Art: Antonio José Manzanedo · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
URLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Nightmare · from $0.22
Flying
Ward—{3}, Pay 3 life.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create X 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens, where X is the mana value of that spell. They gain haste until end of turn.
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
56 of 100 at $5 or less · 32 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 | Counterspell | Instant | 2 | $1.33 |
| 10 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 11 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 12 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 13 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 14 | Blasphemous Act | Sorcery | 9 | $0.72 |
| 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 | An Offer You Can't Refuse | Instant | 1 | $3.01 |
| 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 | Rhystic Study | Enchantment | 3 | $61.06 |
| 29 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 30 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 31 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 32 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 33 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 34 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 35 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 36 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 37 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 38 | Steam Vents | Land | 0 | $9.63 |
| 39 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 40 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 41 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 42 | Deflecting Swat | Instant | 3 | $70.85 |
| 43 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 44 | Sulfur Falls | Land | 0 | $0.20 |
| 45 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 46 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 47 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 48 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 49 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 50 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 51 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 52 | Faithless Looting | Sorcery | 1 | $0.36 |
| 53 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 54 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 55 | Vandalblast | Sorcery | 1 | $1.74 |
| 56 | Jeska's Will | Sorcery | 3 | $39.58 |
| 57 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 58 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 59 | Shivan Reef | Land | 0 | $0.22 |
| 60 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 61 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 62 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 63 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 64 | Talisman of Creativity | Artifact | 2 | $0.45 |
| 65 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 66 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 67 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 68 | Big Score | Instant | 4 | $0.41 |
| 69 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 70 | Abrade | Instant | 2 | $0.17 |
| 71 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 72 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 73 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 74 | Training Center | Land | 0 | $17.67 |
| 75 | Pongify | Instant | 1 | $2.21 |
| 76 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 77 | Lightning Bolt | Instant | 1 | $0.75 |
| 78 | Windfall | Sorcery | 3 | $4.78 |
| 79 | Mystical Tutor | Instant | 1 | $14.99 |
| 80 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 81 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 82 | Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs | Instant | 3 | $9.68 |
| 83 | Izzet Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.24 |
| 84 | Mystic Sanctuary | Land | 0 | $1.01 |
| 85 | Three Tree City | Land | 0 | $29.09 |
| 86 | Gemstone Caverns | Land | 0 | $62.05 |
| 87 | Command Beacon | Land | 0 | $7.99 |
| 88 | Stormcarved Coast | Land | 0 | $2.08 |
| 89 | Idol of Oblivion | Artifact | 2 | $2.40 |
| 90 | Prismatic Vista | Land | 0 | $28.10 |
| 91 | Buried Ruin | Land | 0 | $0.38 |
| 92 | Thran Dynamo | Artifact | 4 | $1.94 |
| 93 | Storm-Kiln Artist | Creature | 4 | $1.74 |
| 94 | Force of Will | Instant | 5 | $26.56 |
| 95 | Impact Tremors | Enchantment | 2 | $2.52 |
| 96 | Patchwork Banner | Artifact | 3 | $1.52 |
| 97 | Mox Amber | Artifact | 0 | $86.45 |
| 98 | Karn's Bastion | Land | 0 | $2.51 |
| 99 | Professional Face-Breaker | Creature | 3 | $4.99 |
| 100 | Rapid Hybridization | Instant | 1 | $0.81 |
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Combos with Ovika, Enigma Goliath
The 10 most popular of 17 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Reiterate + Skirk Prospector + Veyran, Voice of Duality
Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinitely large creature until end of turn · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Petals of Insight + Sorcerer Class
Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite tapped creature tokens
Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Phyrexian Altar + Reiterate + Veyran, Voice of Duality
Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinitely large creature until end of turn · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Petals of Insight + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite death triggers
Fanning the Flames + Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Skirk Prospector + Veyran, Voice of Duality
Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinitely large creature until end of turn · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite creature tokens with haste
Fanning the Flames + Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Phyrexian Altar + Veyran, Voice of Duality
Infinite colored mana · Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinitely large creature until end of turn · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite creature tokens with haste
Ashnod's Altar + Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty + Haze of Rage + Ovika, Enigma Goliath
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite creature tokens with haste
Ashnod's Altar + Mystic Speculation + Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Storm-Kiln Artist
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry · Infinite storm count
Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm + Intruder Alarm + Ovika, Enigma Goliath
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite untap of all creatures · Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Reiterate + Thermopod + Veyran, Voice of Duality
Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinitely large creature until end of turn · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 14th of 18 — Shuffle N Roll's cEDH Off Meta Tournament on Topdeck.ggMar 21, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by Zach “Goose” Sprague
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.