Art: Chris Rahn · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Tiamat

WUBRG

Legendary Creature — Dragon God · from $20.97

Flying When Tiamat enters, if you cast it, search your library for up to five Dragon cards not named Tiamat that each have different names, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

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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 · 45 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	Swords to Plowshares	Instant	1	$0.98
7	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
8	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
9	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
10	Path to Exile	Instant	1	$0.71
11	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
12	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
13	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
14	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
15	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
16	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
17	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
18	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
19	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
20	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
21	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
22	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
23	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
24	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
25	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
26	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
27	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
28	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
29	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
30	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
31	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
32	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
33	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
34	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
35	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
36	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
37	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
38	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
39	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
40	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
41	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
42	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
43	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
44	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
45	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
46	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
47	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
48	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
49	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
50	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
51	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
52	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
53	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
54	Breeding Pool	Land	0	$9.15
55	Godless Shrine	Land	0	$8.47
56	Hallowed Fountain	Land	0	$6.97
57	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
58	Steam Vents	Land	0	$9.63
59	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
60	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
61	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
62	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
63	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
64	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
65	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
66	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
67	Sacred Foundry	Land	0	$10.28
68	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
69	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
70	Sulfur Falls	Land	0	$0.20
71	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
72	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
73	Clifftop Retreat	Land	0	$0.19
74	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
75	Temple Garden	Land	0	$6.57
76	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
77	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
78	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
79	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
80	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
81	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
82	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
83	Glacial Fortress	Land	0	$0.21
84	Isolated Chapel	Land	0	$0.21
85	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
86	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
87	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
88	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
89	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
90	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
91	Hinterland Harbor	Land	0	$0.28
92	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
93	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
94	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
95	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
96	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
97	Prairie Stream	Land	0	$0.19
98	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
99	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
100	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50

Curve of these staples

Most played with Tiamat

The 25 most-played cards in 21 settled top-16 lists running Tiamat at 16+ player events since Mar 8, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Ancient Tomb	100% · 21 of 21	3
2	Arcane Signet	100% · 21 of 21	3
3	Bayou	100% · 21 of 21	3
4	Birds of Paradise	100% · 21 of 21	3
5	Command Tower	100% · 21 of 21	3
6	Dracogenesis	100% · 21 of 21	3
7	Elvish Spirit Guide	100% · 21 of 21	3
8	Lotus Petal	100% · 21 of 21	3
9	Mana Vault	100% · 21 of 21	3
10	Mystic Remora	100% · 21 of 21	3
11	Rhystic Study	100% · 21 of 21	3
12	Scrubland	100% · 21 of 21	3
13	Sol Ring	100% · 21 of 21	3
14	Tropical Island	100% · 21 of 21	3
15	Tundra	100% · 21 of 21	3
16	Underground Sea	100% · 21 of 21	3
17	Vampiric Tutor	100% · 21 of 21	3
18	Chrome Mox	95% · 20 of 21	3
19	City of Brass	95% · 20 of 21	3
20	Dark Ritual	95% · 20 of 21	3
21	Demonic Tutor	95% · 20 of 21	3
22	Enlightened Tutor	95% · 20 of 21	3
23	Esper Sentinel	95% · 20 of 21	3
24	Gemstone Caverns	95% · 20 of 21	3
25	Hoarding Broodlord	95% · 20 of 21	3

Combos with Tiamat

One combo using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Cloudstone Curio + Dracogenesis + Tiamat
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite storm count
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 23 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

9th of 16 — 2do Torneo Universes Beyond - Comunidad C3 on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Eduardo Rea
6th of 18 — Infiniti World Commander CEDH El anillo Único on Topdeck.ggSep 27, 2026 · 2–2–0 · by Guillem Giralt
6th of 24 — Colossal CEDH King Open 6 on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 1–1–2 · by Daeric
10th of 16 — Bards and Cards C-EDH Dry Tortuga on Topdeck.ggSep 13, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Matt Woods
12th of 17 — DINO RUMBLE on Topdeck.ggSep 12, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by Alicia Glasser
5th of 17 — La Competència | Brain Freeze | cEDH on Topdeck.ggSep 4, 2026 · 1–1–1 · by Mandingo Magnus
16th of 30 — NJcEDH Low-Stakes @ Bearded Dragon (August 2026) on Topdeck.ggAug 30, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Pat G
6th of 20 — La Competència | Brain Freeze | cEDH on Topdeck.ggAug 14, 2026 · 1–1–1 · by Mandingo Magnus

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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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