Could be Worse, Could be Tegrid by Griffenrider82

Format: Commander

Commander: Tinybones, Bauble Burglar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated mono-black discard stax and attrition strategy commanded by Tinybones, Bauble Burglar. The primary game plan revolves around rapidly stripping all three opponents of their hands using low-cost symmetrical discard creatures and continuous discard enchantments, converting their discarded resources into a private card advantage pool via Tinybones' stash ability. Once opposing hands are dismantled, the deck establishes oppressive lock pieces like Oppression, Bottomless Pit, and Tergrid, God of Fright to prevent opponents from rebuilding. Parity is broken through Waste Not and Geth's Grimoire, generating immense mana velocity and card draw. The deck closes games through passive upkeep drain, combat damage from stolen opposing threats, or a compact infinite Magecraft kill with Professor Onyx and Chain of Smog. It excels at resource denial but requires careful navigation against fast spell-based combos and heavy enchantment removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Arterial Flow
  • 1 Asylum Visitor
  • 1 Bandit's Talent
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bottomless Pit
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell Specter
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Geth's Grimoire
  • 1 Gnat Miser
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hecteyes
  • 1 Hopeless Nightmare
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Liliana's Caress
  • 1 Liliana's Triumph
  • 1 Locust Miser
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Megrim
  • 1 Nezumi Informant
  • 1 Nezumi Shortfang // Stabwhisker the Odious
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Oppression
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Raiders' Wake
  • 1 Rank Rat
  • 1 Raven's Crime
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Refurbished Familiar
  • 1 Rush of Dread
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Shadowgrange Archfiend
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Shrieking Affliction
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 25 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Raven Man
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
  • 1 Tinybones, Trinket Thief
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Words of Waste