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Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant
Legendary Creature — Dragon Skeleton · 5BR
Color identity: Black · Red · Rakdos
Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant is Rakdos (black and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying, haste
Whenever Bladewing deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, for each creature card in your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie Knight creature token with menace.
Reference price of the card: €2.70
Comes in the precon Legends' Legacy
Average lands in decks for Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant: 35
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The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (63/100)
- Consistency65
- Speed61
- Interaction35
- Resilience66
- Closing85
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (24 nonbasic, 8 Swamp, 3 Mountain)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Faithless Looting · Stitcher's Supplier · Millikin · Shriekmaw · Anger · Death Baron · Songs of the Damned · Ingot Chewer · Undead Butler · Rakdos Signet · Syr Konrad, the Grim · Oliphaunt · Troll of Khazad-dûm · Blasphemous Act · Accursed Marauder · Magus of the Wheel · Solemn Simulacrum · Chainer, Nightmare Adept · Mire Triton · Dread Return · Leaden Myr · Talisman of Indulgence · Burnished Hart · Chaos Warp · Impact Tremors · Ripples of Undeath · Victimize · Thrill of Possibility · Dark Ritual · Golgari Thug · Iron Myr · Terminate · Angel of Suffering · Fleshbag Marauder · Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion · Stinkweed Imp · Bedevil · Big Score · Ornithopter of Paradise · Plaguecrafter · Feed the Swarm · Living Death · Doomed Necromancer · Reanimate · Reckless Barbarian · Lizard Blades · Mirkwood Bats · The Balrog of Moria · Cemetery Tampering · Overwhelming Remorse · Witty Roastmaster · Buried Alive · Ayara, First of Locthwain · Snarling Gorehound · Gorging Vulture · Street Wraith · Avenger of the Fallen · Village Rites · Endless Ranks of the Dead · Fell Stinger · Mind Stone · Mindwrack Harpy · Command Tower · Smoldering Marsh · Dragonskull Summit · Foreboding Ruins · Tainted Peak · Blood Crypt · Sulfurous Springs · Haunted Ridge · Rakdos Carnarium · Rogue's Passage · Bojuka Bog · Luxury Suite · Shadowblood Ridge · Temple of Malice · Raucous Theater · Canyon Slough · Crypt of Agadeem · Myriad Landscape · Dakmor Salvage · Bloodstained Mire · Graven Cairns · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Blazemire Verge · Exotic Orchard
🃏 Recommended cards for Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Stitcher's Supplier | 57% | +55% |
| Millikin | 53% | +52% |
| Shriekmaw | 51% | +49% |
| Death Baron | 49% | +48% |
| Undead Butler | 48% | +48% |
| Songs of the Damned | 49% | +48% |
| Ingot Chewer | 48% | +46% |
| Oliphaunt | 46% | +45% |
| Troll of Khazad-dûm | 45% | +43% |
| Mire Triton | 41% | +40% |
| Syr Konrad, the Grim | 47% | +38% |
| Magus of the Wheel | 42% | +38% |
| Anger | 50% | +38% |
| Accursed Marauder | 42% | +37% |
| Leaden Myr | 39% | +37% |
| Dread Return | 40% | +36% |
| Golgari Thug | 36% | +35% |
| Ripples of Undeath | 38% | +35% |
| Stinkweed Imp | 35% | +35% |
| Angel of Suffering | 35% | +34% |
| Iron Myr | 36% | +34% |
| Chainer, Nightmare Adept | 41% | +34% |
| Burnished Hart | 38% | +34% |
| Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion | 35% | +33% |
💰 The best cards for your Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Stitcher's Supplier
- Millikin
- Shriekmaw
- Undead Butler
- Songs of the Damned
- Ingot Chewer
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Death Baron
- Ripples of Undeath
- Angel of Suffering
- Living Death
- Lizard Blades
- Crypt of Agadeem
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Out of the Tombs
- Wand of Orcus
- Purphoros, God of the Forge
- Altar of Dementia
- Mesmeric Orb
- Overlord of the Balemurk
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant
- Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
- The Reaver Cleaver + Aggravated Assault → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite Treasure tokens, Infinite untap of creatures you control
- Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Blood Artist → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant's color identity?
Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant is Rakdos (black and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 6.8 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 71 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 24 % of the time and floods 18 %. Deck health: C+ (63/100).
How many lands should a Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant deck run?
Real Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant?
The three highest-synergy cards are Stitcher's Supplier, Millikin, Shriekmaw. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant decks.
What combos does Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant have?
Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant deck cost?
You can start cheap: Stitcher's Supplier, Millikin, Shriekmaw are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.