Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker
{T}, Sacrifice another creature or an artifact: For each opponent, you mill a card, then return that card from your graveyard to your hand unless that player pays 3 life. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.) Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
How Sivriss decks play in EDH
Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker is a mono-black commander costing 3B, and its legendary creature - snake cleric warlock 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. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $6.09Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (1)
Removal (3)
Creatures (11)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker 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 SivrissSivriss deck questions
What colours can I use in a Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker deck?
Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker 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 Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker?
The cards played most often in Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker decks include Pitiless Vizier, Novice Dissector, Agency Coroner. 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 Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $6.09 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 Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker 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.