Draw
10
Morbid Curiosity
1BBSorcery
sacrifices high-cost equipment or creatures for major draw
Mask of Memory
2Artifact — Equipment
equipment that loots on combat damage to synergize with connive
Deadly Dispute
1BInstant
draws cards and creates a treasure from spare artifacts or creatures
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
draw engine when attached to 1-toughness creatures
Vilis, Broker of Blood
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
massive reanimation target that converts life loss into cards
Removal
10
Bitter Triumph
1BInstant
low-cost removal that can discard cards to fuel reanimation
Toxic Deluge
2BSorcery
efficient flexible board wipe that bypasses indestructible
Threats/Wincons
24
Blackblade Reforged
2Legendary Artifact — Equipment
gives huge power and toughness boosts based on land count
Cranial Plating
2Artifact — Equipment
boosts equipped creature's power based on artifacts controlled
Shadowspear
1Legendary Artifact — Equipment
grants trample, lifelink, and removes hexproof or indestructible
Blade of the Bloodchief
1Artifact — Equipment
piles on +1/+1 counters whenever creatures die
Commander's Plate
1Artifact — Equipment
protects mono-black commander from four colors and boosts stats
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
gives hexproof and haste to equipped attacker
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
free equip cost to grant haste and shroud
Sword of Feast and Famine
3Artifact — Equipment
untaps lands, forces discard, and provides protection
Sword of Forge and Frontier
3Artifact — Equipment
provides impulsive card advantage and extra land drops
Umezawa's Jitte
2Legendary Artifact — Equipment
versatile combat equipment with removal, lifegain, and pump modes
Loxodon Warhammer
3Artifact — Equipment
grants trample and lifelink to large attacking threats
Nettlecyst
3Artifact — Equipment
scales massively with equipment and artifact tokens
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
1Legendary Artifact — Equipment
grows the equipped creature whenever artifacts or creatures leave battlefield
Changeling Outcast
BCreature — Shapeshifter
unblockable Villain that triggers free equipment attachment on entry
Universal Automaton
1Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
one-mana Villain to trigger equipment attaches immediately
Graveshifter
3BCreature — Shapeshifter
Villain that triggers equipment attachment and recovers a creature from the graveyard
Bloodline Pretender
3Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
scales in size as a Villain and triggers attachment synergies
Armory Automaton
3Artifact Creature — Construct
attaches all available equipment on attack to connive instantly
Nether Traitor
BBCreature — Spirit
evasive recurring attacker to carry equipment and connive repeatedly
Archfiend of Ifnir
3BBCreature — Demon
sweeps opposing boards whenever equipped creatures connive and discard
Dauthi Voidwalker
BBCreature — Dauthi Rogue
unblockable attacker carrying equipment while exiling opponent cards
Bonehoard
4Artifact — Equipment
scales power from all creature cards in graveyards
Utility
8
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
efficient enchantment to recur threats discarded through connive
Living Death
3BBSorcery
mass board wipe and reanimation swing after filling the graveyard
Undying Malice
BInstant
protects equipped creatures from removal while returning them stronger
Feign Death
BInstant
one-mana protection that returns the creature with a +1/+1 counter
Brass Squire
3Artifact Creature — Myr
tap ability provides free equipment attachment on demand
