Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains
When Adéwalé enters, reveal the top six cards of your library. Put an Assassin, Pirate, or Vehicle card from among them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Whenever a Vehicle you control deals combat damage to a player, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
How Adéwalé decks play in EDH
Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains is a Dimir commander in blue and black costing 1UB, and its legendary creature - human assassin pirate line shapes the whole deck around it. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The payoff is combat damage, so evasion and extra-combat effects matter more than raw power. The cards below are the ones Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $26.47Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (5)
Removal (2)
Creatures (3)
Synergy & payoffs (8)
Lands (1)
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What colours can I use in a Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains deck?
Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains has a Dimir colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains?
The cards played most often in Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains decks include Great Gilded Boat, Key to the Side-Door, Mech Hangar. 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 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $26.47 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 Adéwalé, Breaker of Chains 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.