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Old Stickfingers
Legendary Creature — Horror · XBG
Color identity: Black · Green · Golgari
Old Stickfingers is Golgari (black and green): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When you cast this spell, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal X creature cards. Put all creature cards revealed this way into your graveyard, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Old Stickfingers's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Reference price of the card: €0.31
Comes in the precon Death Toll
Average lands in decks for Old Stickfingers: 34
ReanimatorGraveyardMillSelf-MillComboDredgeRampMidrange
Build your Old Stickfingers deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Old Stickfingers 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Old Stickfingers deck starts over 4,000 games
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: D (47/100)
- Consistency60
- Speed47
- Interaction29
- Resilience62
- Closing43
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 34 lands (22 nonbasic, 6 Swamp, 6 Forest)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Reanimate · Victimize · Animate Dead · Assassin's Trophy · Brawn · Buried Alive · Dread Return · Life // Death · Splinterfright · Culling Ritual · Cultivate · Dark Ritual · Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord · Eternal Witness · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Skull Prophet · Persist · Rampant Growth · Syr Konrad, the Grim · Living Death · Golgari Signet · Grisly Salvage · Golgari Grave-Troll · Nyx Weaver · Stitcher's Supplier · Talisman of Resilience · Deathbloom Ritualist · Lord of Extinction · Beast Within · Rise of the Witch-king · Putrefy · Exhume · Izoni, Thousand-Eyed · Satyr Wayfinder · Wight of the Reliquary · Entomb · Sheoldred, Whispering One · Stitch Together · Nature's Lore · Necromancy · Toxic Deluge · Underrealm Lich · Wild Growth · Abrupt Decay · Kodama's Reach · Llanowar Elves · Nighthowler · Songs of the Damned · Colossal Grave-Reaver · Aftermath Analyst · Farseek · Greater Good · Honest Rutstein · Necrotic Ooze · Old Rutstein · Ripples of Undeath · Genesis · Kessig Cagebreakers · Grist, the Hunger Tide · World Shaper · Deadbridge Chant · Mortivore · Three Visits · Command Tower · Woodland Cemetery · Llanowar Wastes · Overgrown Tomb · Tainted Wood · Twilight Mire · Undergrowth Stadium · Golgari Rot Farm · Necroblossom Snarl · Temple of Malady · Bojuka Bog · Verdant Catacombs · Deathcap Glade · Exotic Orchard · Underground Mortuary · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Evolving Wilds · Boseiju, Who Endures · Dakmor Salvage · Rogue's Passage · Jungle Hollow · Viridescent Bog
🃏 Recommended cards for Old Stickfingers
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Old Stickfingers, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Animate Dead | 49% | +42% |
| Reanimate | 60% | +40% |
| Brawn | 44% | +40% |
| Life // Death | 41% | +38% |
| Victimize | 57% | +38% |
| Splinterfright | 41% | +38% |
| Persist | 38% | +35% |
| Buried Alive | 43% | +35% |
| Dread Return | 42% | +34% |
| Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord | 40% | +32% |
| Skull Prophet | 39% | +32% |
| Deathbloom Ritualist | 33% | +32% |
| Lord of Extinction | 33% | +30% |
| Living Death | 36% | +30% |
| Exhume | 30% | +29% |
| Golgari Grave-Troll | 34% | +29% |
| Stitcher's Supplier | 34% | +26% |
| Syr Konrad, the Grim | 38% | +26% |
| Stitch Together | 27% | +26% |
| Grisly Salvage | 35% | +26% |
| Nyx Weaver | 34% | +25% |
| Nighthowler | 25% | +24% |
| Songs of the Damned | 25% | +24% |
| Izoni, Thousand-Eyed | 29% | +24% |
💰 The best cards for your Old Stickfingers 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.
- Brawn
- Life // Death
- Victimize
- Splinterfright
- Persist
- Buried Alive
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Animate Dead
- Reanimate
- Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
- Living Death
- Exhume
- Underrealm Lich
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Necromancy
- Sheoldred, Whispering One
- Colossal Grave-Reaver
- Dance of the Dead
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Old Stickfingers
- Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank → Infinite mill, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers, Near-infinite lifeloss
- The Gitrog Monster + Dakmor Salvage → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite self-discard triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Old Stickfingers's color identity?
Old Stickfingers is Golgari (black and green): 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 Old Stickfingers come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Old Stickfingers deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 34 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.3 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 34 % of the time and floods 20 %. Deck health: D (47/100).
How many lands should a Old Stickfingers deck run?
Real Old Stickfingers decks run 34 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 Stickfingers?
The three highest-synergy cards are Animate Dead, Reanimate, Brawn. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Old Stickfingers decks.
What combos does Old Stickfingers have?
Old Stickfingers 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 Stickfingers deck cost?
You can start cheap: Brawn, Life // Death, Victimize 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.