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Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary Commander Deck

Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary leads a Villain tribal deck that grows him larger and pings opponents for 2 damage each time another Villain enters the battlefield, making the deck's primary gameplan flooding the board with cheap Villain creatures to stack up incremental damage and +1/+1 counters. Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord amplifies this engine by reducing the cost of Villain spells and triggering connive on entering Villains, fueling card selection and additional counters while the deck churns through its threats. The deck supports this strategy with discard pressure on opponents, hand disruption, graveyard recursion to replay key creatures, and deathtouch-based combat to control the board while the steady stream of Villain enters-the-battlefield triggers drain opponents out.

Decklist

• Lost Legion
• Alchemist's Gift
• Finishing Blow
• Mind Rot
• Burglar Rat
• Executioner's Capsule
• Grasp of Darkness
• Skeleton Archer
• Murder
• Terror
• Soul Shred
• Vampiric Touch
• Weigh Down
• Eyes of the Beholder
• Dross Skullbomb
• Fell Horseman // Deathly Ride
• Barkform Harvester
• Graveshifter
• Hand of Death
• Skeletal Changeling
• 36× Swamp
• Stab
• Alesha's Legacy
• Feral Deathgorger // Dusk Sight
• Instant Ramen
• Decode Transmissions
• Mechanical Mobster
• Venom, Evil Unleashed
• Venom's Hunger
• Swarm, Being of Bees
• Dream Seizer
• Blighted Blackthorn
• Unbury
• Blight Rot
• Changeling Wayfinder
• Foraging Wickermaw
• Dissection Practice
• Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
• Send in the Pest
• Wander Off
• Elektra, Daughter of the Hand
• Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord
• Roxxon Brutes
• Robot Domination
• HYDRA Troopers
• Moonstone, Harsh Mistress
• MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel
• A.I.M. Synthoids
• Villainous Hideout
• Red Room Recruit
• Yellowjacket, Heartless Marauder
• Madame Masque
• Arnim Zola, Bio-Fanatic
• Klaw, Sonic Subjugator
• Stolen Stark Tech
• HYDRA Infiltration
• Kingpin's Enforcers
• Venomized Cat
• The Frightful Four
• Iron Monger, Sadistic Tycoon
• Baron Helmut Zemo
• Tombstone, Career Criminal
• Agent Venom
• Scorpion, Seething Striker