He Who Hungers
Flying {1}, Sacrifice a Spirit: Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card. Activate only as a sorcery. Soulshift 4 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 4 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
How He Who Hungers decks play in EDH
He Who Hungers is a mono-black commander costing 4B, and its legendary creature - spirit line shapes the whole deck around it. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones He Who Hungers decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $35.74Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (2)
Removal (1)
Creatures (13)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal He Who Hungers 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 He Who Hungers deck?
He Who Hungers 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 He Who Hungers?
The cards played most often in He Who Hungers decks include Troop of Ponies, Kuroki, Thief of Talents, Seize the Soul. 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 He Who Hungers deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $35.74 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 He Who Hungers 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.