The Face of Boe
{T}: You may cast a spell with suspend from your hand. If you do, pay its suspend cost rather than its mana cost. Activate only as a sorcery.
How The Face of Boe decks play in EDH
The Face of Boe is a Jeskai commander in white, blue and red costing 1URW, and its legendary creature - alien advisor line shapes the whole deck around it. Its ability is narrow enough that the deck is usually built to protect it and repeat the effect, rather than to go wide. The cards below are the ones The Face of Boe decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $43.10Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (2)
Creatures (12)
Synergy & payoffs (4)
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What colours can I use in a The Face of Boe deck?
The Face of Boe has a Jeskai colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, blue and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Face of Boe?
The cards played most often in The Face of Boe decks include Gleaming Splendor, Bilbo's Gambit, Elrond, Moon-Reader. 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 The Face of Boe deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $43.10 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 The Face of Boe 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.