✓Based on 38 PDH decklists — a statistically meaningful sample.

Color identity

Decks analyzed

38

Popularity rank

#265 of 2,736

Unique cards seen

580

Data updated

August 27, 2026

Deck Composition

Type	Lowest	Average	Highest
Lands	27	33	38
Creatures	23	33	42
Instants	15	16	24
Sorceries	9	9	18
Artifacts	6	6	23
Enchantments	2	2	6

Staples (10)

Most played cards across all decks

Nasty End

89% of decks

Deadly Dispute

84% of decks

Unearth

82% of decks

Sam's Desperate Rescue

82% of decks

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

76% of decks

Haunt of the Dead Marshes

76% of decks

Claim the Precious

76% of decks

Corrupted Conviction

74% of decks

Carrion Feeder

71% of decks

Defile

71% of decks

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Creatures (273)

23–42 cards (avg 33)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

66%

Viscera Seer

Sacrifice Outlet

125/3825

61%

Uruk-hai Berserker

323/3823

55%

Serrated Scorpion

BurnLifegain

121/3821

55%

Troll of Khazad-dûm

Tutor

621/3821

55%

Changeling Outcast

121/3821

55%

Crypt Rats

BurnRemoval

321/3821

50%

Persistent Specimen

Recursion

119/3819

50%

Blood Seeker

219/3819

45%

Etched Familiar

Lifegain

317/3817

45%

Dunland Crebain

317/3817

42%

Nested Shambler

116/3816

42%

Dauthi Horror

216/3816

42%

Tormented Soul

116/3816

42%

Vermin Gorger

Sacrifice OutletLifegain

216/3816

39%

Kjeldoran Dead

Sacrifice Outlet

115/3815

39%

Night Market Lookout

Lifegain

115/3815

37%

Bone Picker

414/3814

34%

Fleshbag Marauder

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

313/3813

34%

Mukotai Ambusher

BounceLifegain

413/3813

34%

Vault Skirge

Lifegain

213/3813

34%

Basilica Screecher

Lifegain

213/3813

32%

Vampire Spawn

Lifegain

312/3812

32%

Ecstatic Awakener // Awoken Demon

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

112/3812

32%

Arrogant Outlaw

Lifegain

312/3812

32%

Dauthi Slayer

212/3812

32%

Azra Smokeshaper

Bounce

412/3812

32%

Dross Golem

512/3812

32%

Lampad of Death's Vigil

Sacrifice OutletLifegain

212/3812

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Instants (81)

7–24 cards (avg 16)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

68%

Village Rites

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

126/3826

66%

Reckoner's Bargain

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw+1

225/3825

63%

Dark Ritual

Ramp

124/3824

58%

Supernatural Stamina

122/3822

55%

Go for the Throat

Removal

221/3821

50%

Feign Death

119/3819

50%

Undying Malice

119/3819

45%

Undying Evil

117/3817

45%

Costly Plunder

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

217/3817

45%

Tragic Slip

Removal

117/3817

39%

Culling the Weak

Sacrifice OutletRamp

115/3815

37%

Darkness

114/3814

37%

Final Flourish

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

214/3814

37%

Fanatical Offering

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

214/3814

34%

Victim of Night

Removal

213/3813

34%

Fake Your Own Death

Ramp

213/3813

34%

Not Dead After All

113/3813

32%

Snuff Out

Removal

412/3812

32%

Echoing Decay

Removal

212/3812

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Sorceries (77)

4–18 cards (avg 9)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

66%

The Black Breath

Removal

325/3825

53%

Feed the Swarm

Removal

220/3820

34%

Lash of the Balrog

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

113/3813

32%

Sign in Blood

Card Draw

212/3812

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Artifacts (73)

0–23 cards (avg 6)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

55%

Inherited Envelope

Ramp

321/3821

34%

Arcane Signet

Ramp

213/3813

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Enchantments (25)

0–6 cards (avg 2)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

32%

Pestilence

BurnRemoval

412/3812

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