(Staff of the Letter Magus | Art by Daniel Ljunggren)

From Alpha to Zendikar

Full disclaimer: I took some artistic license with the title of this article. Let's just loosely define "profit" as "something that can help you get your cards organized."

Almost every card in Magic: the Gathering has a name, and almost every card name starts with a letter. Understanding the distribution of letters in words and at the beginning of words has cryptographic applications and can help with the design of keyboards as well as information storage and retrieval systems.

So, how common is each letter at the start of Magic card names?

Just like in the English dictionary, "S" is the most common initial letter, and "X" is the least common. The plot above basically shows that cards with certain specific initial letters aren't wildly over/underrepresented among cards on EDHREC. Initial-Q cards have the best argument for being underrepresented, but to me this looks pretty random.

 

This plot shows a little more clearly the frequency of each initial letter in the EDHREC database, with red dots depicting the "expected" frequency if mapped directly from English-language dictionaries. I don't see a real pattern here, except that Sol Ring makes its mark yet again; do you see any pattern that I'm not seeing?

Now for something a little more fun: since EDHREC knows the proportion of each commanders' decks that run each card, it's easy to calculate the proportion of each commanders' decks that run cards starting with each letter.

Get ready, cuz this is a big chart! Let's take a super-specific look at every single letter in the alphabet!

