Strax, Sontaran Nurse
Vigilance, trample Grenades! — {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose a player at random. When you do, Strax fights another target creature that player controls. Glory of Battle — Whenever Strax deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Strax.
How Strax decks play in EDH
Strax, Sontaran Nurse is a Gruul commander in red and green costing 3RG, and its legendary creature - alien cleric 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 cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. The cards below are the ones Strax, Sontaran Nurse decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $42.72Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (6)
Card draw (1)
Creatures (8)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Strax, Sontaran Nurse 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 Strax, Sontaran Nurse deck?
Strax, Sontaran Nurse has a Gruul colour identity, so every card in the deck must be red and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Strax, Sontaran Nurse?
The cards played most often in Strax, Sontaran Nurse decks include Loot, the Nexus, Simulacrum Shaper, Quarrel. 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 Strax, Sontaran Nurse deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $42.72 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 Strax, Sontaran Nurse 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.