GrixisLegendary Creature — Human WarlockEdea, Possessed Sorceress
Mana value5Rank#15,018
The Commander
Ward 
At the beginning of combat on your turn, gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control but don't own dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control and you draw a card.
Guide
Gameplan
Each combat you steal an opponent's best creature, untap it, give it haste, and swing or block with it. Pair the steal with a sacrifice outlet so the borrowed creature dies on your turn — triggering Edea to draw you a card (the creature returns to its owner, but you got the value). Grind incremental card advantage and tempo while pummeling tables with their own threats, then close with sacrifice payoffs or a big finisher.
Strengths
- Repeatable, no-mana 'Threaten' effect every combat that doubles as removal-dodging tempo
- Built-in card draw engine when stolen creatures die — fuels a sacrifice/aristocrats shell perfectly
- Ward 2 makes Edea sticky and harder to interact with
- Grixis access to the best removal, card draw, and reanimation in the format
Weaknesses
- Does nothing if opponents have no creatures to steal
- Five mana and combat-trigger reliant — slow against fast combo decks
- Wants Edea on the battlefield to function, so commander-removal heavy tables tax you
- Stolen creatures return to owners at end of turn unless you sacrifice them, so you must build around the kill
Key Cards
- Goblin Bombardment — Free sacrifice outlet that turns every stolen creature into damage plus an Edea draw.
- Ashnod's Altar — Sac the borrowed creature for mana and a card, then sink that mana into more plays.
- Viscera Seer — Cheap, untapped sac outlet to reliably kill stolen creatures for Edea's draw trigger.
- Dictate of Erebos — Sacrificing borrowed creatures forces opponents to sacrifice too, snowballing board control.
- Bastion of Remembrance — Each stolen creature you sacrifice drains the table, converting steals into life loss.
- Disrupt Decorum — Combat chaos that pairs with Edea's steal to swing the board in your favor.
Upgrade Path
Add more free sacrifice outlets (Carrion Feeder, Phyrexian Altar) and aristocrat drains (Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat) so every steal converts to damage and cards. Tighten the mana with fast rocks (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet) and protect Edea with cheap interaction; then add permanent-theft pieces like Bottle of Suspension or Insurrection-style swings to convert borrowed armies into outright wins.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Drain the table with sacrifice payoffs like Bastion of Remembrance and Blood Artist as you grind stolen creatures
- ▸Beat down with opponents' own best creatures plus your evasive threats
- ▸Out-card-advantage the table via Edea's draws, then deploy a hard finisher or combo
Archetypes
- Aristocrats — Steal a creature, sacrifice it for value, and let Edea refund a card every time — the perfect sac-fuel engine.
- Theft/Steal — Edea is a built-in repeatable Threaten, supercharged by Act of Treason effects and permanent-steal spells.
- Control — Grixis removal and card draw let you use opponents' creatures as both blockers and disposable attackers while you grind.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BRU), by popularity.
