Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, you may cast up to one target card of the other type from your graveyard. If a spell cast from your graveyard this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
How Gale decks play in EDH
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy is a mono-blue commander costing 2U, and its legendary creature - human wizard line shapes the whole deck around it. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $16.45Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (6)
Removal (1)
Counterspells (4)
Creatures (4)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy 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 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy deck?
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy has a mono-blue colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy?
The cards played most often in Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy decks include Plunder the Trollshaws, Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance, Confusticate and Bebother. 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 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $16.45 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 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy 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.