Gallia, Tragic Host
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) {4}{B}, Exile another creature card from your graveyard: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped with a +1/+1 counter on her.
How Gallia decks play in EDH
Gallia, Tragic Host is a mono-black commander costing 1B, and its legendary creature - zombie satyr 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. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Gallia, Tragic Host decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $184Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Removal (1)
Creatures (14)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Gallia, Tragic Host 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 Gallia, Tragic Host deck?
Gallia, Tragic Host has a mono-black colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Gallia, Tragic Host?
The cards played most often in Gallia, Tragic Host decks include Along the Crooked Way, Theoretical Necromancer, Liliana the Repentant. 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 Gallia, Tragic Host deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $184 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 Gallia, Tragic Host 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.