The Wise Mothman
Flying Whenever The Wise Mothman enters or attacks, each player gets a rad counter. Whenever one or more nonland cards are milled, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to X target creatures, where X is the number of nonland cards milled this way.
How The Wise Mothman decks play in EDH
The Wise Mothman is a Sultai commander in blue, black and green costing 1BGU, and its legendary creature - insect mutant line shapes the whole deck around it. It cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. It fills graveyards, which can be a win condition on its own or fuel for recursion. The cards below are the ones The Wise Mothman decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $40.52Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (3)
Creatures (10)
Synergy & payoffs (6)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal The Wise Mothman 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 Wise Mothman deck?
The Wise Mothman has a Sultai colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue, black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Wise Mothman?
The cards played most often in The Wise Mothman decks include The Master of Lake-town, Cruel Calculations, Turbulent Wetlands. 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 Wise Mothman deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $40.52 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 Wise Mothman 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.