Sarah Jane Smith
Whenever you cast a historic spell, investigate. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic. To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)
How Sarah Jane Smith decks play in EDH
Sarah Jane Smith is a mono-white commander costing 1W, and its legendary creature - human detective 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 Sarah Jane Smith decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $77.65Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (7)
Removal (2)
Creatures (7)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Sarah Jane Smith 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 Sarah Jane Smith deck?
Sarah Jane Smith has a mono-white colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Sarah Jane Smith?
The cards played most often in Sarah Jane Smith decks include The Queen of Dale, Gleaming Splendor, Tamiyo's Journal. 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 Sarah Jane Smith deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $77.65 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 Sarah Jane Smith 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.