Hello Awesome Budget Fans! I hope that you are having an amazing day today! Welcome back to my favorite series, my Budget Commander series, where each deck has to come in under the budget of the previous one, and the first years ago was under $40. We'll look at an Appendix below with the entire stock of Budget Stuff for your consideration.

This series began when I read "budget" decks by other writers that had triple digits budgets. I have been unemployed for a long period while continuing my fandom of the MTG Game, so I know what a budget deck actually looks like. Ready? Let's kick things off with a new card that was just released in Battle for Baldur's Gate!

Say hello to Cadira, who only costs a quarter here at CoolStuffInc.com! This 3-drop 3/3 in Selesnya colors, rocks trample, and has a combat damage trigger which she can do with her built in evasion. She can also make a 1/1 Rabbit token for each token you control, creature or non, so she'll ramp up quite quickly.

We'll need to add in some more evasion and cheap unblockability, token making, and other synergetic cards all cheaply, but token strategy is a deep cut in these two colors so we have loads of options running around! In fact, I ran out of space with loads of good things on the table.

As a reminder, this budget reflects the time as of the writing of this article about a week before publication and then some time before you read it, and these are fluid, but the basic idea of a mega cheap brew still stands even if the final note differs from yours. My budget for this build is to come under $32.46!

Token Making and Caring Dorks

Check out this pair of 6-drops! The common is a 6/4 that makes two Foods on arrival to the battlefield! Then you can basic land cycle it for two mana if you need mana early game. The rare is a bulk rare that has a harsher four cost but a bigger 7/6 vigilance and trample body. It makes three Foods on arrival to the battlefield, and you can sacrifice them for getting the Troll King back once. Nice right?

A quarter and fifty cents! Prava is a 3-drop 1/4 that pumps your tokens on your turn by +1/+4 and then you can invest four mana and make 1/1s of the Soldier variety. Arasta is a 4-drop reach 3/5 that lets you make 1/2 reachers each time a foe casts an instant or sorcery spell, which happens quite often in multiplayer. Nice duo!

Another quarter and fifty cents! The Human is a 5-drop 2/3 that pumps your other stuff by +1/+1 on legs, and then also landfall and makes 1/1 Human Warrior tokens. Nice! And then the Insect is a 7-drop 2/2 that has flying and deathtouch and then makes 4 1/1 tokens with those two abilities, a nice Commander staple that's a bulk rare in cost!

Token Making Spells

$0.49 x 2! The 5-drop makes five tokens for one card and costs little on the market, and then you can flash it back for 10 tokens and nine mana. It's a classic. The 6-drop doubles your creature count into 1/1 Kor Soldier territory for six mana and has rebound for another free doubling once more. They're nice little powerhouses and they are less than a buck total.

This is under a buck too! This powerhouse will instantly let you make X 1/1 Humans equal to the creature count of an opponent and you can strive this mid or late game for more targets and more dorks to double with Cadira's damage trigger.

Synergies

$1.99 and $0.49. The Rousing is the only card here with a cost equal to or more than a buck. It is a 5-drop with hideaway 5 and when you swing you double your attacking armies creature count with 1/1 Citizens. Love it loads here. Then if you control 10 or more dorks you get the free cast. The Greeters is a 2-drop 1/1 that can turn an arriving dork into a Treasure token, or a +1/+1 counter on Cadira or a 2 life gain, and not more than once/turn each. Not bad!

Under a buck and 49 cents. The former enchantment is a 3-drop that will, when you attack, make a Clue token for your cracking for card flow and triggering Cadira. You can also venture into a dungeon if you like, that's the only delving card we have. The latter enchantment is a 4-drop that gives you a Clue token each time you (or a buddy) are attacked. Nice Clue making and card flow!

This is also under a buck. This 3-drop enchantment makes three Foods on arrival in a four-player game and then you can spend two mana to trade a token for a 4/4 Rhino at the end of your turn, which is pretty good for your Rabbits or Treasures or Foods.

Win-Cons

Twenty-five cents each! I added this pair to win the game after going wide. The Overruns on creatures are way too pricey for a build like this such as Craterhoof Behemoth, but the original is still just a quarter. And it works here quite ably. The Stampede also costs five mana for a smaller boost and no trample, but it can just be dropped as a land, and I like what it adds here.

Bulk rares. Less than a buck total. The Scepter will equip Cadira and give her +2 to her power and then when you smash for damage you can make that many 1/1 Citizens of the token persuasion, so that really enables your board winning fun times. And since we have infrastructure to get in attacks unblocked anyway, that's really strong on Cadira or on other folks with the trample boost. The Herd is a bit pricey at 10 mana, but it makes 1/1 flying Pegasus dorks equal to your life count. I really like this after a mass removal spell like Farewell or Akroma's Vengeance when they think they got you and then... instant army in a can and win the game. Nice in here!

Voltron Things of Note

We have a few Voltron things here and there. Each under a buck! The Helm will make your Cadira unblockable save by Walls and it's 99 cents. The Sword is a bulk rare 3-drop three equip that gives four abilities and then a double power boost, but the key here is haste, allowing you to get in another hit before defenses setting up for the combat damage trigger and we have some more haste granting cheapies.

Fifty cents! Since Cadira has a combat damage trigger we've have built around, getting another trigger each combat is pretty keen. Enter this piece of equipment, which can come down for three mana and equip for two to give our Commander double strike to make tokens twice. Note that the first time will be counted in the second. So that's basically 4x your tokens each combat.

Card Draw

$0.49 each. The sorcery is a six cost Selesnya colored card that draws you X cards and gains X life equal to your creature count, and then puts a +1/+1 counter on each of them. That's a pretty strong slate of abilities in a going wide brew like this one. Then the creature is a 3-drop 2/1 that will scry 1 each time a dork arrives to your battlefield save for the second one each turn, which is a card drawn. With just Cadira and nothing else cast, you can get a free card each of your turns as long as you make at least 2 Rabbits. Good synergy here!

This 3-drop two tap artifact is pretty cheap on the cost and will sacrifice dorks to draw a card each. Since we are making so many, turning one into a card here and there should be pretty easy to do from where I am sitting. You can ignore the last ability I don't think we are controlling any Cleric-y dorks here.

Answers

$0.75 and $0.49. The instant is a 4-drop that will Tormod's Crypt a foe's graveyard at instant speed, a good emergency brake for the massive graveyard abuse, and it's strong in response to a reanimation spell like Dread Return, Karmic Guide, Sun Titan, a tapped Academy Ruins or Living Death. You also make a number of 1/1 Spirits equal to your creature count exiled this way which will likely scale up as the game goes longer. Every deck should run some mass removal, and I have three ways to do so that play into the archetype. The Coup is the best with its ability to make dorks. If you just need the creatures to win, make four, and double with Cadira to have 8. If not, make 5 or more and sweep the board and keep your stuff. Nice synergy here.

We have some indestructible granting cards here and there like Rootborn Defenses as well as Survive. This common will give a key dork like your leader indestructible at instant speed and +1 power, so it's a nice combat trick or response to removal. It will also make a Clue token for card flow or Rabbit making. The Takedown is a 2-drop instant that will shoot an opposing dork equal to your creature count, which should be a lot in this deck. It also is a modal land spell for dropping as a land in case you need the mana, or you are on a naked board.

This 2-drop instant will fight one dork you control with a foe's dork and you make a Treasure token for getting all the Rabbits. This is a fun little creature removal and token making common, and it's pretty strong here!

Lands

Since Gates are cheap, common, and help the deck, I added in a bunch of them. The Basilisk one can tap for two colorless at sorcery speed to pump up Cadira by X equal to your Gate count, so at least one. This cannot be a combat damage trick, but I do like it as a faster clock with your trampling Commander. The Heap land taps for to make any color of mana at a cost of , and then can tap for a mana to tap another Gate to make a Treasure which is pretty keen for our consideration as well as a Gate for purposes of the Basilisk one. Nice, right?

Check out these two options. The Passage will tap and give any size of a Cadira unblockable until the end of the turn, and this heavily printed card is $0.49 for the cheapest version. The Tunnel can tap to make initial Cadira unblockable prior to equipment or +1/+1 counters from the Gala triggers. It's just a quarter. Both are quite nice here as they add to my evasion options to make sure that Cadira is able to net that combat damage trigger!

The Garden taps for Green and enters tapped and makes a 0/1 Plant token to pump up Cadira's Rabbit count as well as block a key attack on your stuff. The City-Tree is a quarter uncommon that can tap for four mana to make, at instant speed, a 1/1 Saproling token. Both of these are key ways to make a common and are quite nice together.

Three cards left!

