Rankle, Master of Pranks
Flying, haste Whenever Rankle deals combat damage to a player, choose any number — • Each player discards a card. • Each player loses 1 life and draws a card. • Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
A ready-made Rankle decklist
Complete 100-card mono-black deck, free to read, with prices and buy links.
How Rankle decks play in EDH
Rankle, Master of Pranks is a mono-black commander costing 2BB, and its legendary creature - faerie rogue 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. The payoff is combat damage, so evasion and extra-combat effects matter more than raw power. The cards below are the ones Rankle, Master of Pranks decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $82.47Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (4)
Card draw (4)
Removal (1)
Creatures (6)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Rankle, Master of Pranks decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
Start with RankleRankle deck questions
What colours can I use in a Rankle, Master of Pranks deck?
Rankle, Master of Pranks has a mono-black colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Rankle, Master of Pranks?
The cards played most often in Rankle, Master of Pranks decks include Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance, My Precious // Allure of Power, Stony-Voiced Goblins. 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 Rankle, Master of Pranks deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $82.47 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 Rankle, Master of Pranks 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.