✓Based on 40 PDH decklists — a statistically meaningful sample.

Color identity

Decks analyzed

40

Popularity rank

#308 of 3,256

Unique cards seen

589

Data updated

October 12, 2026

Deck Composition

Type	Lowest	Average	Highest
Lands	27	33	38
Creatures	23	33	62
Instants	15	16	30
Sorceries	9	10	24
Artifacts	6	6	23
Enchantments	2	3	6

Staples (10)

Most played cards across all decks

Nasty End

88% of decks

Deadly Dispute

83% of decks

Sam's Desperate Rescue

80% of decks

Unearth

80% of decks

Claim the Precious

75% of decks

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

75% of decks

Haunt of the Dead Marshes

73% of decks

Carrion Feeder

70% of decks

Corrupted Conviction

70% of decks

Defile

68% of decks

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Creatures (275)

23–62 cards (avg 33)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

65%

Viscera Seer

Sacrifice Outlet

126/4026

60%

Uruk-hai Berserker

324/4024

53%

Serrated Scorpion

LifegainBurn

121/4021

53%

Changeling Outcast

121/4021

53%

Crypt Rats

RemovalBurn

321/4021

53%

Troll of Khazad-dûm

Tutor

621/4021

48%

Blood Seeker

219/4019

48%

Persistent Specimen

Recursion

119/4019

43%

Dunland Crebain

317/4017

43%

Etched Familiar

Lifegain

317/4017

40%

Tormented Soul

116/4016

40%

Vermin Gorger

Sacrifice OutletLifegain

216/4016

40%

Nested Shambler

116/4016

40%

Dauthi Horror

216/4016

38%

Kjeldoran Dead

Sacrifice Outlet

115/4015

38%

Night Market Lookout

Lifegain

115/4015

35%

Basilica Screecher

Lifegain

214/4014

35%

Bone Picker

414/4014

35%

Mukotai Ambusher

LifegainBounce

414/4014

33%

Fleshbag Marauder

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

313/4013

33%

Vault Skirge

Lifegain

213/4013

33%

Azra Smokeshaper

Bounce

413/4013

30%

Dross Golem

512/4012

30%

Arrogant Outlaw

Lifegain

312/4012

30%

Dauthi Slayer

212/4012

30%

Vampire Spawn

Lifegain

312/4012

30%

Ecstatic Awakener // Awoken Demon

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

112/4012

30%

Lampad of Death's Vigil

Sacrifice OutletLifegain

212/4012

30%

Creeping Bloodsucker

LifegainBurn

212/4012

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Instants (83)

7–30 cards (avg 16)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

65%

Village Rites

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

126/4026

63%

Reckoner's Bargain

Card DrawSacrifice Outlet+1

225/4025

63%

Dark Ritual

Ramp

125/4025

55%

Supernatural Stamina

122/4022

53%

Go for the Throat

Removal

221/4021

48%

Undying Malice

119/4019

48%

Feign Death

119/4019

45%

Costly Plunder

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

218/4018

43%

Tragic Slip

Removal

117/4017

43%

Undying Evil

117/4017

38%

Final Flourish

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

215/4015

38%

Culling the Weak

Sacrifice OutletRamp

115/4015

35%

Fanatical Offering

Card DrawSacrifice Outlet

214/4014

35%

Darkness

114/4014

33%

Fake Your Own Death

Ramp

213/4013

33%

Victim of Night

Removal

213/4013

33%

Not Dead After All

113/4013

30%

Snuff Out

Removal

412/4012

30%

Echoing Decay

Removal

212/4012

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Sorceries (80)

4–24 cards (avg 10)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

65%

The Black Breath

Removal

326/4026

53%

Feed the Swarm

Removal

221/4021

33%

Lash of the Balrog

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

113/4013

33%

Sign in Blood

Card Draw

213/4013

30%

Night's Whisper

Card Draw

212/4012

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Artifacts (75)

0–23 cards (avg 6)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

53%

Inherited Envelope

Ramp

321/4021

33%

Arcane Signet

Ramp

213/4013

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Enchantments (25)

0–6 cards (avg 3)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

30%

Pestilence

RemovalBurn

412/4012

30%

Tortured Existence

Recursion

112/4012

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