The Sackville-Bagginses

Bmono-black{1}{B}$1.10
Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen
The Sackville-Bagginses card art

When The Sackville-Bagginses enter, you may sacrifice another creature or artifact. If you do, draw a card and create a Treasure token. Whenever you sacrifice a token, target opponent loses 1 life.

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How The Sackville-Bagginses decks play in EDH

The Sackville-Bagginses is a mono-black commander costing 1B, and its legendary creature - halfling citizen line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones The Sackville-Bagginses decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.

Most-played cards

20 cards · about $57.59

Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.

Ramp (8)

Coin of Mastery
Coin of Mastery
$2.38
Undercity Scrounger
Undercity Scrounger
$0.28
Oath of the Grey Host
Oath of the Grey Host
$0.21
Dire Fleet Hoarder
Dire Fleet Hoarder
$0.15
Deadly Dispute
Deadly Dispute
$0.32
Pitiless Plunderer
Pitiless Plunderer
$3.76
Warren Soultrader
Warren Soultrader
$17.14
Greedy Freebooter
Greedy Freebooter
$0.92

Card draw (1)

Ruthless Knave
Ruthless Knave
$0.14

Removal (4)

Stir Up Trouble
Stir Up Trouble
$0.18
Bilbo's Deadly Slice
Bilbo's Deadly Slice
$0.16
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
$0.34
Contract Killing
Contract Killing
$0.18

Creatures (5)

Gollum the Abandoned
Gollum the Abandoned
$0.14
Head of the Hunt
Head of the Hunt
$0.33
Mintstrosity
Mintstrosity
$0.20
Academy Manufactor
Academy Manufactor
$8.16
Mirkwood Bats
Mirkwood Bats
$0.90

Synergy & payoffs (2)

Supper for Spiders
Supper for Spiders
$0.28
Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
$21.42

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The Sackville-Bagginses deck questions

What colours can I use in a The Sackville-Bagginses deck?

The Sackville-Bagginses 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 The Sackville-Bagginses?

The cards played most often in The Sackville-Bagginses decks include Stir Up Trouble, Supper for Spiders, Gollum the Abandoned. 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 Sackville-Bagginses deck cost?

The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $57.59 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 Sackville-Bagginses 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.

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