Last updated on June 19, 2026 Necropotence | Illustration by Dave Kendall Although card draw is theoretically only a secondary part of black's color pie, there are enough powerful black card draw effects that some might be welcome in your 99 of your Commander deck even when paired with the card draw powerhouses (blue and green)
The station mechanic charges it up into a massive flying artifact creature, while your other gold cards flood the board and power up its triggers
Spider-Punk never quite managed to find a niche in the format, but the fact that Squelchers effect is one-sided is a massive difference
I didnt really know where to put Fecundity or Heartwood Storyteller on our top 12 list, so I added them as an interesting honorable mention instead
This artifact-making value engine of a card used to make waves in Modern, and even though it got a semi-recent reprint in the first Modern Horizons, it's still valued at $53 (all prices from MTGGoldfish)
It shouldnt be too difficult to enable this over and over again in a dedicated sacrifice deck, so all you need is a Warstorm Surge or Pandemonium and youre off the races
