Art by Steve Morris
Commander deckBW
The Kingpin of Crime
Leverage high-toughness, low-power creatures to deal massive combat damage through The Kingpin's toughness-damage ability, while using Extort and lifegain triggers to maintain life for combat triggers and drain opponents out.
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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
1The Kingpin of Crime
1WBLegendary Creature — Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Knight of the White Orchid
WWCreature — Human Knight
plains fetcher attached to a solid body
Card Draw
10
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
early repeatable draw off opponent noncreature spells
Welcoming Vampire
2WCreature — Vampire
draws cards whenever low-power high-toughness creatures enter
Tocasia's Welcome
2WEnchantment
steady card draw for playing small-power creatures
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
draws cards whenever creatures die throughout turn cycles
Trouble in Pairs
2WWEnchantment
punishes opponents taking extra actions with card draw
Mentor of the Meek
2WCreature — Human Soldier
draws off entering low-power creatures
Removal
10
Cleansing Nova
3WWSorcery
modular wrath removing creatures or artifacts and enchantments
Threats/Wincons
23
Indomitable Ancients
2WWCreature — Treefolk Warrior
four-mana creature that swings for ten damage with Kingpin
Unhallowed Phalanx
4BCreature — Zombie Soldier
massive thirteen-toughness attacker under Kingpin's trigger
Nyx-Fleece Ram
1WEnchantment Creature — Sheep
five toughness attacker that gains life each upkeep
Disowned Ancestor
BCreature — Spirit Warrior
cheap non-defender that attacks for four toughness
Kami of Old Stone
3WCreature — Spirit
four-mana spirit that swings for seven damage
Rotting Mastodon
4BCreature — Zombie Elephant
durable body that assigns eight combat damage
Preacher of the Schism
2BCreature — Vampire Cleric
four toughness deathtoucher generating tokens and cards
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
1WBLegendary Creature — Human Advisor
durable body that drains opponents for casting spells
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
1BBBCreature — Vampire Demon
four toughness flyer that doubles opponent life loss
Loxodon Lifechanter
5WCreature — Elephant Cleric
sets life total to toughness total and boosts its own size
Zetalpa, Primal Dawn
6WWLegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
eight toughness indestructible flyer that attacks with double strike
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
5WWLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
seven toughness threat that shrinks foes and buffs your board
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
2BLegendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
turns extort lifegain into direct target burn
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
WBLegendary Creature — Kor Cleric
three toughness deathtouch sac outlet with exile payoff
Serra Paragon
2WWCreature — Angel
four toughness flyer that recurs low-mana threats
Archangel of Thune
3WWCreature — Angel
puts counters on the entire team with each extort trigger
Karlov of the Ghost Council
WBLegendary Creature — Spirit Advisor
grows massive rapidly off extort triggers and exiles threats
Crested Sunmare
3WWCreature — Horse
produces five-power indestructible horses on each turn you gain life
Stoneskin
2WEnchantment — Aura
flash aura that doubles a creature's toughness for lethal bursts
Slagwurm Armor
1Artifact — Equipment
equipment granting plus six toughness for huge damage boosts
Cathar's Shield
0Artifact — Equipment
grants plus three toughness and vigilance for cheap combat defense
Utility
8
Behind the Scenes
2BEnchantment
gives low-power high-toughness attackers skulk to bypass big blockers
Blind Obedience
1WEnchantment
slows enemy blockers and provides an extra extort engine
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
gives Kingpin or key beaters haste and shroud
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
haste enabler and targeted removal protection
Cosmic Intervention
3WInstant
protects your board against sweepers with exile recursion
Akroma's Will
3WInstant
game-ending combat trick granting evasion, lifelink, and protection
