Farid, Enterprising Salvager
Whenever a nontoken artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a colorless artifact token named Scrap. {1}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on Farid. It gains menace until end of turn. • Goad target creature. • Discard a card, then draw a card.
How Farid decks play in EDH
Farid, Enterprising Salvager is a mono-red commander costing 2R, and its legendary creature - human soldier line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones Farid, Enterprising Salvager decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $46.30Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (1)
Removal (4)
Creatures (8)
Synergy & payoffs (7)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Farid, Enterprising Salvager 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 Farid, Enterprising Salvager deck?
Farid, Enterprising Salvager has a mono-red colour identity, so every card in the deck must be red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Farid, Enterprising Salvager?
The cards played most often in Farid, Enterprising Salvager decks include Getaway Barrel, Draconic Visitor, Craterclaw Colossus. 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 Farid, Enterprising Salvager deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $46.30 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 Farid, Enterprising Salvager 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.