Liliana the Repentant
Whenever another creature or planeswalker you control enters, mill two cards. Exhaust — {5}{B}: Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter on Liliana. Activate only as a sorcery. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
How Liliana the Repentant decks play in EDH
Liliana the Repentant is a mono-black commander costing 1B, and its legendary creature - human warlock 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 Liliana the Repentant decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $59.52Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (1)
Removal (3)
Creatures (7)
Synergy & payoffs (8)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Liliana the Repentant 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 Liliana the Repentant deck?
Liliana the Repentant 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 Liliana the Repentant?
The cards played most often in Liliana the Repentant decks include Avacyn, Angel of Horror, Dark Matter Manipulator, Way of the Necromancer. 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 Liliana the Repentant deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $59.52 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 Liliana the Repentant 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.