Empty Hands, Full Coffers by DTurnerGaming

Format: Commander

Commander: Tinybones, Bauble Burglar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This mono-black deck leverages Tinybones, Bauble Burglar to turn symmetrical discard into an asymmetric card and resource advantage engine. By deploying early discard creatures such as Burglar Rat, Virus Beetle, and Nezumi Informant, the deck exiles opponents' discarded cards with stash counters, making them playable on your own turns. High-impact spells like Dark Deal, Mindslicer, and Necrogen Mists strip hands to force opponents into topdeck mode. Parity is broken through Waste Not, Geth's Grimoire, and Tinybones's theft ability. Opponents are eliminated over several turns via rack punishments like Megrim, Quest for the Nihil Stone, Wheel of Torture, and Bandit's Talent, supplemented by token and stolen-threat combat. While exceptionally effective at draining card advantage and establishing early oppression, the deck lacks fast combo finishes, leaving a multi-turn damage window where opponents can attempt to recover off topdecked draws.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Auntie's Sentence
  • 1 Bandit's Talent
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Fanatic of the Harrowing
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Geth's Grimoire
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Grim Servant
  • 1 Hecteyes
  • 1 Hymn to Tourach
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Let's Play a Game
  • 1 Liliana of the Veil
  • 1 Liliana's Specter
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Megrim
  • 1 Mindslicer
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Necrogen Mists
  • 1 Nezumi Informant
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Pain 101
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pox Plague
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Quest for the Nihil Stone
  • 1 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
  • 1 Rankle's Prank
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Rush of Dread
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Send in the Pest
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stony-Voiced Goblins
  • 29 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Raven Man
  • 1 Thieving Varmint
  • 1 Tinybones Joins Up
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket
  • 1 Tourach's Canticle
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vicious Rumors
  • 1 Virus Beetle
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Wheel of Torture
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Words of Waste