Art by Bastien L. Deharme
Commander deckB
The Masters of Evil
Dominate the game with high-impact mono-black villains, demons, and board control spells, leveraging reanimation and ruthless attrition to overpower opponents.
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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
1The Masters of Evil
5BLegendary Creature — Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
Generates Treasures, card draw, and creature tokens
Card Draw
10
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Repeated card draw on creature deaths
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
Drains opponents and acts as a card draw engine
Bolas's Citadel
3BBBLegendary Artifact
Allows playing cards off the top using life
Removal
11
Invoke Despair
1BBBBSorcery
Punishes opponents across multiple permanent types while drawing cards
Threats/Wincons
23
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Devastating life drain based on heavy black devotion
Archfiend of Depravity
3BBCreature — Demon
Severely limits opposing creature swarms each turn
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Punishes opposing draws while sustaining life total
Sheoldred, Whispering One
5BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Edicts opponents and reanimates creatures each turn
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Decimates opposing tokens and drains huge life totals
Kokusho, the Evening Star
4BBLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Massive life swing upon dying
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
Huge flying threat that tutors on demand
Vilis, Broker of Blood
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
Massive demon that turns life loss into immense card advantage
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
1BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Incentivizes combat and provides card advantage
Junji, the Midnight Sky
3BBLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Evasive dragon that reanimates or forces discards
Lord of the Void
4BBBCreature — Demon
Steals high-value creatures straight out of opponents' decks
Chainer, Dementia Master
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Minion
Repeatable instant-speed reanimator from any graveyard
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BBCreature — Beast Horror
Creature that destroys a threat on entry
Sepulchral Primordial
5BBCreature — Avatar
Steals the best creature from each opponent's graveyard
Puppeteer Clique
3BBCreature — Faerie Wizard
Reanimates opposing creatures with haste and persists
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
1BBLegendary Creature — Vampire Ally
Aggressive flyer that buffs attacking villains and creatures
Nirkana Revenant
4BBCreature — Vampire Shade
Mana doubler that can pump itself for lethal damage
Demon of Dark Schemes
3BBBCreature — Demon
Sweeps small creatures and reanimates threats using energy
Harvester of Souls
4BBCreature — Demon
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die
Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
2BBCreature — Vampire // Creature — Vampire
Spawns tokens and transforms into an anthem lord
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
2BBLegendary Creature — Vampire Warrior
Exiles opposing creatures and creates zombie tokens
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
Artifact creature removal that gains life
Utility
8
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Two-mana recursive aura to retrieve fallen threats
Diabolic Intent
1BSorcery
Cheap tutor enabled by sacrificing disposable creatures
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Provides shroud and haste for key threats
