✓Based on 36 PDH decklists — a statistically meaningful sample.

Color identity

Decks analyzed

36

Popularity rank

#338 of 3,256

Unique cards seen

538

Data updated

October 19, 2026

Deck Composition

Type	Lowest	Average	Highest
Lands	28	33	39
Creatures	12	19	33
Instants	9	16	28
Sorceries	6	11	21
Artifacts	15	16	33
Enchantments	3	4	10

Staples (10)

Most played cards across all decks

Sign in Blood

94% of decks

Night's Whisper

89% of decks

Defile

86% of decks

Executioner's Capsule

83% of decks

Deadly Dispute

83% of decks

Crypt Rats

81% of decks

Go for the Throat

81% of decks

Arcane Signet

81% of decks

Pestilence

75% of decks

Reckoner's Bargain

72% of decks

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Creatures (205)

12–33 cards (avg 19)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

67%

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Lifegain

524/3624

56%

Thorn of the Black Rose

Card Draw

420/3620

53%

Blood Seeker

219/3619

53%

Basilica Screecher

Lifegain

219/3619

53%

Fleshbag Marauder

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

319/3619

53%

Troll of Khazad-dûm

Tutor

619/3619

47%

Dimir House Guard

Sacrifice OutletTutor

417/3617

44%

Staunch Throneguard

Card Draw

516/3616

42%

Demon's Disciple

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

315/3615

39%

Vicious Battlerager

Tutor

414/3614

39%

Accursed Marauder

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

214/3614

39%

Underdark Explorer

Tutor

514/3614

36%

Chain Devil

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

413/3613

33%

Marauding Blight-Priest

312/3612

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Instants (83)

9–28 cards (avg 16)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

67%

Snuff Out

Removal

424/3624

67%

Victim of Night

Removal

224/3624

64%

Fanatical Offering

Card DrawSacrifice Outlet

223/3623

61%

Grasp of Darkness

Removal

222/3622

61%

Vendetta

Removal

122/3622

61%

Costly Plunder

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

222/3622

56%

Tragic Slip

Removal

120/3620

47%

Rowan's Grim Search

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

317/3617

47%

Spinning Darkness

LifegainRemoval+1

617/3617

42%

Ghastly Demise

Removal

115/3615

42%

Doom Blade

Removal

215/3615

42%

Echoing Decay

Removal

215/3615

39%

Cast Down

Removal

214/3614

36%

Final Flourish

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

213/3613

36%

Candy Grapple

Sacrifice OutletRemoval

213/3613

36%

Eviscerator's Insight

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

213/3613

33%

Darkness

112/3612

31%

Village Rites

Sacrifice OutletCard Draw

111/3611

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Sorceries (86)

6–21 cards (avg 11)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

69%

Syphon Mind

Card Draw

425/3625

53%

Evincar's Justice

BurnRemoval

419/3619

53%

Feed the Swarm

Removal

219/3619

50%

Arms of Hadar

Removal

418/3618

50%

Extract a Confession

Removal

218/3618

50%

Pointed Discussion

Card Draw

318/3618

47%

Read the Bones

Card Draw

317/3617

39%

Drown in Sorrow

Removal

314/3614

31%

Bubbling Muck

Ramp

111/3611

31%

Unearth

Card DrawRecursion

111/3611

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Artifacts (100)

4–33 cards (avg 16)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

69%

Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher

LifegainRemoval

225/3625

64%

Blood Fountain

RecursionCard Draw

123/3623

61%

Vault of Whispers

022/3622

58%

Bonder's Ornament

Card DrawRamp

321/3621

58%

Mind Stone

RampCard Draw

221/3621

58%

Springleaf Drum

Ramp

121/3621

56%

Infernal Idol

Card DrawRamp

320/3620

56%

Fellwar Stone

Ramp

220/3620

53%

Mephitic Draught

Card Draw

219/3619

53%

Ichor Wellspring

Card Draw

219/3619

44%

Nihil Spellbomb

Graveyard HateCard Draw

116/3616

42%

Everflowing Chalice

Ramp

015/3615

33%

Network Terminal

Card DrawRamp

312/3612

33%

Guardian Idol

Ramp

212/3612

33%

Charcoal Diamond

Ramp

212/3612

31%

Fountain of Ichor

Ramp

311/3611

31%

Flywheel Racer

Ramp

211/3611

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Enchantments (31)

1–10 cards (avg 4)

RateNameTagsCostCMCDecksQty

53%

Trespasser's Curse

Lifegain

219/3619

53%

Oubliette

Removal

319/3619

31%

Seal of Doom

Removal

311/3611

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