The Infamous Cruelclaw
Menace Whenever The Infamous Cruelclaw deals combat damage to a player, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by discarding a card rather than paying its mana cost.
How The Infamous Cruelclaw decks play in EDH
The Infamous Cruelclaw is a Rakdos commander in black and red costing 1BR, and its legendary creature - weasel mercenary line shapes the whole deck around it. The payoff is combat damage, so evasion and extra-combat effects matter more than raw power. Built-in evasion means damage gets through reliably, so effects that scale that damage are worth more than extra bodies. The cards below are the ones The Infamous Cruelclaw 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.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (2)
Removal (1)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (2)
Synergy & payoffs (6)
Lands (7)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal The Infamous Cruelclaw 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 The Infamous Cruelclaw deck?
The Infamous Cruelclaw has a Rakdos colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and red or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Infamous Cruelclaw?
The cards played most often in The Infamous Cruelclaw decks include Smaug, Wicked Worm, Avacyn, Angel of Horror, My Precious // Allure of Power. 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 Infamous Cruelclaw 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 The Infamous Cruelclaw 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.