The Unspeakable
Flying, trample Whenever The Unspeakable deals combat damage to a player, you may return target Arcane card from your graveyard to your hand.
How The Unspeakable decks play in EDH
The Unspeakable is a mono-blue commander costing 6UUU, and its legendary creature - spirit line shapes the whole deck around it. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The payoff is combat damage, so evasion and extra-combat effects matter more than raw power. The cards below are the ones The Unspeakable decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $16.23Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (2)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (4)
Synergy & payoffs (12)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal The Unspeakable decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
Start with The UnspeakableThe Unspeakable deck questions
What colours can I use in a The Unspeakable deck?
The Unspeakable has a mono-blue colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Unspeakable?
The cards played most often in The Unspeakable decks include Fblthp, Impossibly Lost, Geist of Saint Thalia, Chandra, Chill of Compliance. 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 Unspeakable deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $16.23 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 Unspeakable 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.