The Warring Triad
Flying, trample, haste As long as there are fewer than eight cards in your graveyard, The Warring Triad isn't a creature. {T}, Mill a card: Target player adds one mana of any color. (Activate only as an instant.)
How The Warring Triad decks play in EDH
The Warring Triad is a colourless commander costing 3, and its legendary artifact creature - god line shapes the whole deck around it. It fills graveyards, which can be a win condition on its own or fuel for recursion. 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 Warring Triad decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $43.27Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Card draw (2)
Removal (1)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (4)
Synergy & payoffs (10)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal The Warring Triad 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 Warring Triad deck?
The Warring Triad is colourless, so the deck can only play colourless cards and basic-land-produced mana. It is one of the tightest deckbuilding restrictions in Commander.
What are the best cards for The Warring Triad?
The cards played most often in The Warring Triad decks include Omnath, Locus of the Void, Troop of Ponies, Long-Bodied Grey Dog. 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 Warring Triad deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $43.27 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 Warring Triad 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.