negatives, negatives (duplicated from Hemiah3o3) by Hemiah303

Format: Commander

Commander: Loot, the Anomaly

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This mono-black deck leverages Loot, the Anomaly to convert negative power debuffs into lethal commander damage. Loot assigns combat damage as though his power were positive whenever it drops below zero. By combining Loot with 0-mana power reduction abilities—specifically Agatha's Soul Cauldron exiling Hyalopterous Lemure or Viscid Lemures—Loot can instantly shrink his power to -21 or lower to eliminate opponents in a single strike. Evasion pieces like Thieves' Tools, Shizo, Death's Storehouse, and Access Tunnel ensure combat connections. Stax pieces such as Ensnaring Bridge and Meekstone establish a hard asymmetric lock against opposing attackers while completely ignoring Loot's negative base power. If the commander plan is contested, the deck seamlessly transitions into an aristocrats drain strategy powered by Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Ashnod's Altar, Pitiless Plunderer, and Syr Konrad, the Grim.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Belbe's Armor
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Ensnaring Bridge
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Garruk, Veiled Butcher
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hyalopterous Lemure
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loot, the Anomaly
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Meekstone
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 21 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thieves' Tools
  • 1 Torment
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscid Lemures
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat