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The Raven Man - Decklist

Creatures 22$9.99

  1. Archfiend of Ifnir1Archfiend of Ifnir$0.31
  2. Asylum Visitor1Asylum Visitor$0.22
  3. Big Game Hunter1Big Game Hunter$0.40
  4. Bog Witch1Bog Witch$0.94
  5. Burglar Rat1Burglar Rat$0.20
  6. Containment Construct1Containment Construct$0.27
  7. Elderfang Disciple1Elderfang Disciple$0.24
  8. Fell Specter1Fell Specter$0.35
  9. Horror of the Broken Lands1Horror of the Broken Lands$0.10
  10. Necrogoyf1Necrogoyf$0.33
  11. Nezumi Informant1Nezumi Informant$0.37

Creatures continued

  1. Sangromancer1Sangromancer$0.75
  2. Shefet Archfiend1Shefet Archfiend$0.23
  3. Skirge Familiar1Skirge Familiar$0.29
  4. Street Wraith1Street Wraith$0.19
  5. The Haunt of Hightower1The Haunt of Hightower$1.74
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar1Tinybones, Bauble Burglar$1.39
  7. Tourach, Dread Cantor1Tourach, Dread Cantor$0.47
  8. Troll of Khazad-dûm1Troll of Khazad-dûm$0.61
  9. Undead Gladiator1Undead Gladiator$0.16
  10. Undertaker1Undertaker$0.29
  11. Virus Beetle1Virus Beetle$0.14

Planeswalkers 1$0.19

  1. Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage1Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage$0.19

Instants 8$1.94

  1. Dark Withering1Dark Withering$0.18
  2. Deadly Dispute1Deadly Dispute$0.30
  3. Easy Prey1Easy Prey$0.15
  4. Expunge1Expunge$0.11
  5. Scarab Feast1Scarab Feast$0.15
  6. Shadow of the Grave1Shadow of the Grave$0.69
  7. Suffocating Fumes1Suffocating Fumes$0.20
  8. Without Weakness1Without Weakness$0.16

Sorceries 15$3.05

  1. Biting Rain1Biting Rain$0.13
  2. Call to the Netherworld1Call to the Netherworld$0.41
  3. Decree of Pain1Decree of Pain$0.29
  4. Duress1Duress$0.07
  5. Ichor Slick1Ichor Slick$0.10
  6. Let's Play a Game1Let's Play a Game$0.25
  7. Mind Rake1Mind Rake$0.23
  8. Pelakka Predation // Pelakka Caverns1Pelakka Predation // Pelakka Caverns$0.19

Sorceries continued

  1. Raven's Crime1Raven's Crime$0.17
  2. Smallpox1Smallpox$0.31
  3. Syphon Mind1Syphon Mind$0.30
  4. Unburden1Unburden$0.05
  5. Unnerve1Unnerve$0.12
  6. Vicious Rumors1Vicious Rumors$0.29
  7. Wander in Death1Wander in Death$0.14

Artifacts 7$2.68

  1. Abandoned Sarcophagus1Abandoned Sarcophagus$0.26
  2. Bag of Holding1Bag of Holding$0.21
  3. Charcoal Diamond1Charcoal Diamond$0.25
  4. Collector's Vault1Collector's Vault$0.62
  5. Currency Converter1Currency Converter$0.27
  6. Fluctuator1Fluctuator$0.81
  7. Heraldic Banner1Heraldic Banner$0.26

Enchantments 8$4.57

  1. Dying to Serve1Dying to Serve$0.37
  2. Faith of the Devoted1Faith of the Devoted$0.25
  3. Feast of Sanity1Feast of Sanity$0.30
  4. Larceny1Larceny$0.29
  5. Megrim1Megrim$1.01
  6. Painful Quandary1Painful Quandary$1.52
  7. Raiders' Wake1Raiders' Wake$0.49
  8. Shrieking Affliction1Shrieking Affliction$0.34

Lands 38 / 38$18.78

  1. Ash Barrens1Ash Barrens$0.15
  2. Barad-dûr1Barad-dûr$1.60
  3. Barren Moor1Barren Moor$0.16
  4. Blasted Landscape1Blasted Landscape$1.34
  5. Bojuka Bog1Bojuka Bog$1.18
  6. Capital City1Capital City$0.33
  7. Castle Locthwain1Castle Locthwain$1.34
  8. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  9. Demolition Field1Demolition Field$0.23
  10. Desert of the Glorified1Desert of the Glorified$0.14
  11. Drownyard Temple1Drownyard Temple$0.24

Lands continued

  1. Everglades1Everglades$1.21
  2. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  3. Field of Ruin1Field of Ruin$0.26
  4. Geier Reach Sanitarium1Geier Reach Sanitarium$0.79
  5. Ghost Quarter1Ghost Quarter$0.44
  6. Leechridden Swamp1Leechridden Swamp$0.73
  7. Memorial to Folly1Memorial to Folly$0.24
  8. Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid1Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid$1.59
  9. Mortuary Mire1Mortuary Mire$0.30
  10. Myriad Landscape1Myriad Landscape$0.26
  11. Polluted Mire1Polluted Mire$0.15

Lands continued

  1. Rogue's Passage1Rogue's Passage$0.34
  2. Scavenger Grounds1Scavenger Grounds$0.21
  3. Snow-Covered Swamp×55Snow-Covered Swamp$2.95
  4. Swamp×44Swamp$0.40
  5. Temple of the False God1Temple of the False God$0.19
  6. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10
  7. Thespian's Stage1Thespian's Stage$0.40
  8. War Room1War Room$0.82
  9. Witch's Cottage1Witch's Cottage$0.39

About this The Raven Man deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: The Raven Man, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. Its estimated price is $41.59 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2.

The list is drawn from what The Raven Man decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Necrogoyf, Syphon Mind and Megrim. The picks most particular to this commander are Archfiend of Ifnir, Raiders' Wake and Dying to Serve, which turn up here far more often than in other Mono-Black decks.

Its average mana value is 3.10. It runs no Game Changers.

The most expensive cards are The Haunt of Hightower ($1.74), Painful Quandary ($1.52) and Tinybones, Bauble Burglar ($1.39); 51 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $31.04, and with no limit $479.66; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value3.10
Game Changers0
Combos0
Deck match65%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 8 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 18 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 16 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 8 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 7 cards
  7. Mana value 6: 3 cards
  8. Mana value 7+: 2 cards

The curve and the average cover The Raven Man and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1010+0
Card advantage1218+6
Targeted disruption1215+3
Mass disruption66+0
Lands3839+1
Plan3025-5

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 13 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

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Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

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Full deck price by per-card cap

Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for The Raven Man at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what The Raven Man decks usually play.

Format

With printings adds the set and collector number of the printing each price is based on. Both text formats list the commander first and work on most deck sites.

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