Pia and Kiran Nalaar
When Pia and Kiran Nalaar enters, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying. {2}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Pia and Kiran Nalaar deals 2 damage to any target.
How Pia and Kiran Nalaar decks play in EDH
Pia and Kiran Nalaar is a mono-red commander costing 2RR, and its legendary creature - human artificer 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. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones Pia and Kiran Nalaar decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $32.36Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (4)
Card draw (1)
Removal (1)
Creatures (12)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Pia and Kiran Nalaar 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 Pia and Kiran Nalaar deck?
Pia and Kiran Nalaar 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 Pia and Kiran Nalaar?
The cards played most often in Pia and Kiran Nalaar decks include Koth, the Geomancer, Pia, Determined Rebuilder, Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver. 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 Pia and Kiran Nalaar deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $32.36 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 Pia and Kiran Nalaar 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.