Xenagos, God of Revels Xenagos, God of Revels is a simple commander to build around, and it's one of the best extra-combat commanders in the game
Then Ill crack it, try a few more things, and then resubmit it without the guilt of damaging a card

Acererak the Archlich Aphemia, the Cacophony Archdemon of Unx Assemble the Rank and Vile Bone Miser Boneclad Necromancer Bridge from Below Cellar Door Cemetery Reaper Corpse Cobble Cradle of the Accursed Crowded Crypt Cryptbreaker Curse of Disturbance Curse of Shallow Graves Curse of the Restless Dead Death Tyrant Deluge of the Dead Diregraf Colossus Doomed Dissenter Drana's Chosen Dread Summons Drunau Corpse Trawler Dunes of the Dead Dying to Serve Embalmed Ascendant Falcon Abomination Feast or Famine Field of the Dead Flip the Switch Ghoulcaller's Accomplice Ghoulish Procession Graf Harvest Gravedig Graveyard Marshal Grim Reaper's Scythe Grixis Slavedriver Havengul Runebinder Headless Rider Hildibrand Manderville Hildibrand Manderville Hobbling Zombie Hour of Victory Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet Lair of the Ashen Idol Liliana's Devotee Liliana's Reaver Liliana, Death's Majesty Liliana, Dreadhorde General Liliana, Heretical Healer Magus of the Bridge Midnight Ritual Necromancer's Covenant Necromancer's Stockpile Necromaster Dragon Necromentia Nested Ghoul Never // Return Never // Return Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant No Way Out Noosegraf Mob Null Caller Oath of Liliana Oglor, Devoted Assistant Open the Graves Overseer of the Damned Poppet Stitcher Rank Officer Reap the Seagraf Revenge of the Drowned

(If it annoys you that Pact of Negation can target creature spells when Negate and Force cannot, I sympathize Pact unfortunately predates Negate, which messes up this neat bit of Magic taxonomy.) Force of Negation is effectively a compromise with players who begged for free counterspells to hamper the ultra-aggressive combo decks in Modern