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Black Cat, Cunning Thief - Decklist

Creatures 16$8.94

  1. Agent Venom1Agent Venom$0.38
  2. Arvinox, the Mind Flail1Arvinox, the Mind Flail$0.34
  3. Author of Shadows1Author of Shadows$0.57
  4. Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog1Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog$1.73
  5. Bringer of the Last Gift1Bringer of the Last Gift$0.69
  6. Crabomination1Crabomination$0.30
  7. Elder Brain1Elder Brain$0.80
  8. Gonti, Lord of Luxury1Gonti, Lord of Luxury$0.25

Creatures continued

  1. Gonti, Night Minister1Gonti, Night Minister$0.79
  2. Intellect Devourer1Intellect Devourer$0.38
  3. Massacre Girl1Massacre Girl$0.48
  4. Perigee Beckoner1Perigee Beckoner$0.21
  5. PuPu UFO1PuPu UFO$0.57
  6. Skull Collector1Skull Collector$0.30
  7. Solemn Simulacrum1Solemn Simulacrum$0.26
  8. Thieving Amalgam1Thieving Amalgam$0.89

Planeswalkers 1$0.37

  1. Liliana, Death's Majesty1Liliana, Death's Majesty$0.37

Instants 24$9.49

  1. Abnormal Endurance1Abnormal Endurance$0.12
  2. Archenemy's Charm1Archenemy's Charm$0.78
  3. Ashnod's Intervention1Ashnod's Intervention$0.28
  4. Black Sun's Twilight1Black Sun's Twilight$0.39
  5. Corrupted Conviction1Corrupted Conviction$0.35
  6. Deadly Dispute1Deadly Dispute$0.30
  7. Demonic Gifts1Demonic Gifts$0.15
  8. Eviscerator's Insight1Eviscerator's Insight$0.26
  9. Fake Your Own Death1Fake Your Own Death$0.10
  10. Feign Death1Feign Death$0.79
  11. Live or Die1Live or Die$0.21
  12. Nasty End1Nasty End$0.24

Instants continued

  1. Not Dead After All1Not Dead After All$1.57
  2. Outrageous Robbery1Outrageous Robbery$0.37
  3. Pain 1011Pain 101$0.24
  4. Presumed Dead1Presumed Dead$0.31
  5. Reckoner's Bargain1Reckoner's Bargain$1.09
  6. Return to Action1Return to Action$0.27
  7. Supernatural Stamina1Supernatural Stamina$0.12
  8. The Spot's Portal1The Spot's Portal$0.23
  9. Undying Evil1Undying Evil$0.40
  10. Undying Malice1Undying Malice$0.39
  11. Village Rites1Village Rites$0.35
  12. Vincent's Limit Break1Vincent's Limit Break$0.18

Sorceries 8$2.65

  1. Come Back Wrong1Come Back Wrong$0.38
  2. Cruelclaw's Heist1Cruelclaw's Heist$0.31
  3. Morbid Curiosity1Morbid Curiosity$0.23
  4. Necromantic Selection1Necromantic Selection$0.29
  5. Petty Larceny1Petty Larceny$0.34
  6. Scrounge for Eternity1Scrounge for Eternity$0.22
  7. Villainous Wrath1Villainous Wrath$0.59
  8. Zero Point Ballad1Zero Point Ballad$0.29

Artifacts 8$4.51

  1. Bandit's Haul1Bandit's Haul$0.25
  2. Erratic Portal1Erratic Portal$0.82
  3. Fellwar Stone1Fellwar Stone$0.59
  4. Golden Argosy1Golden Argosy$0.64
  5. Interdimensional Web Watch1Interdimensional Web Watch$0.35
  6. Peter Parker's Camera1Peter Parker's Camera$1.31
  7. Voyager Staff1Voyager Staff$0.29
  8. Worn Powerstone1Worn Powerstone$0.26

Enchantments 4$2.78

  1. Fungal Fortitude1Fungal Fortitude$0.28
  2. Kaya's Ghostform1Kaya's Ghostform$1.89
  3. Minion's Return1Minion's Return$0.36
  4. Quest for the Necropolis1Quest for the Necropolis$0.25

Lands 38 / 38$17.90

  1. Access Tunnel1Access Tunnel$0.30
  2. Barren Moor1Barren Moor$0.16
  3. Bojuka Bog1Bojuka Bog$1.18
  4. Buried Ruin1Buried Ruin$0.36
  5. Castle Locthwain1Castle Locthwain$1.34
  6. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  7. Demolition Field1Demolition Field$0.23
  8. Deserted Temple1Deserted Temple$0.82
  9. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  10. Exotic Orchard1Exotic Orchard$0.20
  11. Field of Ruin1Field of Ruin$0.26

Lands continued

  1. Geier Reach Sanitarium1Geier Reach Sanitarium$0.79
  2. Ghost Quarter1Ghost Quarter$0.44
  3. Guildless Commons1Guildless Commons$1.23
  4. High Market1High Market$0.40
  5. Memorial to Folly1Memorial to Folly$0.24
  6. Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid1Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid$1.59
  7. Mortuary Mire1Mortuary Mire$0.30
  8. Myriad Landscape1Myriad Landscape$0.26
  9. Path of Ancestry1Path of Ancestry$0.17
  10. Polluted Mire1Polluted Mire$0.15
  11. Rogue's Passage1Rogue's Passage$0.34

Lands continued

  1. Scavenger Grounds1Scavenger Grounds$0.21
  2. Snow-Covered Swamp×55Snow-Covered Swamp$2.95
  3. Swamp×44Swamp$0.40
  4. Temple of the False God1Temple of the False God$0.19
  5. Terrain Generator1Terrain Generator$1.38
  6. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10
  7. Thespian's Stage1Thespian's Stage$0.40
  8. War Room1War Room$0.82
  9. Witch's Cottage1Witch's Cottage$0.39

About this Black Cat, Cunning Thief deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: Black Cat, Cunning Thief, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. Its estimated price is $47.40 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2.

The list is drawn from what Black Cat, Cunning Thief decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Supernatural Stamina, Undying Malice and Fake Your Own Death. The picks most particular to this commander are Gonti, Night Minister, Gonti, Lord of Luxury and Nasty End, which turn up here far more often than in other Mono-Black decks.

Its average mana value is 3.03. It runs no Game Changers.

The most expensive cards are Kaya's Ghostform ($1.89), Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog ($1.73) and Not Dead After All ($1.57); 44 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $36.87, and with no limit $445.58; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value3.03
Game Changers0
Combos0
Deck match66%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 14 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 16 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 11 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 8 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 7 cards
  7. Mana value 6: 1 card
  8. Mana value 7+: 5 cards

The curve and the average cover Black Cat, Cunning Thief and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1012+2
Card advantage1213+1
Targeted disruption1215+3
Mass disruption66+0
Lands3839+1
Plan3022-8

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 7 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

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Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

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Full deck price by per-card cap

Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for Black Cat, Cunning Thief at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what Black Cat, Cunning Thief decks usually play.

Format

With printings adds the set and collector number of the printing each price is based on. Both text formats list the commander first and work on most deck sites.

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