Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one — • Cloak a card from your hand. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) • Put a +1/+1 counter on each colorless creature you control.
How Vannifar decks play in EDH
Vannifar, Evolved Enigma is a Simic commander in blue and green costing 2GU, and its legendary creature - elf ooze wizard 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. The cards below are the ones Vannifar, Evolved Enigma decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $48.42Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (4)
Card draw (1)
Removal (1)
Creatures (6)
Synergy & payoffs (8)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Vannifar, Evolved Enigma 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 Vannifar, Evolved Enigma deck?
Vannifar, Evolved Enigma has a Simic colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Vannifar, Evolved Enigma?
The cards played most often in Vannifar, Evolved Enigma decks include Sash and Waistcoat, Unmen, Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll, Wizard's Staff. 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 Vannifar, Evolved Enigma deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $48.42 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 Vannifar, Evolved Enigma 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.