Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm is a commander that can help bridge the gap between the two and it can also just net you a ton of value in the process by making copies of all of your nontoken dragons
Nethroi, Apex of Death plays as a combo deck using creatures with negative power, like Scourge of the Skyclaves, to reanimate an unreasonable number of creatures
Players can use only one VSTAR Power per game, and those who use a VSTAR Power must flip over a VSTAR marker during the battle
Black gets a lot of the 'evil' monsters, with a couple extra ghouls and sorceresses after the break
Final Cry (2R57) offers direct wounding (saving a Fierce skirmish for some other poor chap), Durins Tower (6R77) limited pumps, Must Do Without Hope (2U68) lays on the burdens, and Fill With Fear (2U56) and Dark Fire (2U54) offer counters to two possible threats - Gandalf and directed Archery