The Black Hand by Prophot

Format: Commander

Commander: Bane, Lord of Darkness

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Bane, Lord of Darkness heads an Esper aristocrats/reanimator shell that turns creature deaths into cards, life drain, and graveyard value. The primary plan is to sacrifice nontoken creatures through outlets like Bartolome del Presidio while Zulaport Cutthroat, Cruel Celebrant, and Bastion of Remembrance convert each death into damage. Bane acts as a draw/cheat engine: whenever a creature dies, opponents either let you draw or allow you to put a high-toughness creature from hand into play. Secondary paths include monarch card advantage and mass reanimation with Living Death. Syr Konrad, the Grim functions as a hidden commander, punishing every death and graveyard movement with damage. Although the deck has no true infinite combo, it can finish through Syr Konrad plus Living Death or sustained drain triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bane, Lord of Darkness
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blood for Bones
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Cauldron of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Evil Twin
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 High-Society Hunter
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valkyrie's Call
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat