Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Flying Sacrifice another creature: Create a Blood token. If you sacrificed an Angel this way, create a number of Blood tokens equal to its toughness instead. {W/B}{W/B}{W/B}, Sacrifice six Blood tokens: Return each creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Those creatures are Vampires in addition to their other types.
How Shilgengar decks play in EDH
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine is a Orzhov commander in white and black costing 3BB, and its legendary creature - elder demon 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 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $86.20Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (3)
Removal (3)
Creatures (13)
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What colours can I use in a Shilgengar, Sire of Famine deck?
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine has a Orzhov colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white and black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Shilgengar, Sire of Famine?
The cards played most often in Shilgengar, Sire of Famine decks include Avacyn, Angel of Horror, Ob Nixilis, the Ascended, Lyra, Archangel of Dawn. 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 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $86.20 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 Shilgengar, Sire of Famine 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.