Szarekh, the Silent King
Flying My Will Be Done — Whenever Szarekh attacks, mill three cards. You may put an artifact creature card or Vehicle card from among the cards milled this way into your hand.
How Szarekh decks play in EDH
Szarekh, the Silent King is a mono-black commander costing 1BBB, and its legendary artifact creature - necron line shapes the whole deck around it. It fills graveyards, which can be a win condition on its own or fuel for recursion. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones Szarekh, the Silent King decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $132Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (2)
Removal (2)
Creatures (13)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Szarekh, the Silent King 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 Szarekh, the Silent King deck?
Szarekh, the Silent King 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 Szarekh, the Silent King?
The cards played most often in Szarekh, the Silent King decks include Memnarch, the Warden, Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest, Hive Mind Coprocessor. 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 Szarekh, the Silent King deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $132 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 Szarekh, the Silent King 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.