EDH Optimizer
Old Flitterfang
Legendary Creature — Rat Faerie · 4B
Color identity: Black
Old Flitterfang is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying
At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
{2}{B}, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Old Flitterfang gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Reference price of the card: €0.54
Average lands in decks for Old Flitterfang: 35
TokensFoodAristocratsSacrificeLifegainArtifactsRatsDiscard
Build your Old Flitterfang deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Old Flitterfang 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Old Flitterfang deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (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 (56/100)
- Consistency39
- Speed53
- Interaction29
- Resilience69
- Closing84
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (13 nonbasic, 22 Swamp)
Sol Ring · Experimental Confectioner · Bake into a Pie · Witch's Oven · Cauldron Familiar · Academy Manufactor · Mirkwood Bats · Lord Skitter, Sewer King · Rapacious Guest · Lord Skitter's Butcher · Piper of the Swarm · Arcane Signet · Feed the Cauldron · Ogre Slumlord · Feed the Swarm · Foreboding Fruit · Insatiable Frugivore · Scavenger's Talent · Deadly Dispute · Voracious Vermin · Midnight Snack · Jet Medallion · Scream Puff · Sweettooth Witch · Mintstrosity · Taste of Death · Voracious Fell Beast · Giant's Skewer · Candy Grapple · Dark Ritual · Savor · Shelob's Ambush · Tempting Witch · Hazel's Brewmaster · Back for Seconds · Cirith Ungol Patrol · Nadier's Nightblade · Village Rites · Defile · Sign in Blood · Bonecache Overseer · Nuka-Cola Vending Machine · Agent of the Iron Throne · Mind Stone · Tangled Colony · Tragic Slip · Chittering Witch · Costly Plunder · Morbid Opportunist · Pack Rat · Skullclamp · Witch's Cauldron · Bontu's Monument · Charcoal Diamond · Gumdrop Poisoner // Tempt with Treats · Phyrexian Arena · Ashnod's Altar · Black Market · Dockside Chef · Idol of Oblivion · Marionette Master · Marrow-Gnawer · The Underworld Cookbook · Typhoid Rats · Witch's Cottage · Bojuka Bog · Myriad Landscape · Swarmyard · Cabal Coffers · Mortuary Mire · Rogue's Passage · Cabal Stronghold · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Barren Moor · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Reliquary Tower · Phyrexian Tower
🃏 Recommended cards for Old Flitterfang
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Old Flitterfang, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Confectioner | 64% | +63% |
| Bake into a Pie | 61% | +60% |
| Witch's Oven | 59% | +58% |
| Cauldron Familiar | 58% | +57% |
| Rapacious Guest | 53% | +53% |
| Academy Manufactor | 54% | +52% |
| Feed the Cauldron | 50% | +50% |
| Insatiable Frugivore | 49% | +49% |
| Lord Skitter's Butcher | 51% | +48% |
| Foreboding Fruit | 49% | +48% |
| Scavenger's Talent | 47% | +47% |
| Mirkwood Bats | 54% | +46% |
| Lord Skitter, Sewer King | 53% | +45% |
| Piper of the Swarm | 51% | +44% |
| Midnight Snack | 44% | +43% |
| Scream Puff | 43% | +43% |
| Voracious Vermin | 46% | +43% |
| Sweettooth Witch | 43% | +43% |
| Mintstrosity | 41% | +41% |
| Taste of Death | 41% | +41% |
| Ogre Slumlord | 50% | +41% |
| Voracious Fell Beast | 41% | +40% |
| Giant's Skewer | 39% | +39% |
| Shelob's Ambush | 38% | +38% |
💰 The best cards for your Old Flitterfang 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.
- Bake into a Pie
- Witch's Oven
- Cauldron Familiar
- Rapacious Guest
- Feed the Cauldron
- Insatiable Frugivore
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Experimental Confectioner
- Academy Manufactor
- Lord Skitter, Sewer King
- Hazel's Brewmaster
- Swarmyard
- Marrow-Gnawer
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Old Flitterfang
- Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Exquisite Blood + Enduring Tenacity → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Marauding Blight-Priest + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Old Flitterfang's color identity?
Old Flitterfang is black: its deck can only run cards of that color 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 Old Flitterfang come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Old Flitterfang deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.8 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 96 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 29 % of the time and floods 18 %. Deck health: C (56/100).
How many lands should a Old Flitterfang deck run?
Real Old Flitterfang 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 Old Flitterfang?
The three highest-synergy cards are Experimental Confectioner, Bake into a Pie, Witch's Oven. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Old Flitterfang decks.
What combos does Old Flitterfang have?
Old Flitterfang has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood. 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 Old Flitterfang deck cost?
You can start cheap: Bake into a Pie, Witch's Oven, Cauldron Familiar 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.