Commander / EDH Starter Deck (The Essentials)

Commander / EDH*

CommandCast

CardDraw (2)

• 1x Seer's Sundial
• 1x Skullclamp

Creature (1)

• 1x Steel Hellkite

Creature/Ramp (2)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Equipment (2)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Lands (2)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Temple of the False God

Lands/Fixing (3)

• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Ramp (7)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Ramp/CardDraw (3)

• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mind Stone

Ramp/Fixing (3)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Gilded Lotus

Removal (1)

• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk

Tutor (1)

• 1x Expedition Map

UtilityLands (8)

• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x High Market
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Strip Mine

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Other (61)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Blossoming Sands
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Triumph of Ferocity
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

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Building a new deck and need a starting off point? Look no further! Here is our ever-evolving Starter Deck for Commander/EDH. We built this to help players who are on a BUDGET start their first decks, so you won't be seeing any overly expensive staples in this list.

Make sure to read the notes below before copy/pasting the entire thing into your own list so you know what to take out/leave in when you start.

As always, this is just a starting off point for players looking to build their first deck. Each Commander deck is different, so you will inevitably be making numerous changes to this deck list. We encourage you to experiment and find cards/substitutions that are better for your specific deck. For example - some decks will be more mana hungry and need more ramp, whereas some will need more card draw. We recommend that you have 6-10 sources of Ramp and 6-10 sources of Card Draw in each deck. These can overlap with other cards in your deck! Happy Building!

Suggestions? Leave a comment below and let us know if you think we missed anything!

NOTES:- TappedOut requires a commander on decklists, so we included Progenitus as the default commander.- The Maybe Board includes lots of cards that are color-specific. Don't add any that aren't on color with your commander or if you don't need them. The Maybe Board includes:- Our favorite budget card draw sources per color- Signets- Dual/Tri-Lands that ETB tapped- Our favorite single target removal per color

Top Ranked	Achieved #21 position overall 8 years ago Achieved #16 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 10 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	36
Avg. CMC	3.39
Folders	EDH, EDH Brews 2016, Staples, Essentials, EDH, Commander, EDH ideas, EDH Ideas, CMDZ, EDH