Araumi of the Dead Tide
{T}, Exile cards from your graveyard equal to the number of opponents you have: Target creature card in your graveyard gains encore until end of turn. The encore cost is equal to its mana cost. (Exile the creature card and pay its mana cost: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
How Araumi of the Dead Tide decks play in EDH
Araumi of the Dead Tide is a Dimir commander in blue and black costing 1UB, and its legendary creature - merfolk wizard line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones Araumi of the Dead Tide decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $25.23Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (4)
Removal (1)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (9)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Araumi of the Dead Tide 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 Araumi of the Dead Tide deck?
Araumi of the Dead Tide 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 Araumi of the Dead Tide?
The cards played most often in Araumi of the Dead Tide decks include Dark Matter Manipulator, Theorix Charm, Turbulent Wetlands. 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 Araumi of the Dead Tide deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $25.23 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 Araumi of the Dead Tide 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.