Art by Paulius Daščioras
Saved commander deck
Ultimo, Civilization's End
Control the board through repeatable sacrifice and edict triggers, utilizing graveyard recursion to loop Ultimo's discard and enters abilities while generating immense value with death payoffs.
Prompt: Ultimo, Civilization's End commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Ultimo, Civilization's End
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Crypt Ghast
{3}{B}Creature — Spirit
Doubles mana from Swamps and extorts opponents.
Bontu's Monument
{3}Legendary Artifact
Reduces black creature costs and drains life.
Black Market
{3}{B}{B}Enchantment
Scales quickly into massive mana from sacrifice effects.
Card Draw
10 cards
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Draws a card every turn a creature dies.
Grim Haruspex
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die.
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
Draws cards whenever nontoken creatures die.
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Nightmare
Forces sacrifices and draws cards if opponents cannot match.
Bolas's Citadel
{3}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Artifact
Allows playing cards directly off the top of the library.
Removal
11 cards
Feed the Swarm
{1}{B}Sorcery
Essential enchantment and creature removal in black.
Hero's Downfall
{1}{B}{B}Instant
Kills a creature or planeswalker at instant speed.
Plaguecrafter
{2}{B}Creature — Human Shaman
Forces each player to sacrifice a creature or planeswalker.
Demon's Disciple
{2}{B}Creature — Human Cleric
Redundant edict creature on enter.
Fleshbag Marauder
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Warrior
Edict creature to enforce opponent sacrifice.
Accursed Marauder
{1}{B}Creature — Zombie Warrior
Efficient non-token creature edict effect.
Threats/Wincons
17 cards
Sheoldred, Whispering One
{5}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Constantly reanimates creatures while forcing opponent sacrifices.
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Steals cards opponents sacrifice or discard.
It That Betrays
{12}Creature — Eldrazi
Steals every permanent opponents sacrifice.
Grave Titan
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Giant
Generates a horde of Zombie tokens to close games.
Sepulchral Primordial
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Avatar
Reanimates creatures from all opponents' graveyards.
Archon of Cruelty
{6}{B}{B}Creature — Archon
Triggers sacrifice, discard, life drain, and card draw.
Massacre Wurm
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Wipes opposing small creatures and punishes opponent creature deaths.
Bloodchief Ascension
{B}Enchantment
Rapidly drains opponents as cards enter graveyards.
Syr Konrad, the Grim
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Damages opponents whenever creatures die or leave graveyards.
Ayara, First of Locthwain
{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
Drains opponents as black creatures enter and acts as sacrifice outlet.
Zulaport Cutthroat
{1}{B}Creature — Human Rogue Ally
Drains life when your creatures die.
Vindictive Vampire
{3}{B}Creature — Vampire
Drains each opponent whenever your creatures die.
Geth, Lord of the Vault
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
Mills opponents and reanimates their artifacts and creatures.
Marionette Master
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Human Artificer
Deals massive damage when artifacts enter the graveyard.
Noxious Gearhulk
{4}{B}{B}Artifact Creature — Construct
Destroys a creature and gains life on an artifact creature body.
Wurmcoil Engine
{6}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Resilient artifact beater that leaves tokens upon death.
Utility
12 cards
Solemn Simulacrum
{4}Artifact Creature — Golem
Ramps a basic land and draws a card upon death.
Reanimate
{B}Sorcery
Efficiently returns Ultimo or other bombs from the graveyard.
Necromancy
{2}{B}Enchantment
Instant-speed reanimation for surprise sacrifice triggers.
Dread Return
{2}{B}{B}Sorcery
Reanimation spell with flashback via creature sacrifice.
Phyrexian Reclamation
{B}Enchantment
Repeatedly returns Ultimo to hand to discard again.
Tortured Existence
{B}Enchantment
Swaps Ultimo between hand and graveyard for repeated discard ability.
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Grants hexproof and haste to keep Ultimo active.