Non-Gate Cards from B4BG

$0.25 each! These uncommons are four and three mana respectively. The first is a fun Peasant that will tap and dig X and draw a card equal to the tokens you made this turn, so with just a Cadira making two or three that's nice, and you just need one to draw a card, and it counts any tokens not just dorks. Nice card flow! The other uncommon will, if you control Cadira, pump your tokens up a nice and tasty +2/+2 each! Good stuff for the win-tough.

Seventy-five cents for our final card! This Adventure equipment is a powerful making sorcery that makes X dorks that doubles as an equipment you can drop for two and equip for three to give Cadira +X/+X where that is your creature count, which is a fast Commander Damage clock later and a mass token maker as well so it's twice as valuable on one card, love it loads here!

Ready for the decklist?

All the Rabbits | Commander | Abe Sargent

• Commander (1)
• 1 Cadira, Caller of the Small

• Creatures (16)
• 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
• 1 Ellyn Harbreeze, Busybody
• 1 Emeria Angel
• 1 Feasting Troll King
• 1 Gala Greeters
• 1 Hornet Queen
• 1 Inspiring Leader
• 1 Maja, Bretagard Protector
• 1 Mentor of the Meek
• 1 Mirror Entity
• 1 Orchard Strider
• 1 Pilgrim's Eye
• 1 Prava of the Steel Legion
• 1 Rampaging Baloths
• 1 Rumor Gatherer
• 1 Social Climber

• Instants (9)
• 1 Call the Coppercoats
• 1 Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau
• 1 Prizefight
• 1 Release to Memory
• 1 Return to Nature
• 1 Rootborn Defenses
• 1 Sundering Growth
• 1 Survive the Night
• 1 Your Temple is Under Attack

• Sorceries (19)
• 1 Camaraderie
• 1 Citywide Bust
• 1 Crack Open
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Dusk // Dawn
• 1 Grizzly Fate
• 1 Harmonize
• 1 Increasing Devotion
• 1 Join the Dance
• 1 Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesa
• 1 Martial Coup
• 1 Nomads' Assembly
• 1 Overrun
• 1 Peregrination
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Release the Dogs
• 1 Root Out
• 1 Storm Herd
• 1 You Find a Cursed Idol

• Enchantments (5)
• 1 Killer Service
• 1 Omen of the Sun
• 1 Rabble Rousing
• 1 Search the Premises
• 1 Thorough Investigation

• Artifacts (13)
• 1 Chariot of Victory
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Darksteel Ingot
• 1 Fireshrieker
• 1 Goldvein Pick
• 1 Horn of Valhalla
• 1 Marble Diamond
• 1 Moss Diamond
• 1 Navigation Orb
• 1 Prowler's Helm
• 1 Relic Vial
• 1 Scepter of Celebration
• 1 Sword of Vengeance

• Lands (37)
• 12 Forest
• 12 Plains
• 1 Access Tunnel
• 1 Basilisk Gate
• 1 Citadel Gate
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Gingerbread Cabin
• 1 Heap Gate
• 1 Khalni Garden
• 1 Manor Gate
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Selesnya Guildgate
• 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree

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Total Budget - $32.42 - four cents cheaper! Nice!

You could add in things like Teferi's Protection, Heroic Intervention, Skullclamp, Castle Ardenvale, Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth, Sol Ring, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Anointed Procession, etc. Good stuff! What did you think of my budget take on this Rabbit loving uncommons? Let me know! Have an awesome day!

Budget Commander Appendix

If you enjoyed today's cheap Selesnya Rabit making build, great! Here are the first 65 Budget Commander Options for your wallet-friendly happiness and joy:

