Skeletor by jsa013

Format: Commander

Commander: Tinybones, the Pickpocket

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This mono-black control deck revolves around symmetric hand disruption, resource denial, and grave theft led by Tinybones, the Pickpocket. Early turns establish continuous discard engines such as Bottomless Pit, Necrogen Mists, and Oppression, stripping opponents of interaction and card selection. As cards enter graveyards, Tinybones, the Pickpocket casts high-value nonland permanents from opposing graveyards, while payoff anchors like Waste Not, Geth's Grimoire, and Tergrid, God of Fright generate overwhelming board and mana advantages. The deck transitions into a lethal win condition through continuous life drain via Tinybones, Trinket Thief, Syr Konrad, the Grim, and Painful Quandary, massive board swings with Rise of the Dark Realms and Breach the Multiverse, or an assembled combo of Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank. Its high density of redundant discard effects ensures strong resilience against targeted disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bottomless Pit
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Eye Collector
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Geth's Grimoire
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana of the Veil
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mindslicer
  • 1 Multiply by Zero
  • 1 Necrogen Mists
  • 1 Necrogoyf
  • 1 Nezumi Informant
  • 1 Oppression
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pilfer
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skeleton Key
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 28 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Raven Man
  • 1 Thieves' Guild Enforcer
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Tinybones Joins Up
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
  • 1 Tinybones, Trinket Thief
  • 1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket
  • 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Vicious Rumors
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Withering Torment