Maximus, Knight Apparent
Trample When Maximus enters, you may search your library for an Equipment card with mana value 2, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. {1}, Sacrifice an artifact: You get {E}{E} (two energy counters).
How Maximus decks play in EDH
Maximus, Knight Apparent is a mono-red commander costing 3R, and its legendary creature - human knight 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. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Maximus, Knight Apparent decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $9.30Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (2)
Removal (4)
Creatures (4)
Synergy & payoffs (8)
Lands (2)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Maximus, Knight Apparent 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 Maximus, Knight Apparent deck?
Maximus, Knight Apparent has a mono-red colour identity, so every card in the deck must be red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Maximus, Knight Apparent?
The cards played most often in Maximus, Knight Apparent decks include The Lonely Mountain, Long-Lost Lances, Ragged Short Spear. 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 Maximus, Knight Apparent deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $9.30 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 Maximus, Knight Apparent 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.