Art: Zack Stella · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
The Reaper, King No More
BRGLegendary Artifact Creature — Scarecrow · from $0.40
When The Reaper enters, put a -1/-1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, you may put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Do this only once each 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
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
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Combos with The Reaper, King No More
The 10 most popular of 16 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Phyrexian Altar + The Reaper, King No More
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Infinite recursion of non-Human creatures you control
Goblin Bombardment + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + The Reaper, King No More
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Infinite recursion of non-Human creatures you control
Ashnod's Altar + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + The Reaper, King No More
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Infinite recursion of non-Human creatures you control
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + The Reaper, King No More + Viscera Seer
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Infinite recursion of non-Human creatures you control
Carrion Feeder + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + The Reaper, King No More
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Infinite recursion of non-Human creatures you control
Altar of Dementia + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + The Reaper, King No More
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mill · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Infinite recursion of non-Human creatures you control
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + The Reaper, King No More + Umbral Collar Zealot
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite surveil · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Infinite recursion of non-Human creatures you control
Blasting Station + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + The Reaper, King No More
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Infinite recursion of non-Human creatures you control
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + The Reaper, King No More + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Infinite recursion of non-Human creatures you control
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + The Reaper, King No More + Woe Strider
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Infinite recursion of non-Human creatures you control
Top finishes
2 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 14th of 28 — Colossal CEDH King Open on Topdeck.ggMar 21, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Kristopher C
- 13th of 23 — Magic Barcelona - Commander Budget on Topdeck.ggMar 16, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Stefano
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.