Art by Craig Elliott
Commander deckB
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.
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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 · 61 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
1Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
2BLegendary Creature — Human Spy Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Crowded Crypt
2BArtifact
mana rock that charges on creature death for burst tokens
Card Draw
10
Black Market Connections
2BEnchantment
provides steady card draw, mana, and changeling tokens
Morbid Opportunist
2BCreature — Human Rogue
steady card draw from creature deaths
Ayara, First of Locthwain
BBBLegendary Creature — Elf Noble
sacrifice outlet and incremental draw with life drain
Species Specialist
2BBCreature — Human Warrior
draws cards whenever your chosen creature type dies
Pact of the Serpent
1BBSorcery
burst card draw leveraging changelings and shared types
Removal
11
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BBCreature — Beast Horror
reanimatable creature that destroys a threat on entry
Retribution of the Ancients
BEnchantment
converts connive +1/+1 counters into repeatable removal
Threats/Wincons
20
Changeling Outcast
BCreature — Shapeshifter
unblockable Hero and Villain that connives into a huge threat
Bloodline Pretender
3Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
changeling Hero that grows naturally and via connive
Skeletal Changeling
1BCreature — Shapeshifter
regenerating Hero that holds counters well
Cairn Wanderer
4BCreature — Shapeshifter
changeling Hero gaining keywords from discarded creatures
Graveshifter
3BCreature — Shapeshifter
changeling Hero that retrieves discarded creatures to hand
Archfiend of Ifnir
3BBCreature — Demon
shrinks opponent boards whenever you discard to connive
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
drains opponents whenever creatures are discarded or die
Bone Miser
4BCreature — Zombie Wizard
generates immense value from connive discards
Shadowgrange Archfiend
6BCreature — Demon
discardable to connive to cast cheaply via madness while removing a threat
Gixian Puppeteer
3BCreature — Phyrexian Warlock
drains life whenever you draw extra cards from connive
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
punishes opponents' draws while buffering life from connive
Dauthi Voidwalker
BBCreature — Dauthi Rogue
unblockable graveyard hate that casts discarded opposing cards
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
1BBLegendary Creature — Vampire Ally
distributes counters across attacking creatures
Carrion Feeder
BCreature — Zombie
inexpensive sacrifice outlet that stacks +1/+1 counters
Nadier's Nightblade
2BCreature — Elf Warrior
drains opponents whenever tokens leave the battlefield
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
3BBCreature — Zombie
massive life swing finisher in heavy mono-black
Marionette Apprentice
1BCreature — Human Artificer
drains opponents whenever your artifacts or creatures die
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
1BLegendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue
steals cards discarded by opponents and acts as an early drop
Grave Titan
4BBCreature — Giant
potent reanimation target that floods the board with tokens
Massacre Wurm
3BBBCreature — Phyrexian Wurm
devastating reanimation target that wipes small creatures and burns opponents
Utility
10
Maskwood Nexus
4Artifact
makes all creatures Heroes and Villains to enable Valentina everywhere
The Ozolith
1Legendary Artifact
preserves +1/+1 counters from connive when creatures die
Victimize
2BSorcery
sacrifices a creature to return two threats from the graveyard
Living Death
3BBSorcery
asymmetrical board wipe and mass reanimation win condition
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
grants hexproof and immediate tap capability with haste
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
free equip to protect Valentina and give immediate haste
Thousand-Year Elixir
3Artifact
allows Valentina to tap immediately and untap to connive twice
