Tombstone, Career Criminal
When Tombstone enters, return target Villain card from your graveyard to your hand. Villain spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
How Tombstone decks play in EDH
Tombstone, Career Criminal is a mono-black commander costing 2B, and its legendary creature - human villain 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 cards below are the ones Tombstone, Career Criminal decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $24.20Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (5)
Removal (2)
Creatures (12)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Tombstone, Career Criminal 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 Tombstone, Career Criminal deck?
Tombstone, Career Criminal 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 Tombstone, Career Criminal?
The cards played most often in Tombstone, Career Criminal decks include Bilbo's Deadly Slice, Spider-Slayer, Hatred Honed, Living Brain, Mechanical Marvel. 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 Tombstone, Career Criminal deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $24.20 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 Tombstone, Career Criminal 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.