Absorbing Man
Vigilance At the beginning of your first main phase, until your next turn, Absorbing Man becomes a copy of up to one target artifact, non-Aura enchantment, or land, except his name is Absorbing Man, he's a legendary 4/4 Human Villain creature in addition to his other types, and he has vigilance.
How Absorbing Man decks play in EDH
Absorbing Man is a Simic commander in blue and green costing 1GU, and its legendary creature - human villain line shapes the whole deck around it. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. Enchantments drive the deck, so effects that recur or copy them add up quickly. The cards below are the ones Absorbing Man decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $45.74Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (3)
Removal (1)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (7)
Synergy & payoffs (8)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Absorbing Man decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Absorbing Man deck?
Absorbing Man has a Simic colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Absorbing Man?
The cards played most often in Absorbing Man decks include Pia, Aether Ascetic, Uncover the Moon-Letters, Dominion Saboteur. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Absorbing Man deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $45.74 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Absorbing Man deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.