Old One Eye

Gmono-green{5}{G}$2.90
Legendary Creature — Tyranid
Old One Eye card art

Trample Other creatures you control have trample. When Old One Eye enters, create a 5/5 green Tyranid creature token. Fast Healing — At the beginning of your first main phase, you may discard two cards. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

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How Old One Eye decks play in EDH

Old One Eye is a mono-green commander costing 5G, and its legendary creature - tyranid 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. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Old One Eye decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.

Most-played cards

20 cards · about $78.50

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Ramp (3)

Necklace of Girion
Necklace of Girion
$15.13
Purestrain Genestealer
Purestrain Genestealer
$0.40
Rampant Growth
Rampant Growth
$0.40

Card draw (6)

Broodlord
Broodlord
$1.14
Hormagaunt Horde
Hormagaunt Horde
$0.49
Termagant Swarm
Termagant Swarm
$2.50
Tyrant Guard
Tyrant Guard
$4.86
Garruk's Uprising
Garruk's Uprising
$0.51

Removal (1)

Beast Within
Beast Within
$0.50

Creatures (5)

Gigantic Big Bear
Gigantic Big Bear
$0.40
Hexhaven Invigorator
Hexhaven Invigorator
$33.47
Toxicrene
Toxicrene
$0.75

Synergy & payoffs (4)

Dancing from Dark to Dawn
Dancing from Dark to Dawn
$5.68
Tyranid Invasion
Tyranid Invasion
$0.22
Cultivate
Cultivate
$0.36
Emerald Medallion
Emerald Medallion
$4.61

Lands (1)

Roiling Canopy
Roiling Canopy
$1.97

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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Old One Eye 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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Old One Eye deck questions

What colours can I use in a Old One Eye deck?

Old One Eye has a mono-green colour identity, so every card in the deck must be green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.

What are the best cards for Old One Eye?

The cards played most often in Old One Eye decks include Gigantic Big Bear, Dancing from Dark to Dawn, Roiling Canopy. 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 Old One Eye deck cost?

The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $78.50 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 Old One Eye 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.

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