Lobelia, Defender of Bag End
When Lobelia enters, look at the top card of each opponent's library and exile those cards face down. {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one — • Until end of turn, you may play a card exiled with Lobelia without paying its mana cost. • Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
How Lobelia decks play in EDH
Lobelia, Defender of Bag End is a mono-black commander costing 2B, and its legendary creature - halfling citizen 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. Life gain is a resource here rather than a safety net, so cards that convert life totals into damage or draw belong in the list. The cards below are the ones Lobelia, Defender of Bag End decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $13.91Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (6)
Card draw (4)
Removal (3)
Creatures (2)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Lobelia, Defender of Bag End decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
Start with LobeliaLobelia deck questions
What colours can I use in a Lobelia, Defender of Bag End deck?
Lobelia, Defender of Bag End 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 Lobelia, Defender of Bag End?
The cards played most often in Lobelia, Defender of Bag End decks include Lich's Relic, The Echoverse Fulcrum, The Sackville-Bagginses. 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 Lobelia, Defender of Bag End deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $13.91 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 Lobelia, Defender of Bag End 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.