Ruxa, Patient Professor
Whenever Ruxa enters or attacks, return target creature card with no abilities from your graveyard to your hand. Creatures you control with no abilities get +1/+1. For each creature you control with no abilities, you may have that creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.
How Ruxa decks play in EDH
Ruxa, Patient Professor is a mono-green commander costing 2GG, and its legendary creature - bear druid line shapes the whole deck around it. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The card rewards attacking, so the deck is built to keep creatures pointed at opponents rather than sitting back. The cards below are the ones Ruxa, Patient Professor decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $30.62Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Creatures (15)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Ruxa, Patient Professor 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 Ruxa, Patient Professor deck?
Ruxa, Patient Professor has a mono-green colour identity, so every card in the deck must be green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Ruxa, Patient Professor?
The cards played most often in Ruxa, Patient Professor decks include Ordinary Bear, Dancing from Dark to Dawn, Roiling Canopy. 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 Ruxa, Patient Professor deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $30.62 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 Ruxa, Patient Professor 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.