Art by Craig Elliott
Saved commander deck
Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
Utilize changelings and Maskwood Nexus to turn your creatures into Heroes for Valentina to connive, loading up on +1/+1 counters while filling the graveyard with high-impact threats to reanimate.
Prompt: Valentina Allegra de Fontaine commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
{2}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Spy Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Crowded Crypt
{2}{B}Artifact
mana rock that charges on creature death for burst tokens
Card Draw
10 cards
Black Market Connections
{2}{B}Enchantment
provides steady card draw, mana, and changeling tokens
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
steady card draw from creature deaths
Ayara, First of Locthwain
{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Elf Noble
sacrifice outlet and incremental draw with life drain
Species Specialist
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Human Warrior
draws cards whenever your chosen creature type dies
Pact of the Serpent
{1}{B}{B}Sorcery
burst card draw leveraging changelings and shared types
Removal
11 cards
Withering Torment
{2}{B}Instant
instant speed removal for creatures or enchantments
Ravenous Chupacabra
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Beast Horror
reanimatable creature that destroys a threat on entry
Retribution of the Ancients
{B}Enchantment
converts connive +1/+1 counters into repeatable removal
Threats/Wincons
20 cards
Changeling Outcast
{B}Creature — Shapeshifter
unblockable Hero and Villain that connives into a huge threat
Bloodline Pretender
{3}Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
changeling Hero that grows naturally and via connive
Skeletal Changeling
{1}{B}Creature — Shapeshifter
regenerating Hero that holds counters well
Cairn Wanderer
{4}{B}Creature — Shapeshifter
changeling Hero gaining keywords from discarded creatures
Graveshifter
{3}{B}Creature — Shapeshifter
changeling Hero that retrieves discarded creatures to hand
Archfiend of Ifnir
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
shrinks opponent boards whenever you discard to connive
Syr Konrad, the Grim
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
drains opponents whenever creatures are discarded or die
Bone Miser
{4}{B}Creature — Zombie Wizard
generates immense value from connive discards
Shadowgrange Archfiend
{6}{B}Creature — Demon
discardable to connive to cast cheaply via madness while removing a threat
Gixian Puppeteer
{3}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Warlock
drains life whenever you draw extra cards from connive
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
punishes opponents' draws while buffering life from connive
Dauthi Voidwalker
{B}{B}Creature — Dauthi Rogue
unblockable graveyard hate that casts discarded opposing cards
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire Ally
distributes counters across attacking creatures
Carrion Feeder
{B}Creature — Zombie
inexpensive sacrifice outlet that stacks +1/+1 counters
Nadier's Nightblade
{2}{B}Creature — Elf Warrior
drains opponents whenever tokens leave the battlefield
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
massive life swing finisher in heavy mono-black
Marionette Apprentice
{1}{B}Creature — Human Artificer
drains opponents whenever your artifacts or creatures die
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
{1}{B}Legendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue
steals cards discarded by opponents and acts as an early drop
Grave Titan
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Giant
potent reanimation target that floods the board with tokens
Massacre Wurm
{3}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
devastating reanimation target that wipes small creatures and burns opponents
Utility
10 cards
Maskwood Nexus
{4}Artifact
makes all creatures Heroes and Villains to enable Valentina everywhere
The Ozolith
{1}Legendary Artifact
preserves +1/+1 counters from connive when creatures die
Victimize
{2}{B}Sorcery
sacrifices a creature to return two threats from the graveyard
Living Death
{3}{B}{B}Sorcery
asymmetrical board wipe and mass reanimation win condition
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
grants hexproof and immediate tap capability with haste
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
free equip to protect Valentina and give immediate haste
Thousand-Year Elixir
{3}Artifact
allows Valentina to tap immediately and untap to connive twice
