Art: Magali Villeneuve · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Tana, the Bloodsower

Legendary Creature — Elf Druid · from $4.85

Trample Whenever Tana deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

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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

61 of 100 at $5 or less · 38 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	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
17	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
18	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
19	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
20	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
21	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
22	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
23	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
24	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
25	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
26	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
27	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
28	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
29	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
30	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
31	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
32	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
33	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
34	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
35	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
36	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
37	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
38	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
39	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
40	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
41	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
42	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
43	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
44	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
45	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
46	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
47	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
48	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
49	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
50	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
51	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
52	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
53	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
54	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
55	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
56	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
57	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
58	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
59	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
60	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
61	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
62	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
63	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
64	Rootbound Crag	Land	0	$0.23
65	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
66	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
67	Big Score	Instant	4	$0.41
68	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
69	Abrade	Instant	2	$0.17
70	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
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	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
76	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
77	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58
78	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
79	Return of the Wildspeaker	Instant	5	$1.51
80	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
81	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
82	Hardened Scales	Enchantment	1	$1.85
83	Tireless Provisioner	Creature	3	$2.33
84	Spire Garden	Land	0	$6.11
85	Doubling Season	Enchantment	5	$29.62
86	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
87	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
88	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
89	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
90	Storm-Kiln Artist	Creature	4	$1.74
91	Mosswort Bridge	Land	0	$0.21
92	Impact Tremors	Enchantment	2	$2.52
93	Patchwork Banner	Artifact	3	$1.52
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	Beast Whisperer	Creature	4	$4.27
100	Wild Growth	Enchantment	1	$0.40

Curve of these staples

Most played with Tana, the Bloodsower

The 25 most-played cards in 143 settled top-16 lists running Tana, the Bloodsower (any pairing) at 16+ player events since Mar 7, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Command Tower	100% · 143 of 143	45
2	Sol Ring	100% · 143 of 143	45
3	Ancient Tomb	99% · 142 of 143	45
4	Birds of Paradise	99% · 142 of 143	45
5	Chrome Mox	99% · 142 of 143	45
6	Gemstone Caverns	99% · 142 of 143	45
7	Deflecting Swat	99% · 141 of 143	45
8	Wooded Foothills	99% · 141 of 143	45
9	Taiga	98% · 140 of 143	44
10	Boseiju, Who Endures	97% · 139 of 143	43
11	City of Brass	97% · 139 of 143	44
12	Finale of Devastation	97% · 139 of 143	44
13	Nature's Rhythm	97% · 139 of 143	42
14	Eldritch Evolution	96% · 137 of 143	43
15	Mana Confluence	96% · 137 of 143	43
16	Chord of Calling	95% · 136 of 143	42
17	Mox Diamond	95% · 136 of 143	43
18	Verdant Catacombs	95% · 136 of 143	43
19	Windswept Heath	95% · 136 of 143	42
20	Lotus Petal	94% · 134 of 143	43
21	Misty Rainforest	94% · 134 of 143	42
22	Worldly Tutor	94% · 134 of 143	42
23	Arid Mesa	90% · 128 of 143	39
24	Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	88% · 126 of 143	41
25	Stomping Ground	87% · 125 of 143	40

Combos with Tana, the Bloodsower

The 10 most popular of 18 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Aggravated Assault + Tana, the Bloodsower + Utopia Mycon
Infinite colored mana · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Aggravated Assault + Phyrexian Altar + Tana, the Bloodsower
Infinite colored mana · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Fires of Yavimaya + Tana, the Bloodsower
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Fervor + Tana, the Bloodsower
Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinite creature tokens with haste
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Anger + Breath of Fury + Tana, the Bloodsower
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Rising of the Day + Tana, the Bloodsower
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Tana, the Bloodsower + Urabrask the Hidden
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Hammer of Purphoros + Tana, the Bloodsower
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Tana, the Bloodsower + Tuktuk Rubblefort
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Breath of Fury + Concordant Crossroads + Tana, the Bloodsower
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 150 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

4th of 16 — ROK Beer Bash #10 - MIAMI MTG:CEDH TOURNAMENT on Topdeck.ggOct 4, 2026 · 1–2–1 · with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator · by Franklin
9th of 41 — Mana Burn II - European cEDH Championship Qualifier on Topdeck.ggOct 4, 2026 · 2–4–0 · with Francisco, Fowl Marauder · by Francesco Tana
1st of 18 — CEDH Monthly on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 2–0–1 · with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator · by Mr mini van
13th of 68 — CEDH Monthly Dual Land Tournament - October on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 2–3–0 · with Tymna the Weaver · by Nathan Buebe
15th of 48 — CCS $3,000 Sunday Side Event #4 on Topdeck.ggSep 27, 2026 · 1–2–1 · with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator · by Dallas Glaze [Monolith]
3rd of 20 — NJcEDH Low-Stakes @ Gilded Raven Games on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 2–2–1 · with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator · by Boone [WOOD]
7th of 46 — EXTRA EXTRA! CEDH TOURNEY! on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 2–2–1 · with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator · by Joshua Rawding [uncs]
3rd of 56 — Consult The Coast Win-A-Dual CEDH Tournamemt (Good Games Strathpine) on Topdeck.ggSep 19, 2026 · 4–2–0 · with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator · by Brenton Martin

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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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