Syr

Syr is a mono-black Commander aristocrats / sacrifice-value deck built around Syr Konrad, the Grim. Its game plan is to repeatedly sacrifice, recur, and reanimate creatures so Konrad and other drain effects chip away at the whole table.

Key synergies include recursive fodder like Reassembling Skeleton, Bloodghast, Gutterbones, and Persistent Specimen with sac outlets such as Viscera Seer, Woe Strider, and Yahenni. Payoffs like Syr Konrad, Zulaport Cutthroat, Bastion of Remembrance, Grim Haruspex, and Midnight Reaper turn deaths into damage and cards. The deck also leans on edict creatures like Fleshbag Marauder, Plaguecrafter, and Merciless Executioner, amplified by Butcher of Malakir, to keep boards clear while profiting from sacrifices. It closes games through incremental life drain, big swings from Gray Merchant of Asphodel or Massacre Wurm, and powerful recursion turns like Living Death.