Sophia, Dogged Detective
When Sophia enters, create Tiny, a legendary 2/2 green Dog Detective creature token with trample. {1}, Sacrifice an artifact token: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Dog you control. Whenever a Dog you control deals combat damage to a player, create a Food token, then investigate.
How Sophia decks play in EDH
Sophia, Dogged Detective is a Bant commander in white, blue and green costing 1GWU, 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 Sophia, Dogged Detective decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $22.75Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
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Creatures (19)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Sophia, Dogged Detective 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 Sophia, Dogged Detective deck?
Sophia, Dogged Detective has a Bant colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, blue and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Sophia, Dogged Detective?
The cards played most often in Sophia, Dogged Detective decks include Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion, Yoshimaru, Scrappy Stray, Long-Bodied Grey Dog. 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 Sophia, Dogged Detective deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $22.75 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 Sophia, Dogged Detective 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.