Pia Nalaar
When Pia Nalaar enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. {1}{R}: Target artifact creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {1}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target creature can't block this turn.
How Pia Nalaar decks play in EDH
Pia Nalaar is a mono-red commander costing 2R, 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 Nalaar decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $20.18Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (1)
Removal (2)
Creatures (9)
Synergy & payoffs (6)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Pia 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 Nalaar deck?
Pia 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 Nalaar?
The cards played most often in Pia Nalaar decks include Craterclaw Colossus, Desert Were-Worm, Getaway Barrel. 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 Nalaar deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $20.18 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 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.