Liliana Of the Veil, Cunning Lethemancer, Unnerve, Syphon Mind, and the like are all excellent multi-player discards that are reasonable in 1v1 as well. Cards like Hymn To Tourach and Thoughtseize are bad in EDH, but there are better replacements in the format. How do they work? Dead Guy Ale is a BW agro-control deck that wins through aggressive creatures and discard effects. Promising to not cast her helps in some cases, and most folks are at least intrigued enough by Bridge from Below to give you a chance.Now, how did this deck come about? I based it on two fun black/white deks. As I mentioned, however, many people will be wary when they see Anafenza, the Foremost in the command zone. Relying on resilient creatures for removal is certainly slow for most games you'll play nowadays, but when the pieces come together you'll throw a lot of tokens into play and look very scary. This deck ends up looking very much like a traditional Abzan aristocrats deck, but I've had a lot of fun putting it together and playing it. All the while, your tokens armies will wear away at your opponents' life totals until all opposition has faded away. Even if they're blocked and killed, they can always come back, while your opponents' creatures cannot. Buffing Ebondeath, Dracolich, Scourge of Nel Toth, and Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis is also a great way to break through board stalls. For a more explosive finish, Bloodspore Thrinax ensures that all your tokens are huge. Cards like Attrition and Doom Foretold double as sacrifice outlets to help generate Spirits and Zombies, while also grinding your opponents out of resources. The main goal of this deck is to overwhelm your opponents with tokens. Bridge from Below is worthless in your hand, so having a few ways to discard it is important for the deck. It nets you cards from creatures with more than three power ( Vengevine ), but more importantly it lets you discard cards. Exploring also puts lands into your hand, ensuring you never miss a land drop getting to trigger Bloodghast and Skyclave Shade as often as possible is extremely valuable. This does include tokens, letting you shred through the top of your library to find the exact card you need. Path lets every creature you control Explore when they enter play. I knew Death's Oasis would be good, but I wasn't expecting Path of Discovery to be as strong as it is. To help ensure the deck functions without needing access to Bridge from Below and Magus of the Bridge, and thus without needing to cast your commander, I'll start by including several other token-makers.
If you would negate another player's deck just by casting your commander, you can simply not cast your commander. With that in mind, however, neither of these commanders are essential for the deck to function. Be mindful of what other players are trying to do. One thing to note when building with commanders like these two is that they are both hard answers to a very popular kind of EDH deck. Having access to green and white opens up powerful tools, like Greater Good, Death's Oasis, and Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis. I'm slightly more in favor of Anafenza, the Foremost, however. Mono-black gives you access to Gravecrawler and Bloodghast, as well as plenty of tools to mill through your library. Not only will he exile enemy creatures instead of letting them die, he's also a sacrifice outlet in the command zone. Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet is a strong contender. That being said, rather than rely on a single card in your deck to protect Bridge from Below, there are several potential commanders that can fulfill the same purpose. If your opponents' creatures are exiled as they die, then your Bridge effects will never see them hit the graveyard. When I started looking for decklists with Bridge from Below or Magus of the Bridge, one card was repeatedly mentioned as the best way to keep them in the graveyard (or in play, respectively): Leyline of the Void.
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