Graveyard is my playyard.

CommanderVALIDPUBLICB4100cards(+1 token)byFootfungus

Graveyard is my playyard is a 100-card Commander deck led by Baron Helmut Zemo in the mono-black color identity, played 7 times with a 86% win rate. TableCommander estimates this deck at bracket 4 — optimized / high-power.

The mainboard runs 25 creatures, 12 instants, 16 sorceries, 8 artifacts, 5 enchantments, 1 planeswalker, and 33 lands, averaging 3.63 mana value across non-land cards. 58% of non-land cards cost 3 mana or less; 34% cost 5 or more.

Notable inclusions: 1 game changer (Bolas's Citadel), 1 mass land denial card (Pox Plague), 3 fast mana (Bubbling Muck, Cabal Ritual, and Dark Ritual), 3 cheap tutors (Entomb, Unmarked Grave, and Wishclaw Talisman), and 3 tutors (Buried Alive, Final Parting, and Vile Entomber). This deck is currently Commander-legal on TableCommander.

COMMANDER

Commander

PLANESWALKER(1)

CREATURE(24)

ARTIFACT(8)

ENCHANTMENT(5)

INSTANT(12)

SORCERY(16)

LAND(33)

32×

TOKENS(1)

100

Total

Creatures

Spells

Lands

Bracket

Games

Wins

86%

Win Rate

Why bracket 4? — Optimized

3 early two-card combos: Pox Plague + Archfiend of Despair, Doomsday Excruciator + One Ring to Rule Them All and 1 more

A two-card infinite combo cheap enough to assemble and win in the early game (data from Commander Spellbook). Bracket 3 decks are expected not to run these; any means Bracket 4.

1 mass land denial

Destroys, exiles, or locks down many lands without replacing them. Any mass land denial means Bracket 4.

Pox Plague

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CURVE

COLORS

61100%

COMBOS

Combos

Early

2-Card

3+ Card

Game-Ending

Professor Onyx+

Chain of Smogearly

Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite magecraft triggers

Steps

Cast Chain of Smog by paying 1B, targeting yourself.
Professor Onyx triggers, causing each opponent to lose 2 life and you to gain 2 life.
Resolve Chain of Smog, discarding two cards if possible, then copying the spell without choosing a new target.
Repeat from step 2.

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Doomsday Excruciator+

One Ring to Rule Them Allearly

Infinite mill, Near-infinite self-mill

Steps

Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying BBBBBB.
When Doomsday Excruciator enters, it triggers, causing each player to exile all but the bottom six cards of their library.
Cast One Ring to Rule Them All by paying 2BB.
When One Ring to Rule Them All enters, its first chapter ability triggers, causing Doomsday Excruciator to become your Ring-bearer and causing each opponent to mill the rest of their library.

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Archfiend of Despair+

Pox Plagueearly

Near-infinite lifeloss for all players

Steps

Cast Pox Plague by paying BBBBB, causing each player to lose half their life, discard half their hand, and sacrifice half their permanents, rounded down. Ensure that you don't sacrifice Archfiend of Despair.
At the beginning of your end step, Archfiend of Despair triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to the life they've lost this turn.

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Peer into the Abyss+

Underworld Dreams

Target opponent loses the game

Prerequisites

An opponent has cards in their library greater than their life total.

Steps

Cast Peer Into the Abyss targeting an opponent.
That player loses half their life and draws half their library.
They are then dealt damage by Underworld Dreams equal to the amount of cards they drew.
That player loses the game.

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Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose+

Shard of the Nightbringer

Infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game

Steps

Cast Shard of the Nightbringer by paying 5BBB.
Shard of the Nightbringer triggers, causing an opponent to lose half their life total, rounded up, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Vito triggers, causing the opponent to lose life equal to the amount of life gained this way.
The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

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Sanguine Bond+

Shard of the Nightbringer

Infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game

Steps

Cast Shard of the Nightbringer by paying 5BBB.
Shard of the Nightbringer triggers, causing an opponent to lose half their life total, rounded up, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sanguine Bond triggers, causing the opponent to lose life equal to the amount of life gained this way.
The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

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Enduring Tenacity+

Shard of the Nightbringer

Target opponent loses the game, Infinite lifeloss for target opponent

Steps

Cast Shard of the Nightbringer by paying 5BBB.
Shard of the Nightbringer triggers, causing an opponent to lose half their life total, rounded up, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Enduring Tenacity triggers, causing the opponent to lose life equal to the amount of life gained this way.
The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

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Doomsday Excruciator+

Breach the Multiverse

Infinite mill, Infinite self-mill

Prerequisites

You control at least one creature that does not have summoning sickness.

Steps

Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying BBBBBB.
When Doomsday Excruciator enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling all but the bottom six cards of each library face down.
Cast Breach the Multiverse by paying 5BB, causing each player to mill ten cards, thus milling the remainder of each player's library.
When your opponents go to draw a card during their next draw steps, they will lose the game due to attempting to draw from an empty library.

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Archfiend of Despair+

Shard of the Nightbringer

Infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game

Steps

Cast Shard of the Nightbringer by paying 5BBB.
Shard of the Nightbringer triggers, causing an opponent to lose half their life total, rounded up, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
At the beginning of your end step, Archfiend of Despair triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to the life they lost this turn.
The opponent targeted in step 2 loses the game due to having zero or less life.

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Fraying Omnipotence+

Archfiend of Despair

Near-infinite lifeloss

Prerequisites

You control at least one additional creature.

Steps

Cast Fraying Omnipotence by paying 3BB, causing each player to lose half their life, then discard half the cards in their hand, then sacrifice half the creatures they control, rounding up each time.
At the beginning of your end step, Archfiend of Despair triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to the life they have lost this turn.

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Combo data from Commander Spellbook. “Early” two-card combos (cheap enough to win in the first few turns) put a deck at Bracket 4; other two-card combos are at home in Bracket 3.

Valid

Legality

This deck currently passes the commander checks.

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