Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
Vigilance, menace Descend 8 — {4}{U}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard and only as a sorcery. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
How Uchbenbak decks play in EDH
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake is a Dimir commander in blue and black costing 3UB, and its legendary creature - skeleton horror line shapes the whole deck around it. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. 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 Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $7.50Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (1)
Creatures (17)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake 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 UchbenbakUchbenbak deck questions
What colours can I use in a Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake deck?
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake has a Dimir colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake?
The cards played most often in Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake decks include Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death, Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance, Skeletal Vampire. 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 Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $7.50 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 Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake 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.