BlackLegendary Creature — Human RogueEvin, Waterdeep Opportunist
Mana value4Rank#12,041
The Commander
Guide
Gameplan
Evin is a mono-black aristocrats/Treasure deck that turns every sacrifice in the game into Treasure ramp, then converts that Treasure into either a lethal commander or fuel for big black payoffs. You sacrifice creatures (yours or via edicts that hit opponents) each turn to bank a Treasure, ramp into powerful sac engines, and either swing with a buffed menacing Evin or grind opponents out of creatures and life.
Strengths
- Generates Treasure off any sacrifice at any table, fueling huge ramp in mono-black
- Built-in Ward—Sacrifice a creature makes Evin very hard to spot-remove
- Menace plus +2/+0 per Treasure makes commander damage kills realistic and fast
- Mono-black gives access to deep tutors, recursion, and the best edict/aristocrat package
- Self-fueling: more sacrifice outlets equal more Treasure equal more outlets
Weaknesses
- Treasure-matters and aristocrats hate (Anti-token sweepers, graveyard hate) hit hard
- Mono-color means no access to blue counters or red rituals/extra-combat support
- Evin's offense relies on a Treasure board that wraths and artifact removal can erase
- The triggered ability only fires once per turn, capping Treasure income
- Can be slow to close without a clear combo or evasion plan
Key Cards
- Pitiless Plunderer — Every creature death makes a Treasure, stacking with Evin's once-a-turn trigger for explosive ramp.
- Bastion of Remembrance — Turns your sacrifice loops into a guaranteed life-drain win independent of combat.
- Ashnod's Altar — Free sac outlet that converts your board into mana and triggers Evin every turn.
- Mahadi, Emporium Master — End-step Treasure for each creature that died, doubling down on the death-and-Treasure theme.
- Black Market Connections — Treasure, tokens, and cards in mono-black—perfect fuel and advantage engine for Evin.
- Marionette Master — Pairs with Treasure sacrifice to deal massive direct damage and close games.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana and tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Dark Ritual) to find your sacrifice-plus-drain combos sooner, and lean on free sac outlets like Viscera Seer and Carrion Feeder. Tighten the deck around an A+B kill—Pitiless Plunderer plus a free outlet and a drain payoff—and include recursion like Reanimate and Victimize to rebuild after wraths. Top-end mana sinks such as Torment of Hailfire give your Treasure pile a guaranteed finisher.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Commander damage via a menacing, Treasure-buffed Evin
- ▸Aristocrats drain with Bastion of Remembrance or Blood Artist effects
- ▸Marionette Master / Disciple of the Vault style Treasure-sacrifice damage
- ▸Grinding the table out of creatures with edicts and recursion, then ramping into a bomb
Archetypes
- Aristocrats — Evin rewards repeated sacrifice with Treasure while drain payoffs convert deaths into damage.
- Treasure Ramp — Banks Treasure off sacrifices to power out expensive black bombs and big X spells.
- Voltron — Menace plus +2/+0 per Treasure can make Evin a one- or two-hit commander kill.
- Combo — Sac-loop engines with Treasure producers and a drain payoff form repeatable kill combos.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (B), by popularity.
