Cyan, Vengeful Samurai
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard. Double strike Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Cyan.
How Cyan decks play in EDH
Cyan, Vengeful Samurai is a mono-white commander costing 6W, and its legendary creature - human samurai line shapes the whole deck around it. 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 Cyan, Vengeful Samurai decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $30.34Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (7)
Removal (3)
Creatures (6)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Cyan, Vengeful Samurai 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 Cyan, Vengeful Samurai deck?
Cyan, Vengeful Samurai has a mono-white colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Cyan, Vengeful Samurai?
The cards played most often in Cyan, Vengeful Samurai decks include The Queen of Dale, Troop of Ponies, Flickering Hound. 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 Cyan, Vengeful Samurai deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $30.34 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 Cyan, Vengeful Samurai 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.