Colonel Autumn
Lifelink Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.) Other legendary creatures you control have exploit. Whenever a creature you control exploits a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
How Colonel Autumn decks play in EDH
Colonel Autumn is a Orzhov commander in white and black costing 1WB, and its legendary creature - human soldier 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 cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. The cards below are the ones Colonel Autumn decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $40.82Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (3)
Removal (2)
Creatures (14)
Synergy & payoffs (1)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Colonel Autumn 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 Colonel Autumn deck?
Colonel Autumn has a Orzhov colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white and black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Colonel Autumn?
The cards played most often in Colonel Autumn decks include The Queen of Dale, Guiding Hydra, Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care. 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 Colonel Autumn deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $40.82 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 Colonel Autumn 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.