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Tinybones, Trinket Thief
Legendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue · 1B
Color identity: Black
Tinybones, Trinket Thief is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent discarded a card this turn, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
{4}{B}{B}: Each opponent with no cards in hand loses 10 life.
Reference price of the card: €6.99
Average lands in decks for Tinybones, Trinket Thief: 34
DiscardControlStaxComboReanimatorGroup SlugMidrangeLifedrain
Build your Tinybones, Trinket Thief deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Tinybones, Trinket Thief 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Tinybones, Trinket Thief 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 (55/100)
- Consistency60
- Speed62
- Interaction39
- Resilience71
- Closing44
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 34 lands (10 nonbasic, 24 Swamp)
Waste Not · Sol Ring · Geth's Grimoire · Bottomless Pit · Oppression · Necrogen Mists · Dark Ritual · Syphon Mind · Painful Quandary · Jet Medallion · Liliana's Caress · Rankle, Master of Pranks · Burglar Rat · Megrim · Tinybones, Bauble Burglar · Vicious Rumors · Dark Deal · Necrogoyf · Arcane Signet · Crypt Ghast · Sangromancer · Bandit's Talent · The Raven Man · Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern · Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead · Feed the Swarm · Elderfang Disciple · Virus Beetle · Liliana of the Veil · Tourach, Dread Cantor · Cunning Lethemancer · Delirium Skeins · Fell Specter · Tinybones Joins Up · Mind Rake · Toxic Deluge · Defile · Dauthi Voidwalker · Nezumi Informant · Gray Merchant of Asphodel · Quest for the Nihil Stone · Reanimate · Rotting Rats · Arterial Flow · Deadly Rollick · Bloodchief Ascension · Infernal Grasp · Torment of Hailfire · Raiders' Wake · Tinybones, the Pickpocket · Entropic Battlecruiser · Asylum Visitor · Duress · Shrieking Affliction · Plaguecrafter · Smallpox · Imp's Mischief · Withering Torment · Damnation · Liliana, Waker of the Dead · Hopeless Nightmare · Phyrexian Arena · Demonic Tutor · Mindslicer · Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance · Geier Reach Sanitarium · Cabal Coffers · Bojuka Bog · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Cabal Stronghold · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Reliquary Tower · Witch's Cottage · Castle Locthwain · Myriad Landscape
🃏 Recommended cards for Tinybones, Trinket Thief
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Tinybones, Trinket Thief, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Waste Not | 92% | +82% |
| Bottomless Pit | 81% | +76% |
| Geth's Grimoire | 81% | +74% |
| Necrogen Mists | 77% | +73% |
| Oppression | 78% | +71% |
| Liliana's Caress | 71% | +66% |
| Tinybones, Bauble Burglar | 67% | +64% |
| Painful Quandary | 73% | +63% |
| Megrim | 67% | +62% |
| Syphon Mind | 73% | +62% |
| Necrogoyf | 65% | +61% |
| Vicious Rumors | 66% | +61% |
| Geier Reach Sanitarium | 69% | +58% |
| Burglar Rat | 68% | +58% |
| Rankle, Master of Pranks | 68% | +56% |
| Dark Deal | 65% | +54% |
| The Raven Man | 58% | +53% |
| Bandit's Talent | 58% | +52% |
| Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal | 56% | +50% |
| Tergrid, God of Fright | 56% | +49% |
| Cunning Lethemancer | 52% | +49% |
| Elderfang Disciple | 55% | +49% |
| Sangromancer | 58% | +48% |
| Virus Beetle | 54% | +48% |
💰 The best cards for your Tinybones, Trinket Thief 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.
- Oppression
- Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
- Painful Quandary
- Megrim
- Syphon Mind
- Necrogoyf
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Waste Not
- Bottomless Pit
- Geth's Grimoire
- Necrogen Mists
- Liliana's Caress
- Dark Deal
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Bloodchief Ascension
- Anvil of Bogardan
- Torment of Hailfire
- Bone Miser
- Deadly Rollick
- Monument to Endurance
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Tinybones, Trinket Thief
- 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
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Sanguine Bond + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Exquisite Blood + Enduring Tenacity → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank → Infinite mill, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers, Near-infinite lifeloss
👥 Community decks with Tinybones, Trinket Thief
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Frequently asked questions
What is Tinybones, Trinket Thief's color identity?
Tinybones, Trinket Thief 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, Trinket Thief come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Tinybones, Trinket Thief deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 34 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.1 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 28 % of the time and floods 2 %. Deck health: C (55/100).
How many lands should a Tinybones, Trinket Thief deck run?
Real Tinybones, Trinket Thief 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 Tinybones, Trinket Thief?
The three highest-synergy cards are Waste Not, Bottomless Pit, Geth's Grimoire. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Tinybones, Trinket Thief decks.
What combos does Tinybones, Trinket Thief have?
Tinybones, Trinket Thief 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, Trinket Thief deck cost?
You can start cheap: Oppression, Tinybones, Bauble Burglar, Painful Quandary 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.