Art by April Prime
Saved commander deck
Tiger Shark, Abyssal Hunter
Leverage Tiger Shark's repeatable connive trigger to pump him with +1/+1 counters and fill the graveyard, enabling massive unblockable commander damage alongside powerful Dimir reanimation payoffs.
Prompt: Tiger Shark, Abyssal Hunter commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Tiger Shark, Abyssal Hunter
{2}{U/B}{U/B}Legendary Creature — Shark Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Thought Vessel
{2}Artifact
Provides mana and removes maximum hand size restrictions.
Nightscape Familiar
{1}{B}Creature — Zombie
Reduces costs of blue and black spells while regenerating.
Card Draw
10 cards
Mystic Remora
{U}Enchantment
Draws heavily from early opponent noncreature spells.
Archfiend of Ifnir
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
Turns Tiger Shark's connive discards into a one-sided board wipe.
Bone Miser
{4}{B}Creature — Zombie Wizard
Generates cards, tokens, and mana off connive discards.
Containment Construct
{2}Artifact Creature — Construct
Lets you play cards discarded to connive.
Currency Converter
{1}Artifact
Stores discarded cards and creates treasures or rogue tokens.
Ledger Shredder
{1}{U}Creature — Bird Advisor
Secondary connive engine that grows alongside your commander.
Bident of Thassa
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Draws cards whenever unblockable creatures deal combat damage.
Windfall
{2}{U}Sorcery
Refills hand while stocking the graveyard with reanimation targets discarded to connive
Removal
10 cards
Feed the Swarm
{1}{B}Sorcery
Crucial black removal for creatures or enchantments.
Fierce Guardianship
{2}{U}Instant
Free protection spell with your commander on board.
Drown in the Loch
{U}{B}Instant
Versatile counterspell or removal fueled by stocked graveyards.
Baleful Mastery
{3}{B}Instant
Efficient, flexible exile removal for opposing creatures and planeswalkers
Threats/Wincons
23 cards
Living Death
{3}{B}{B}Sorcery
Mass board wipe and reanimation fueled by connive discards.
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
Cheap reanimation aura for discarded bombs.
Necromancy
{2}{B}Enchantment
Instant-speed reanimation targeting connived threats.
Toxrill, the Corrosive
{5}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Slug Horror
Massive reanimation target that devastates opponent boards.
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
Flash finisher that can be reanimated after being discarded.
Nezahal, Primal Tide
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Resilient beater with discard synergies and card draw.
Archon of Cruelty
{6}{B}{B}Creature — Archon
Devastating reanimation target that drains and draws on attack.
Blackblade Reforged
{2}Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Gives massive power buffs to your unblockable commander.
Fireshrieker
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Double strike turns large commander attacks lethal quickly.
Inquisitor's Flail
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Doubles unblockable damage with negligible downside.
Psychosis Crawler
{5}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Drains opponents each time connive draws a card.
Sheoldred, Whispering One
{5}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Provides constant graveyard recursion and opponent sacrifice.
Gisa, the Hellraiser
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
Generates zombie tokens and buffs your squad.
Kokusho, the Evening Star
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Potent reanimation target that swings life totals.
Sepulchral Primordial
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Avatar
Steals the best creatures from each opponent's graveyard.
Lord of the Forsaken
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
Discounts activation costs and fuels graveyard plays.
The Cyber-Controller
{X}{U}{U}{B}Legendary Artifact Creature — Cyberman
Scalable Dimir villain payoff that mills and steals creatures.
Chasm Skulker
{2}{U}Creature — Squid Horror
Grows with connive draws and replaces itself with islandwalk squids.
Consuming Aberration
{3}{U}{B}Creature — Horror
Massive threat that mills opponents into oblivion.
Syr Konrad, the Grim
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Burns opponents whenever creatures are discarded or die.
Vilis, Broker of Blood
{5}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Demon
High-impact reanimation target that draws cards and controls the board
Dauthi Voidwalker
{B}{B}Creature — Dauthi Rogue
Provides unblockable damage, graveyard hate, and access to opponents' best cards
Utility
9 cards
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Provides hexproof and immediate haste to attack and connive.
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Zero-equip haste and shroud to attack the turn he lands.
The Ozolith
{1}Legendary Artifact
Preserves +1/+1 counters accumulated through conniving.
Whispersilk Cloak
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Guarantees unblockable commander hits with built-in shroud.
Training Grounds
{U}Enchantment
Drastically discounts Tiger Shark's unblockable ability.
Heartstone
{3}Artifact
Reduces the cost of activating Tiger Shark's unblockable effect.
Tortured Existence
{B}Enchantment
Recovers key discarded creatures while enabling discard loops.
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
{3}{U}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Lets you immediately cast nonland cards discarded with the commander's connive trigger
Victimize
{2}{B}Sorcery
Reanimates two discarded high-cost creatures for a very low mana investment
