Tetzimoc, Primal Death

Gameplan

Tetzimoc is a mono-black control commander that picks off threats before he even hits the battlefield. From your opening hand you spend each turn to mark opposing creatures with prey counters, then cast Tetzimoc as a one-sided board wipe that also leaves a 6/6 deathtouch body behind. You grind the game out with removal, recursion, and card advantage before closing with a big finisher or commander damage.

Key Cards

• Crypt Ghast — Doubles your black mana so you can seed multiple prey counters in a single turn.
• Cabal Coffers — Generates the explosive black mana Tetzimoc's repeatable activations crave.
• Liliana, Dreadhorde General — Provides the card draw and token defense the commander lacks while pressuring the board.
• Ashnod's Altar — Sacrifice Tetzimoc to recast him from command zone for repeated one-sided wipes.
• Phyrexian Reclamation — Returns Tetzimoc to hand cheaply so you can re-mark and re-cast the death trigger.
• Reanimate — Cheats Tetzimoc into play, though you'll want to pre-load prey counters first.
• Sheoldred, the Apocalypse — Punishes opponents' draws and refills your hand while you grind with removal.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Dark Ritual) to set up prey counters and recast Tetzimoc ahead of curve. Lean into a sacrifice/recursion loop with Ashnod's Altar, Phyrexian Tower, and Phyrexian Reclamation to weaponize the death trigger repeatedly, and finish with Torment of Hailfire or Exsanguinate powered by Cabal Coffers and Nykthos. Round out weaknesses with disruption like Bontu's Last Reckoning and graveyard recursion to out-grind faster combo decks.