Tivash, Gloom Summoner
Lifelink At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may pay X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. If you do, create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying.
How Tivash decks play in EDH
Tivash, Gloom Summoner is a mono-black commander costing 4B, and its legendary creature - human warlock 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. Life gain is a resource here rather than a safety net, so cards that convert life totals into damage or draw belong in the list. The cards below are the ones Tivash, Gloom Summoner decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $18.56Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (5)
Creatures (4)
Synergy & payoffs (11)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Tivash, Gloom Summoner 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 Tivash, Gloom Summoner deck?
Tivash, Gloom Summoner 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 Tivash, Gloom Summoner?
The cards played most often in Tivash, Gloom Summoner decks include Rise of the Deathbringer, Supper for Spiders, Gollum, Riddle Master. 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 Tivash, Gloom Summoner deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $18.56 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 Tivash, Gloom Summoner 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.