Akawalli, the Seething Tower
Descend 4 — As long as there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard, Akawalli gets +2/+2 and has trample. Descend 8 — As long as there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, Akawalli gets an additional +2/+2 and can't be blocked by more than one creature.
How Akawalli decks play in EDH
Akawalli, the Seething Tower is a Golgari commander in black and green costing 1BG, and its legendary creature - fungus line shapes the whole deck around it. Built-in evasion means damage gets through reliably, so effects that scale that damage are worth more than extra bodies. The cards below are the ones Akawalli, the Seething Tower decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $5.20Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (3)
Creatures (9)
Synergy & payoffs (8)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Akawalli, the Seething Tower 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 Akawalli, the Seething Tower deck?
Akawalli, the Seething Tower has a Golgari colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Akawalli, the Seething Tower?
The cards played most often in Akawalli, the Seething Tower decks include Primal Witchstalker, Eye of Jace, Greenhouse Propagator. 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 Akawalli, the Seething Tower deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $5.20 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 Akawalli, the Seething Tower 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.