Art: Seb McKinnon · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Bladewing the Risen

Legendary Creature — Zombie Dragon · from $2.29

Flying When Bladewing enters, you may return target Dragon permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield. {B}{R}: Dragon creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

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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

57 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 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	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
13	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
14	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
15	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
16	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
17	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
18	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
19	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
20	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
21	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
22	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
23	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
24	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
25	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
26	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
27	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
28	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
29	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
30	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
31	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
32	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
33	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
34	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
35	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
36	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
37	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
38	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
39	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
40	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
41	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
42	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
43	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
44	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
45	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
46	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
47	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
48	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
49	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
50	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
51	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
52	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
53	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
54	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
55	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
56	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
57	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
58	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
59	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
60	Talisman of Indulgence	Artifact	2	$0.47
61	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
62	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
63	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
64	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
65	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
66	Big Score	Instant	4	$0.41
67	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
68	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
69	Sulfurous Springs	Land	0	$0.49
70	Abrade	Instant	2	$0.17
71	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
72	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
73	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
74	Lightning Bolt	Instant	1	$0.75
75	Luxury Suite	Land	0	$8.62
76	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
77	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
78	Rakdos Signet	Artifact	2	$0.31
79	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
80	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
81	Night's Whisper	Sorcery	2	$0.23
82	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
83	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
84	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
85	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
86	Phyrexian Tower	Land	0	$29.06
87	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
88	Storm-Kiln Artist	Creature	4	$1.74
89	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire	Instant	4	$5.80
90	Cabal Coffers	Land	0	$20.77
91	Impact Tremors	Enchantment	2	$2.52
92	Patchwork Banner	Artifact	3	$1.52
93	Village Rites	Instant	1	$0.30
94	Mox Amber	Artifact	0	$86.45
95	Karn's Bastion	Land	0	$2.51
96	Professional Face-Breaker	Creature	3	$4.99
97	Ash Barrens	Land	0	$0.15
98	Thrill of Possibility	Instant	2	$0.17
99	Secluded Courtyard	Land	0	$0.31
100	Ornithopter of Paradise	Creature	2	$0.35

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Most played with Bladewing the Risen

The 25 most-played cards in 6 settled top-16 lists running Bladewing the Risen at 16+ player events since Mar 14, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Abrade	100% · 6 of 6	3
2	Ancient Tomb	100% · 6 of 6	3
3	Animate Dead	100% · 6 of 6	3
4	Arcane Signet	100% · 6 of 6	3
5	Arid Mesa	100% · 6 of 6	3
6	Badlands	100% · 6 of 6	3
7	Beseech the Mirror	100% · 6 of 6	3
8	Blazemire Verge	100% · 6 of 6	3
9	Blood Crypt	100% · 6 of 6	3
10	Bloodstained Mire	100% · 6 of 6	3
11	Burnt Offering	100% · 6 of 6	3
12	Cabal Ritual	100% · 6 of 6	3
13	Chrome Mox	100% · 6 of 6	3
14	City of Brass	100% · 6 of 6	3
15	City of Traitors	100% · 6 of 6	3
16	Command Tower	100% · 6 of 6	3
17	Corpse Dance	100% · 6 of 6	3
18	Crystal Vein	100% · 6 of 6	3
19	Culling the Weak	100% · 6 of 6	3
20	Cynical Loner	100% · 6 of 6	3
21	Dark Ritual	100% · 6 of 6	3
22	Defense Grid	100% · 6 of 6	3
23	Demonic Tutor	100% · 6 of 6	3
24	Dragonstorm	100% · 6 of 6	3
25	Dualcaster Mage	100% · 6 of 6	3

Combos with Bladewing the Risen

The 10 most popular of 31 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Bladewing the Risen + Molten Echoes
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Return some creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield
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Bladewing the Risen + Saw in Half
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB
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Bladewing the Risen + Cursed Mirror
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB
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Bladewing the Risen + Twinflame
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB
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Bladewing the Risen + Changeling Berserker + Terror of the Peaks
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite damage
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Bladewing the Risen + Flameshadow Conjuring + Reckless Barbarian
Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite red mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Bladewing the Risen + Heat Shimmer
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB
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Activated Sleeper + Bladewing the Risen
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB
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Bladewing the Risen + Goblin Bombardment + Hellkite Courser
Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Altar of Dementia + Bladewing the Risen + Hellkite Courser
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mill · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill
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Top finishes

6 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

15th of 61 — Atlantic City TCG Show cEDH $1.5K on Topdeck.ggApr 25, 2026 · 1–2–3 · by David Walker
3rd of 16 — Lotus Cedh Low stakes Weekly **Our First Event** on Topdeck.ggMar 24, 2026 · 2–2–0 · by lexya nazarro
4th of 16 — Lotus Cedh Low stakes Weekly **Our First Event** on Topdeck.ggMar 24, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by David Walker
3rd of 20 — Firehouse Follies 2 redemption by Neo Games and Commander & Coffee on Topdeck.ggMar 14, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by lexya nazarro
8th of 28 — Firehouse Follies 2 by Neo Games and Commander & Coffee on Topdeck.ggMar 14, 2026 · 2–2–0 · by lexya nazarro
16th of 28 — Firehouse Follies 2 by Neo Games and Commander & Coffee on Topdeck.ggMar 14, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by David Walker

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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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