Desdemona, Freedom's Edge
Vigilance Whenever Desdemona attacks, target creature card in your graveyard that's an artifact or that has mana value 3 or less gains escape until end of turn. The escape cost is equal to its mana cost plus exile two other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast it from your graveyard for its escape cost this turn.)
How Desdemona decks play in EDH
Desdemona, Freedom's Edge is a Boros commander in white and red costing 2RW, and its legendary creature - human rogue line shapes the whole deck around it. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Desdemona, Freedom's Edge decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $46.35Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (10)
Removal (3)
Creatures (4)
Synergy & payoffs (1)
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What colours can I use in a Desdemona, Freedom's Edge deck?
Desdemona, Freedom's Edge has a Boros colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Desdemona, Freedom's Edge?
The cards played most often in Desdemona, Freedom's Edge decks include Gleaming Splendor, Troop of Ponies, Canoptek Tomb Sentinel. 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 Desdemona, Freedom's Edge deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $46.35 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 Desdemona, Freedom's Edge 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.