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Commander deckB
U.S.S. Reliant, From Hell's Heart
Fill the graveyard with potent low-mana creatures to reanimate with U.S.S. Reliant, using high-power cheap creatures to quickly Station the ship to 10+ counters and sustain combat damage triggers.
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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 · 59 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
1U.S.S. Reliant, From Hell's Heart
2BBLegendary Artifact — Spacecraft
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Bontu's Monument
3Legendary Artifact
Discounts black creature spells and drains opponents
Card Draw
10
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
Draws cards when reanimated or station creatures die
Grim Haruspex
2BCreature — Human Wizard
Draws cards off creature deaths to fuel recursion
Midnight Reaper
2BCreature — Zombie Knight
MV 3 creature that draws cards whenever your nontokens die
Vilis, Broker of Blood
5BBBLegendary Creature — Demon
Massive top-end threat and incredible card draw engine
Corpse Augur
3BCreature — Zombie Wizard
MV 4 creature that draws cards based on graveyard size on death
Disciple of Bolas
3BCreature — Human Wizard
MV 4 creature that draws cards equal to high-power creatures used to station
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
Drains opponents on ETB and sacrifices creatures for cards
Removal
10
Feed the Swarm
1BSorcery
Crucial black removal spell that hits enchantments or creatures
Go for the Throat
1BInstant
Cheap instant-speed removal for nonartifact creatures
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BBCreature — Beast Horror
MV 4 creature that destroys a creature on ETB and can be reanimated
Shriekmaw
4BCreature — Elemental
Can evoke to the yard for 2 mana and reanimate for free removal
Fleshbag Marauder
2BCreature — Zombie Warrior
Forces edict effects on opponents while restocking your graveyard
Plaguecrafter
2BCreature — Human Shaman
Forces sacrifices and strips resources, recurring off Reliant
Drown in Sorrow
1BBSorcery
Sweeps small utility creatures and provides scry to set up draws
Threats/Wincons
22
Rotting Regisaur
2BCreature — Zombie Dinosaur
Three mana 7/6 immediately provides 7 station counters and discards recursion targets
Lupine Prototype
2Artifact Creature — Wolf Construct
Two mana 5/5 that instantly gives 5 station counters to Reliant
Phyrexian Soulgorger
3Snow Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
Three mana 8/8 that nearly single-handedly powers Reliant to 10 counters
Shakedown Heavy
2BCreature — Ogre Warrior
Three mana 6/4 providing 6 station power or card draw
Egon, God of Death // Throne of Death
2BLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
Three mana 6/6 that easily stations Reliant and self-mills
Stitcher's Supplier
BCreature — Zombie
Cheap creature that aggressively mills targets into the graveyard
Mire Triton
1BCreature — Zombie Merfolk
Two-drop that mills two cards and gains life to mitigate self-damage
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Drains opponents whenever cards enter or leave the graveyard
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
Massive life drain finisher scalable with mono-black devotion
Noxious Gearhulk
4BBArtifact Creature — Construct
Large artifact threat that removes a creature and gains life
Archfiend of Depravity
3BBCreature — Demon
Restricts opposing boards to keep Reliant attacks safe
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
Punishes wide enemy boards and closes out games
Sepulchral Primordial
5BBCreature — Avatar
Steals the best creatures from opponents' graveyards
Bloodghast
BBCreature — Vampire Spirit
Recurring creature that continuously provides station counters
Priest of Forgotten Gods
1BCreature — Human Cleric
Sacrifice outlet generating mana, cards, and edict removal
Woe Strider
2BCreature — Horror
Sacrifice outlet with escape that helps filter graveyard draws
Viscera Seer
BCreature — Vampire Wizard
Zero-mana sacrifice outlet to control what dies before finality exiles
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
MV 4 creature that ramps on entry and draws on death
Carrion Feeder
BCreature — Zombie
One-drop sacrifice outlet that grows in power for Station
Vampire Nighthawk
1BBCreature — Vampire Shaman
Deathtouch and lifelink creature that trades well and reanimates easily
Grave Titan
4BBCreature — Giant
High-impact token engine to swarm opponents and control the ground
Utility
7
Power Conduit
2Artifact
Removes finality counters from reanimated creatures to let them die safely
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Protects Reliant and grants immediate haste for combat triggers
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Grants hexproof and haste to ensure Reliant attacks safely
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Backup reanimation spell for larger threats outside Reliant's MV limit
Victimize
2BSorcery
Trades a low-impact creature to return two threats from the graveyard
Buried Alive
2BSorcery
Tutors the exact low MV creatures you need into your graveyard