1. We kicked things off with Brion Stoutarm came in at $37.71
2. Next up was Ghave, Guru of Spores, with a budget of $36.48, is a lot of fun!
3. Talrand, Sky Summoner - $49.37. I increased the budget for this project due to the nature of the challenge, and it's the only entry in the series where the cost is increased rather than decreased.
4. Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius is the next for our list rocking that $36.37 pricetag.
5. Princess Lucrezia and Riven Turnbull feature in this fun throwback Commander deck that is just $35.68.
6. Roon of the Hidden Realm demonstrates one of the Commander 2013 dorks in a $35.29 shell.
7. Vhati il-Dal runs the table for just $35.17. It's also one of the more unique entries in this project.
8. With all of the latest draconic lovin', Bladewing the Risen comes just a few cents less at $35.13. http://www.gatheringmagic.com/abesargent-042114-budget-commander-8-budget-bladewing/
9. Lu Xun, Scholar General may not be a powerhouse, but there's enough utility under here to spark a very interesting EDH deck for just $35.07.
10. Bosh, Iron Golem was a fun mono-red artifact centric deck that hits $35.06. That's right, one cent cheaper! It's a fun and different take on artifacts than good ol' Brago will be next.
11. Brago, King Eternal is featured with a different artifact theme and a $35.04 budget.
12. Let's finally get below that $35 mark with Lin Sivvi and her rebel horde! $34.98 for the witness.
13. Wedges are cool. So is Teneb, the Harvester! $34.94 gets us a deck that wins and has fun.
14. Who likes Surrak Dragonclaw? Who likes making a face-smashing deck for just $34.83? This guy!
15. Tolsimir Wolfblood? $34.73? Selesnya aggro? We've got it in spades!
16. Alesha, Who Smiles at Death is ready to bring some serious recursion, beats, and a modest budget to boot at $34.62.
17. Want to Dragon up your deck? Why not roll with Dragonlord Kolaghan for $34.47.
18. Who's thumping those mono-green beats with the Yeva, Nature's Herald stylings? Who clocks in at just $34.39? This article!
19. Want to donate some stuff, play some politics, and draw a ton of cards? Then check out this Zedruu the Greathearted deck that came in at $34.29.
20. I have a notion that a Five Color deck would be a fun budget challenge. Horde of Notions is a blast of Elemental fun that clocks in at $34.17. Check it out!
21. Five color doesn't have to end with tribes. There are so many options that this Five Color Cromat deck with a bit of a smash-y board presence is ready to introduce itself to the red zone, and to winning. It also is just $34.20.
22. Sometimes it's really nice to see how far we can push a popular commander with a cheaper budget. That's where this Nekusar, the Mindrazer deck comes in, clocking in at $34.03
23. With a budget of just $33.98, this Daxos of Meletis deck is pretty cool without being too expensive. Check it out!
24. We have a Snake flavored Kaseto, Orochi Archmage deck with a lot of fun, Snakes, and budget goodness at $33.91.
25. Nahiri, the Lithomancer is calling for an equipment and Solider focused mono-white build that's just $33.85.
26. Who's Born to be Wild? Mina and Denn are! Check out this Gruul Smash deck with lands and fun for just $33.75.
27. Gods are cool, especially when they make you berries, fruits, and tasty veggies. Karametra, God of Harvests might fetch you a lot of lands and good times, but she won't set back your wallet. Check out her budget build, clocking in at $33.74
28. She beats with auras and fun, sailing over her foes. It's Bruna, Light of Alabaster! She's bringing a strong game at a cheap $33.69.
29. Rosheen Meanderer at $33.63 clocks in with a bunch of X spells and activations with a different take on the classic Elf-Ball deck.
30. We take a look at a very old school sort of guy, Boris Devilboon, from the original Legends set, and then build a $33.58 deck around our good demonic friends.
31. It's time for a bit of an Orzhov Control loving, built around Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts and featuring a ton of removal, control, and more, all for the low, low price of $33.56.
32. Captain Sisay leads a fun, legendary infused deck that has a lot of great cards and synergy, but a light price, checking in at $33.46.
33. Ertai, the Corrupted sacrifices creatures and enchantments to counter spells. For $33.35, we have a great control-esque deck with some groovy sacrificing love.
34. With a modest budget of $33.32, Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis have a fun event and morph focused theme, without running a bunch of cards from their Commander 2016 Appearance. Check them out!
35. Built around the Old-School combo of Prodigal Sorcerer and Fungusaur, this Commander deck features a number of cards that deal damage to your own creatures so they get better. It clocks in at a humble $33.26.
36. With a Golgari Toughness-Matters theme, this Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper deck won't hurt your budget, but will do some damage for $33.15.
37. Grenzo, Dungeon Warden goes all crazy with graveyard and deck restocking shenanigans for a cheap $33.12. We even have an infinite combo in here!
38. Commander 2017 brings some powerful new options for Commander players everywhere. I put together a multiplayer-friendly control deck around Mathas, Fiend Seeker for just $33.10.
