Art: Daniel Zrom · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Auntie Ool, Cursewretch

BRG

Legendary Creature — Goblin Warlock · from $0.33

Ward—Blight 2. (To blight 2, a player puts two -1/-1 counters on a creature they control.) Whenever one or more -1/-1 counters are put on a creature, draw a card if you control that creature. If you don't control it, its controller loses 1 life.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

60 of 100 at $5 or less · 44 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
10	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
11	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
12	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
13	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
14	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
15	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
16	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
17	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
18	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
19	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
20	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
21	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
22	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
23	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
24	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
25	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
26	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
27	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
28	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
29	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
30	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
31	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
32	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
33	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
34	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
35	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
36	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
37	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
38	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
39	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
40	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
41	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
42	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
43	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
44	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
45	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
46	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
47	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
48	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
49	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
50	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
51	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
52	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
53	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
54	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
55	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
56	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
57	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
58	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
59	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
60	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
61	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
62	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
63	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
64	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
65	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
66	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
67	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
68	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
69	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
70	Woodland Cemetery	Land	0	$0.62
71	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
72	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
73	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
74	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
75	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
76	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
77	Assassin's Trophy	Instant	2	$1.01
78	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
79	Talisman of Indulgence	Artifact	2	$0.47
80	Rootbound Crag	Land	0	$0.23
81	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
82	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
83	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
84	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
85	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
86	Big Score	Instant	4	$0.41
87	Llanowar Wastes	Land	0	$0.59
88	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
89	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
90	Sulfurous Springs	Land	0	$0.49
91	Abrade	Instant	2	$0.17
92	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
93	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
94	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
95	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
96	Lightning Bolt	Instant	1	$0.75
97	Luxury Suite	Land	0	$8.62
98	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
99	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
100	Rakdos Signet	Artifact	2	$0.31

Curve of these staples

Most played with Auntie Ool, Cursewretch

The 25 most-played cards in 40 settled top-16 lists running Auntie Ool, Cursewretch at 16+ player events since Mar 6, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Arcane Signet	100% · 40 of 40	7
2	Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons	100% · 40 of 40	7
3	Ignoble Hierarch	100% · 40 of 40	7
4	Sol Ring	100% · 40 of 40	7
5	Channeler Initiate	98% · 39 of 40	7
6	Command Tower	98% · 39 of 40	7
7	Devoted Druid	98% · 39 of 40	7
8	Persist	95% · 38 of 40	7
9	Wickerbough Elder	85% · 34 of 40	5
10	Blowfly Infestation	80% · 32 of 40	5
11	Dragonskull Summit	80% · 32 of 40	4
12	Forest	80% · 32 of 40	4
13	Mountain	80% · 32 of 40	4
14	Swamp	80% · 32 of 40	4
15	Woodland Cemetery	80% · 32 of 40	4
16	Assassin's Trophy	78% · 31 of 40	4
17	Black Sun's Zenith	78% · 31 of 40	4
18	Cinder Glade	78% · 31 of 40	3
19	Exotic Orchard	78% · 31 of 40	4
20	Ifnir Deadlands	78% · 31 of 40	4
21	Nesting Grounds	78% · 31 of 40	3
22	Path of Ancestry	78% · 31 of 40	4
23	Rootbound Crag	78% · 31 of 40	4
24	Savage Lands	78% · 31 of 40	4
25	Soul Snuffers	78% · 31 of 40	4

Combos with Auntie Ool, Cursewretch

One combo using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Auntie Ool, Cursewretch + Everlasting Torment + Morselhoarder + Words of War
Infinite colored mana
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 44 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

10th of 21 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggOct 5, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Gerard Cabañas
3rd of 33 — Cedh Mox Diamond tournament on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 2–1–2 · by Miguel Cruz
9th of 21 — Free Mulligans - Casual EDH League (Season 3, Tappa 1) on Topdeck.ggOct 1, 2026 · 0–1–1 · by Gabro Pastore
10th of 22 — Unaltered Precon Tournament on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by MT
8th of 20 — Free Mulligans - Casual EDH League (Season 3, Tappa 0) on Topdeck.ggSep 17, 2026 · 0–0–2 · by Gabro Pastore
14th of 54 — Commander Party: Comandante Secreto - INFREFEST (Domingo) on Topdeck.ggSep 6, 2026 · 0–1–0 · by Alex
7th of 75 — GAEA’S CRADLE | TUNDRA | SIGNED SUN TITAN | August CEDH Tournament at Nerdz with Money on Topdeck.ggAug 22, 2026 · 2–2–2 · by Miguel Cruz
7th of 24 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggAug 17, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Laia

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Precons led by Auntie Ool, Cursewretch

Official preconstructed decks with Auntie Ool, Cursewretch at the helm.

Blight Curse
PreconCommander· Released Jan 2026

Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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