The Ruinous Wrecking Crew
The Ruinous Wrecking Crew enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew enters, choose up to X — • Discard a card, then draw a card. • Target opponent loses 2 life. • Destroy target token. • Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
How The Ruinous Wrecking Crew decks play in EDH
The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is a Rakdos commander in black and red costing XBR, and its legendary creature - human villain 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 The Ruinous Wrecking Crew decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $17.03Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (3)
Card draw (5)
Removal (1)
Creatures (7)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
Lands (1)
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What colours can I use in a The Ruinous Wrecking Crew deck?
The Ruinous Wrecking Crew 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 Ruinous Wrecking Crew?
The cards played most often in The Ruinous Wrecking Crew decks include Winter, Tormented Loner, Rank Rat, Dragon-Cursed Halls. 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 Ruinous Wrecking Crew deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $17.03 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 Ruinous Wrecking Crew 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.