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Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
Legendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue · 2B
Color identity: Black
Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When Tinybones enters, each opponent discards a card.
Whenever a player discards one or more cards, Tinybones deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Reference price of the card: €0.02
Average lands in decks for Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance: 35
DiscardComboReanimatorCyclingGroup SlugBurnGraveyardControl
Build your Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance 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 (46/100)
- Consistency26
- Speed55
- Interaction37
- Resilience71
- Closing43
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (10 nonbasic, 25 Swamp)
Sol Ring · Waste Not · Syphon Mind · Geth's Grimoire · Liliana's Caress · Burglar Rat · Tinybones, Bauble Burglar · Megrim · Dark Ritual · Jet Medallion · Painful Quandary · Vicious Rumors · Tinybones, Trinket Thief · Elderfang Disciple · Bandit's Talent · Virus Beetle · Arcane Signet · The Raven Man · Nezumi Informant · Rankle, Master of Pranks · Tinybones Joins Up · Dark Deal · Fell Specter · Entropic Battlecruiser · Stony-Voiced Goblins · Oppression · Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead · Sangromancer · Necrogoyf · Hecteyes · Rank Rat · Cunning Lethemancer · Necrogen Mists · Raiders' Wake · Bitter Triumph · Feed the Swarm · Tourach, Dread Cantor · Bottomless Pit · Night's Whisper · Phyrexian Arena · Gray Merchant of Asphodel · Hopeless Nightmare · Liliana of the Veil · Mind Rake · Reanimate · Crypt Ghast · Monument to Endurance · Send in the Pest · Tinybones, the Pickpocket · Delirium Skeins · Sign in Blood · Deadly Rollick · Defile · Stronghold Rats · Imp's Mischief · Plaguecrafter · Rotting Rats · Smallpox · Torment of Hailfire · Withering Torment · Duress · Go for the Throat · Mind Stone · Toxic Deluge · Geier Reach Sanitarium · Bojuka Bog · Cabal Coffers · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Witch's Cottage · Cabal Stronghold · Barren Moor · Reliquary Tower · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · War Room
🃏 Recommended cards for Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Waste Not | 80% | +70% |
| Geth's Grimoire | 74% | +67% |
| Liliana's Caress | 72% | +66% |
| Tinybones, Bauble Burglar | 68% | +65% |
| Syphon Mind | 76% | +64% |
| Megrim | 67% | +62% |
| Tinybones, Trinket Thief | 63% | +59% |
| Vicious Rumors | 65% | +59% |
| Burglar Rat | 69% | +59% |
| Bandit's Talent | 61% | +56% |
| Elderfang Disciple | 62% | +55% |
| Virus Beetle | 61% | +55% |
| The Raven Man | 60% | +55% |
| Painful Quandary | 65% | +55% |
| Geier Reach Sanitarium | 64% | +54% |
| Tinybones Joins Up | 57% | +53% |
| Nezumi Informant | 59% | +52% |
| Stony-Voiced Goblins | 53% | +51% |
| Entropic Battlecruiser | 53% | +50% |
| Fell Specter | 54% | +50% |
| Rankle, Master of Pranks | 58% | +46% |
| Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal | 50% | +44% |
| Rank Rat | 46% | +44% |
| Oppression | 51% | +44% |
💰 The best cards for your Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance 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.
- Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
- Syphon Mind
- Megrim
- Vicious Rumors
- Burglar Rat
- Bandit's Talent
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Waste Not
- Geth's Grimoire
- Liliana's Caress
- Tinybones, Trinket Thief
- Dark Deal
- Cunning Lethemancer
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Monument to Endurance
- Bone Miser
- Anvil of Bogardan
- Bloodchief Ascension
- Torment of Hailfire
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
- Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → 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
- Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank → Infinite mill, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers, Near-infinite lifeloss
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
What is Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance's color identity?
Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance 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 Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 35 % of the time and floods 21 %. Deck health: D (46/100).
How many lands should a Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance deck run?
Real Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance 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 Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance?
The three highest-synergy cards are Waste Not, Geth's Grimoire, Liliana's Caress. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance decks.
What combos does Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance have?
Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance 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 Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance deck cost?
You can start cheap: Tinybones, Bauble Burglar, Syphon Mind, Megrim 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.