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Bhaal, Lord of Murder

BRG

Legendary Creature — God · from $0.26

As long as your life total is less than or equal to half your starting life total, Bhaal has indestructible. Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and goad it.

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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

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Combos with Bhaal, Lord of Murder

The 10 most popular of 36 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Viscera Seer + Persist Creature
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite creature LTB
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Goblin Bombardment + Persist Creature
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite damage
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Ashnod's Altar + Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Persist Creature
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Carrion Feeder + Persist Creature
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Phyrexian Altar + Persist Creature
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Woe Strider + Persist Creature
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Yahenni, Undying Partisan + Persist Creature
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Umbral Collar Zealot + Persist Creature
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite surveil
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Altar of Dementia + Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Persist Creature
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mill · Infinite self-mill
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Bhaal, Lord of Murder + Bloodflow Connoisseur + Persist Creature
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

11th of 24 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggMar 30, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Milo Maraval

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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. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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