Greedy Little Skeleton by Flewf

Format: Commander

Commander: Tinybones, Bauble Burglar

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-black discard-and-attrition deck helmed by Tinybones, Bauble Burglar, whose triggered ability exiles every card opponents discard and lets you cast those cards during your turn. The strategy layers repeatable discard outlets - Necrogen Mists, Oppression, Rankle, Master of Pranks, and the commander's own activated ability - with punishing enchantments like Megrim, Liliana's Caress, and Fell Specter so every discarded card costs life. Waste Not and Geth's Grimoire convert discards into zombies, mana, and cards, while evasive flyers (Hypnotic Specter, Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal, The Haunt of Hightower) close out games. The primary win is incremental life loss plus combat, accelerated by Pox Plague and the backup Tinybones, Trinket Thief's 10-life finisher. It is a slow, grindy control deck that wins by out-valuing the table over many turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Delirium Skeins
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Despise
  • 1 Divest
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Elvish Doomsayer
  • 1 Entropic Battlecruiser
  • 1 Erebos, God of the Dead
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell Specter
  • 1 Geth's Grimoire
  • 1 Grief
  • 1 Hostile Investigator
  • 1 Hypnotic Specter
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana Vess
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Liliana's Caress
  • 1 Megrim
  • 1 Mind Rake
  • 1 Mindslicer
  • 1 Necrogen Mists
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Oppression
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pilfer
  • 1 Pox Plague
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stronghold Rats
  • 24 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 The Haunt of Hightower
  • 1 The Raven Man
  • 1 Thieving Varmint
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
  • 1 Tinybones, Trinket Thief
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vicious Rumors
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment