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Visara the Dreadful
Legendary Creature — Gorgon · 3BBB
Color identity: Black
Visara the Dreadful is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying
{T}: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
Reference price of the card: €0.80
Average lands in decks for Visara the Dreadful: 36
ControlReanimatorMidrangeAristocratsArtifactsEquipmentFlyingGood Stuff
Build your Visara the Dreadful deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Visara the Dreadful 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Visara the Dreadful 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: B+ (75/100)
- Consistency54
- Speed58
- Interaction76
- Resilience84
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (8 nonbasic, 28 Swamp)
Sol Ring · Dark Ritual · Phyrexian Arena · Crypt Ghast · Jet Medallion · Avatar of Woe · Gray Merchant of Asphodel · Feed the Swarm · Gnashing of Teeth · Swiftfoot Boots · Reanimate · Thornbite Staff · Royal Assassin · Morbid Opportunist · Exsanguinate · Massacre Wurm · Sign in Blood · Harvester of Souls · Lightning Greaves · Sting, the Glinting Dagger · Arcane Signet · Thousand-Year Elixir · Blood Artist · Dread Presence · Go for the Throat · Liliana of the Dark Realms · Magus of the Coffers · Patriar's Seal · Rise of the Dark Realms · Sangromancer · Toxic Deluge · Black Market · Diabolic Tutor · Night's Whisper · Phage the Untouchable · Defile · Solemn Simulacrum · Demonic Tutor · Animate Dead · Mind Stone · Nirkana Revenant · Sheoldred, Whispering One · Charcoal Diamond · Mutilate · No Mercy · The Meathook Massacre · Syphon Mind · Tragic Slip · Withering Torment · Damnation · Doom Blade · Nekrataal · Ravenous Chupacabra · Murder · Black Market Connections · Puppet Strings · Snuff Out · Vampiric Tutor · Magewright's Stone · Fleshbag Marauder · Noxious Gearhulk · Deadly Rollick · Overseer of the Damned · Cabal Coffers · Bojuka Bog · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Cabal Stronghold · Myriad Landscape · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Arcane Lighthouse · Phyrexian Tower
🃏 Recommended cards for Visara the Dreadful
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Visara the Dreadful, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Avatar of Woe | 55% | +53% |
| Gnashing of Teeth | 50% | +50% |
| Thornbite Staff | 45% | +42% |
| Royal Assassin | 44% | +42% |
| Sting, the Glinting Dagger | 38% | +37% |
| Thousand-Year Elixir | 36% | +34% |
| Phage the Untouchable | 34% | +33% |
| Patriar's Seal | 35% | +33% |
| Harvester of Souls | 38% | +32% |
| Magus of the Coffers | 35% | +28% |
| Nekrataal | 27% | +26% |
| Sangromancer | 35% | +25% |
| Puppet Strings | 25% | +24% |
| Phyrexian Arena | 63% | +24% |
| Magewright's Stone | 24% | +23% |
| Ravenous Chupacabra | 27% | +22% |
| No Mercy | 29% | +22% |
| Massacre Wurm | 39% | +22% |
| Liliana of the Dark Realms | 35% | +22% |
| Rise of the Dark Realms | 35% | +21% |
| Dread Presence | 35% | +21% |
| Nirkana Revenant | 31% | +20% |
| Diabolic Tutor | 34% | +20% |
| Illusionist's Bracers | 20% | +20% |
💰 The best cards for your Visara the Dreadful 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.
- Gnashing of Teeth
- Royal Assassin
- Harvester of Souls
- Magus of the Coffers
- Nekrataal
- Sangromancer
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Avatar of Woe
- Thornbite Staff
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger
- Phage the Untouchable
- Patriar's Seal
- Phyrexian Arena
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Liliana of the Dark Realms
- Sheoldred, Whispering One
- Shadowspear
- Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
- Volrath's Stronghold
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Visara the Dreadful
- 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
- Marauding Blight-Priest + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Enduring Tenacity + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
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Frequently asked questions
What is Visara the Dreadful's color identity?
Visara the Dreadful 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 Visara the Dreadful come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Visara the Dreadful deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.7 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 90 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 22 % of the time and floods 22 %. Deck health: B+ (75/100).
How many lands should a Visara the Dreadful deck run?
Real Visara the Dreadful decks run 36 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 Visara the Dreadful?
The three highest-synergy cards are Avatar of Woe, Gnashing of Teeth, Thornbite Staff. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Visara the Dreadful decks.
What combos does Visara the Dreadful have?
Visara the Dreadful 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 Visara the Dreadful deck cost?
You can start cheap: Gnashing of Teeth, Royal Assassin, Harvester of Souls 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.