Kalain, Reclusive Painter
When Kalain enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Other creatures you control enter with an additional +1/+1 counter on them for each mana from a Treasure spent to cast them.
How Kalain decks play in EDH
Kalain, Reclusive Painter is a Rakdos commander in black and red costing BR, and its legendary creature - human elf bard 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 Kalain, Reclusive Painter decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $52.05Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (11)
Card draw (3)
Creatures (4)
Synergy & payoffs (1)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Kalain, Reclusive Painter 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 Kalain, Reclusive Painter deck?
Kalain, Reclusive Painter 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 Kalain, Reclusive Painter?
The cards played most often in Kalain, Reclusive Painter decks include Smaug, Wicked Worm, Smaug the Magnificent, Dragon-Cursed Halls. 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 Kalain, Reclusive Painter deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $52.05 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 Kalain, Reclusive Painter 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.