Imskir Iron-Eater
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) When Imskir enters, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is half the number of artifacts you control, rounded down. {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Imskir deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.
How Imskir Iron-Eater decks play in EDH
Imskir Iron-Eater is a Rakdos commander in black and red costing 6BR, and its legendary creature - demon 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 draws extra cards, so the deck can afford a lower curve and lean on volume. The cards below are the ones Imskir Iron-Eater decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $86.69Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (3)
Removal (1)
Creatures (12)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Imskir Iron-Eater 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 Imskir Iron-Eater deck?
Imskir Iron-Eater has a Rakdos colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Imskir Iron-Eater?
The cards played most often in Imskir Iron-Eater decks include Lich's Relic, Smaug, Wicked Worm, 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 Imskir Iron-Eater deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $86.69 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 Imskir Iron-Eater 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.