Braids, Arisen Nightmare
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
A ready-made Braids decklist
Complete 100-card mono-black deck, free to read, with prices and buy links.
How Braids decks play in EDH
Braids, Arisen Nightmare is a mono-black commander costing 1BB, and its legendary creature - nightmare 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. It draws extra cards, so the deck can afford a lower curve and lean on volume. The cards below are the ones Braids, Arisen Nightmare decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $67.19Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (4)
Card draw (4)
Creatures (6)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Braids, Arisen Nightmare 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 Braids, Arisen Nightmare deck?
Braids, Arisen Nightmare 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 Braids, Arisen Nightmare?
The cards played most often in Braids, Arisen Nightmare decks include Lich's Relic, Avacyn, Angel of Horror, Stony-Voiced Goblins. 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 Braids, Arisen Nightmare deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $67.19 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 Braids, Arisen Nightmare 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.