39. Don't you love the Izzet madness of Arjun, the Shifting Flame? No deck has more card drawing, or card drawing triggers, than this one! It clocks in at $33.04.
40. It doesn't have to be Halloween for you to enjoy the Monster Mash. Here we have a Grusilda, Monster Mash deck that enjoys mashing your dorks together, but not mashing your budget. It clocks in at $32.98
41. Don't Shatter your Budget with this build of the Shattergang Brothers, who's sacrificial ways won't sacrifice wallet, and just cost $32.94.
42. I saw Muldrotha, the Gravetide and I just fell in love with that face. Who wouldn't? Here's a graveyard abuse deck that won't break your bank, just your battlefield. And maybe some friendships. It was $32.89.
43. Who likes some Saprolings and having Fungal Fun? I do! Slimefoot, the Stowaway leads this cheap, flavorful deck that clocks in at $32.80. Every addition to the deck has to support the flavor of the Fungal concepts!
44. Who wants to untap and en-creature Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle? Who wants a fun budget build that's just $32.77? ME!
45. Next up is a budget build of Emmara, Soul of the Accord which is cheap and clocks in at $32.77. Check out it's token majesty!
46. I randomly selected Kefnet the Mindful for a random Commander challenge, and was inspired to combine my two series and build a Budget Commander deck around card-drawing and fun times with Kefnet! Check it out and it's $32.73 glory.
47. Let's build a fun graveyard and Mono-Green build around my second Portal: Three Kingdoms leader - Hua Tuo, Honored Physician. I really like this build, and for just $32.65, I hope you will too!
48. I built a fun budget Burn and Life gain deck around Firesong and Sunspeaker for a price tag of only $32.57! Want to check it out?
49. I built a fun deck around the partners Gorm the Great and Virtus the Veiled. This deck ran some cool cards, including the old school Basilisk and Lure combos. But it only cost $32.51. Don't you wanna check it out? Of course ya do!
50. For my 50th Budget Commander article, I decide to do something crazy! Let's build a Warrior themed deck around a very expensive Najeela, the Blade-Blossom, rather than my normal way of a budget leader. We come in at $42.45. You know you want to read it...
51. Want a Naya Gold deck? Literally? Built around the multicolored loving Rienne, Angel of Rebirth. It clocks it at $32.39. I know you want to find out how I ever could do that! Check it out!
52. I built a fun +1/+1 counter and enchantment-matters build around Eutropia the Twice-Favored for $32.33. Don't you wanna check it out?
53. I took the Skirmish deck I designed, Defy Death, and turned it into a Commander deck featuring Tariel, Reckoner of Souls for $32.28. Take a look and see what you think!
54. I created a fun token creature deck around Akim, the Soaring Wind from Commander 2020. It came in at $32.27! Enjoy it here!
55. I built a Mono-Blue scry and flying matters deck around the partners Eligeth, Crossroads Augur and Siani, Eye of the Storm, that came in under $32.23. It was fun! You can find it here!
56. I love a good crazy Commander to build around, like Hans Eriksson. My version of him ran cards like enrage led Dinosaurs, and mid-range cards you'd want to drop onto the battlefield with aplomb. The deck came in at $32.29. Want to check it out?
57. For my Selensya fans I built this crazy life gain and going wide build around Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn! It came in at $32.27 just two cents fewer than #56! Enjoy it here!
58. I built a big spells matter and ramp Simic deck around partners from Commander Legends Brinelin, the Moon Kraken and Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood. It features X spells like Hydras and big spells a go go! The budget? Just $32.73! Check it out here.
59. If you want to check out a cheap Orzhov +1/+1 Counters Matter brew, great! I've got you covered! I built around Shaile, Dean of Radiance and Embrose, Dean of Shadow. The total for this awesome build is $32.68. You can view it here.
60. This deck came in at $32.65 and it's a Peasant version Axelrod Gunnsaron from the first set that introduced legendary stuff. This one lets you use the version from Legends instead of Chronicles and it's a powerful Rakdos deck that uses ways to trigger Axelrod's ability like giving him ping effects like Fire Whip, deathtouch ones like Bladebrand, and I built the rest of the deck around deathtouchers and pingers. You can check it out here.
61. Coming in at $32.60 was this mono-Black Jerren, Corrupted Bishop deck that cared about the Human tribe and going aggro. You can find it here!
62. I was excited to write a mono-Blue toughness-matters brew around Geralf, Visionary Stitcher. It came in at $32.56.
63. Then I created a deck around the incredibly popular Zaxara, the Exemplary and built and budget view of this powerful leader that came in at $32.54. Find it here!
64. I built a Sphinx matters mono-Blue build around Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign that came in at $32.51! You can check out this bad boy here.
65. I built a Mono-Black, 1-power creature matters theme around Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker. This is a fun unique deck Budget Commander: Hurray Shirei! | Article by Abe Sargent (coolstuffinc.com) with a budget of $32.46.
66. That's this Rabbit-y article you silly goof!