Bladewing the Risen
Flying When Bladewing enters, you may return target Dragon permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield. {B}{R}: Dragon creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
How Bladewing the Risen decks play in EDH
Bladewing the Risen is a Rakdos commander in black and red costing 3BBRR, and its legendary creature - zombie dragon line shapes the whole deck around it. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. 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 Bladewing the Risen decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $58.57Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (2)
Removal (2)
Creatures (11)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Bladewing the Risen 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 Bladewing the Risen deck?
Bladewing the Risen has a Rakdos colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Bladewing the Risen?
The cards played most often in Bladewing the Risen decks include Smaug, Wicked Worm, Smaug the Impenetrable, Desolation of Smaug. 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 Bladewing the Risen deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $58.57 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 Bladewing the Risen 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.