The Wandering Minstrel
Lands you control enter untapped. The Minstrel's Ballad — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control five or more Towns, create a 2/2 Elemental creature token that's all colors. {3}{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Other creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Towns you control.
How The Wandering Minstrel decks play in EDH
The Wandering Minstrel is a five-colour commander in white, blue, black, red and green costing GU, and its legendary creature - human bard 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. The cards below are the ones The Wandering Minstrel decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $147Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (4)
Creatures (10)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal The Wandering Minstrel 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 Wandering MinstrelThe Wandering Minstrel deck questions
What colours can I use in a The Wandering Minstrel deck?
The Wandering Minstrel has a five-colour colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, blue, black, red and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Wandering Minstrel?
The cards played most often in The Wandering Minstrel decks include Through the Forest Gate, Hexhaven Invigorator, Nissa, Leyline Tamer. 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 Wandering Minstrel deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $147 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 Wandering Minstrel 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.