Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist
{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist deals 1 damage to target creature. Goad that creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Partner—Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)
How Bjorna decks play in EDH
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist is a Izzet commander in blue and red costing UR, and its legendary creature - human line shapes the whole deck around it. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $8.64Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (9)
Removal (2)
Creatures (3)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist 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 Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist deck?
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist has a Izzet colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist?
The cards played most often in Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist decks include Fateful Discovery, Getaway Barrel, Improvised Club. 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 Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $8.64 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 Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist 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.