Lydia Frye
Lydia Frye can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater. At the beginning of your end step, surveil X, where X is the number of tapped Assassins you control. (Look at the top X cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
How Lydia Frye decks play in EDH
Lydia Frye is a Dimir commander in blue and black costing 2U/B, and its legendary creature - human assassin line shapes the whole deck around it. Built-in evasion means damage gets through reliably, so effects that scale that damage are worth more than extra bodies. The cards below are the ones Lydia Frye decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $12.33Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (5)
Removal (3)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (8)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Lydia Frye 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 Lydia Frye deck?
Lydia Frye has a Dimir colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Lydia Frye?
The cards played most often in Lydia Frye decks include Turbulent Wetlands, Recursive Recruitment, Cast Away Doubt. 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 Lydia Frye deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $12.33 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 Lydia Frye 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.