Baron Helmut Zemo
Whenever you cast a black spell from your hand, Baron Helmut Zemo connives. Boast — Exile any number of black cards from your graveyard with fifteen or more black mana symbols among their mana costs: Copy those exiled cards. You may cast up to three of the copies without paying their mana costs. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)
How Baron Helmut Zemo decks play in EDH
Baron Helmut Zemo is a mono-black commander costing BBB, and its legendary creature - human noble villain 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 cards below are the ones Baron Helmut Zemo decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $56.63Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (8)
Removal (2)
Creatures (6)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
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What colours can I use in a Baron Helmut Zemo deck?
Baron Helmut Zemo has a mono-black colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Baron Helmut Zemo?
The cards played most often in Baron Helmut Zemo decks include The Master of Lake-town, Avacyn, Angel of Horror, Dark Matter Manipulator. 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 Baron Helmut Zemo deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $56.63 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 Baron Helmut Zemo 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.