Vela the Night-Clad
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Other creatures you control have intimidate. Whenever Vela or another creature you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
How Vela the Night-Clad decks play in EDH
Vela the Night-Clad is a Dimir commander in blue and black costing 4UB, and its legendary creature - human wizard line shapes the whole deck around it. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. 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 Vela the Night-Clad decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $57.15Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (4)
Card draw (2)
Removal (3)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (5)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
Lands (2)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Vela the Night-Clad 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 Vela the Night-Clad deck?
Vela the Night-Clad 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 Vela the Night-Clad?
The cards played most often in Vela the Night-Clad decks include Emrakul, the Exigent Doom, Omnath, Locus of the Void, Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll. 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 Vela the Night-Clad deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $57.15 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 Vela the Night-Clad 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.