Rendmaw, Creaking Nest
Reach, menace When Rendmaw enters and whenever you play a card with two or more card types, each player creates a tapped 2/2 black Bird creature token with flying. The tokens are goaded for the rest of the game. (They attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)
How Rendmaw decks play in EDH
Rendmaw, Creaking Nest is a Golgari commander in black and green costing 3BG, and its legendary artifact creature - scarecrow 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. Built-in evasion means damage gets through reliably, so effects that scale that damage are worth more than extra bodies. The cards below are the ones Rendmaw, Creaking Nest decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $15.04Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (5)
Card draw (2)
Removal (1)
Creatures (7)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Rendmaw, Creaking Nest 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 Rendmaw, Creaking Nest deck?
Rendmaw, Creaking Nest 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 Rendmaw, Creaking Nest?
The cards played most often in Rendmaw, Creaking Nest decks include Gideon the Oathless, Head of the Hunt, Jiang Yanggu, Never Alone. 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 Rendmaw, Creaking Nest deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $15.04 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 Rendmaw, Creaking Nest 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.