Old Rutstein
When Old Rutstein enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. If a land card is milled this way, create a Treasure token. If a creature card is milled this way, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. If a noncreature, nonland card is milled this way, create a Blood token.
How Old Rutstein decks play in EDH
Old Rutstein is a Golgari commander in black and green costing 1BG, and its legendary creature - human peasant 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 fills graveyards, which can be a win condition on its own or fuel for recursion. The cards below are the ones Old Rutstein decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $55.23Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (3)
Creatures (11)
Synergy & payoffs (6)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Old Rutstein 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 Old Rutstein deck?
Old Rutstein has a Golgari colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Old Rutstein?
The cards played most often in Old Rutstein decks include Avacyn, Angel of Horror, Primal Witchstalker, Verdant Kraken. 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 Rutstein deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $55.23 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 Rutstein 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.