letter	commander	most_frequent	notes
22.1% A		Arcbound Shikari Arcbound Mouser Arcbound Tracker Arcbound Crusher Arcbound Worker Arcbound Stinger Arcbound Javelineer Arcbound Prototype Arcbound Slith Arcbound Reclaimer Ancient Den Arcbound Ravager Arcbound Overseer Arcbound Slasher Arcane Signet Arcbound Whelp Arcbound Hybrid Alibou, Ancient Witness Arcbound Fiend Animation Module Arid Mesa Arcbound Bruiser Ashnod's Altar Arcbound Lancer Abzan Falconer Archaeomancer's Map	The commander with the most "A" cards starts with a "Z". Is this irony? I think it's just modularity.
14.6% B		Bloodlord of Vaasgoth Blood Seeker Butcher of Malakir Blade of the Bloodchief Blood Artist Blood Tribute Bloodline Keeper Bojuka Bog Bontu's Monument Bloodhusk Ritualist Bad Moon Bloodthirsty Aerialist Bloodline Necromancer Barren Moor Bloodcrazed Paladin Bishop of the Bloodstained Bloodbond Vampire Black Market Bolas's Citadel Bloodghast Bloodthrone Vampire Bloodtracker Bloodflow Connoisseur Bloodchief Ascension Blood Burglar Beseech the Queen	Few things go together like Vampires and blood.
32.9% C		Curse of Verbosity Curse of Misfortunes Curse of Surveillance Command Tower Curse of Shaken Faith Curse of Thirst Curse of Disturbance Curse of Bloodletting Curse of Fool's Wisdom Curse of Opulence Curse of Unbinding Curse of Obsession Cruel Reality Curse of Echoes Curse of Death's Hold Curse of the Restless Dead Crumbling Necropolis Claws of Gix Curse of Leeches Curse of the Nightly Hunt Counterspell Clever Impersonator Curse of Vengeance Curse of Shallow Graves Curse of Stalked Prey Chaos Warp	Curse Guy hates this deck.
13.6% D		Dwarven Mine Dwarven Grunt Dwarven Bloodboiler Dockside Extortionist Dwarven Recruiter Dwarven Blastminer Drakuseth, Maw of Flames Dwarven Miner Dwarven Scorcher Deflecting Swat Dwarven Warriors Dwarven Trader Dwarven Nomad Dwarven Reinforcements Dermotaxi Dwarven Armorer Daretti, Scrap Savant Dwarven Driller Dragon Mage Dwarven Berserker Dwarven Thaumaturgist Darksteel Forge Dragon's Hoard Dwarven Hammer Darksteel Citadel Dwarven Lieutenant	Dwarf tribal...
14% E		Elvish Archdruid Elvish Mystic Elvish Champion Ezuri, Renegade Leader Elvish Promenade Elvish Harbinger Elvish Warmaster Emerald Medallion Elvish Visionary Elvish Guidance Essence Warden Elvish Vanguard Elven Ambush Elvish Clancaller Elvish Piper Eternal Witness Elvish Pioneer Elvish Reclaimer Elvish Soultiller Expedition Map Exploration Elvish Spirit Guide Evolution Sage Elvish Lyrist Evolving Wilds Elvish Rejuvenator	...Elf tribal
9.8% F		Faithless Looting Frantic Search Forbid Firestorm Forgotten Cave Fateful Showdown Foil Fellwar Stone Fierce Guardianship Fiery Islet Force of Will Forgotten Creation Flooded Strand Force of Negation Flusterstorm Fists of Flame Fabled Passage Frostboil Snarl Fling Flux Fire Diamond The Flame of Keld Fact or Fiction Footfall Crater Frostveil Ambush Flood of Tears	Not really sure about this one... lots of Fire and Flame, but I wasn't previously aware of an Izzet predilection for "F".
25.2% G		Goblin Matron Goblin Warchief Goblin Bombardment Goblin Trashmaster Goblin Ringleader Goblin Chieftain Goblin Instigator Goblin War Party Goblin Chirurgeon Goblin King Goblin Cratermaker Goblin Sharpshooter Goblin Warrens Goblin Recruiter Goblin Grenade Goblin Piledriver Goblin War Strike Goblin Rabblemaster Goblin Offensive Goblin Rally Goblin Chainwhirler Gempalm Incinerator Goblin Lackey Goblin Bushwhacker Goblin Wardriver Goblin Lookout	This is the most tribe-heavy of the alphabetically-oriented tribal decks. Goblins like to remind you that they are Goblins.
9.2% H		Hungering Hydra Hydra Omnivore Hydra Broodmaster Hooded Hydra Heroes' Bane Heroic Intervention Hunter's Insight Hydra's Growth Harmonize Hunter's Prowess Hardened Scales Honored Hydra Harrow Herald's Horn Homeward Path Hashep Oasis Hapatra's Mark Heraldic Banner Hall of Gemstone Hurricane Hedron Archive Halana, Kessig Ranger Hall of the Bandit Lord Haunted Cloak Hunter's Edge Hunting Wilds	hungry hooded hydras harrow heroic hardened heroes.
7.3% I		Izzet Signet Izzet Boilerworks Izzet Guildgate Izzet Charm Isochron Scepter Izzet Locket Izzet Cluestone Ionize Izzet Staticaster Invoke the Firemind Izzet Chronarch Irencrag Pyromancer Izzet Keyrune Invert // Invent Illusionist's Bracers Impulse Imperial Recruiter Izzet Guildmage Insidious Will Into the Roil Imprisoned in the Moon Inventors' Fair Icefall Regent Incinerate Intruder Alarm Increasing Vengeance	As befits the founder of the Izzet League, Niv-Mizzet is surrounded by his namesake.
12.1% J		Jace, Wielder of Mysteries Jace, the Mind Sculptor Jace Beleren Jace, Unraveler of Secrets Jace, Memory Adept Jace, Architect of Thought Jace's Triumph Jace's Sanctum Jace, the Living Guildpact Jace, Cunning Castaway Jace's Archivist Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage Jace's Projection Jace, Mirror Mage Jace's Erasure Jace, Arcane Strategist Jace's Mindseeker Jace's Phantasm Jace's Ingenuity Jace's Ruse Jace's Sentinel Jace's Scrutiny Jace's Defeat Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur Jeweled Lotus Jwari Disruption	The first of several flip-walker tribal options
10.8% K		Konda's Hatamoto Konda, Lord of Eiganjo Kitsune Blademaster Kentaro, the Smiling Cat Konda's Banner Kitsune Dawnblade Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" Kusari-Gama Karoo Knight of the White Orchid Keeper of the Accord Kindred Boon Kor Cartographer Kor Haven Kabira Crossroads Kabira Takedown Kitsune Healer Kami of False Hope Kabuto Moth Kami of Ancient Law Kemba, Kha Regent Kataki, War's Wage Karmic Justice Kitsune Diviner Kitsune Loreweaver Keensight Mentor	If I am reading this graph correctly, the "K" phoneme is fairly common in Japanese. Or at least it is in Kamigawa.
13.9% L		Liliana, Dreadhorde General Liliana, Death's Majesty Liliana of the Dark Realms Liliana Vess Liliana's Triumph Liliana, Waker of the Dead Liliana, the Last Hope Liliana's Mastery Liliana of the Veil Liliana's Reaver Liliana, Untouched by Death Lord of the Accursed Liliana's Caress Liliana's Scrounger Liliana's Standard Bearer Liliana's Devotee Liliana's Contract Liliana, the Necromancer Lord of the Undead Liliana, Death Mage Liliana, Death Wielder Living Death Liliana's Specter Liliana's Steward Liliana's Spoils Liliana's Elite	More flip-walker tribal, but with an even higher concentration of namesake cards
16.8% M		Myr Retriever Memnite Manakin Myr Turbine Myr Sire Minamo, School at Water's Edge Mishra's Factory Mind Stone Mycosynth Lattice Mox Opal Mana Crypt Mana Vault Myr Moonvessel Master Transmuter Mirrodin Besieged Muddle the Mixture Mystic Remora Manifold Key Mana Drain Mystical Tutor Myr Battlesphere Myriad Landscape Metalworker Mystic Forge Mystic Sanctuary Mindslaver	Arcum likes turning artifact creatures into noncreature artifacts, and a lot of the cards that he transmutes happen to start with "M".
9.5% N		Nissa, Who Shakes the World Nissa, Vital Force Nissa's Pilgrimage Nissa, Worldwaker Nissa's Triumph Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx Nature's Lore Nissa, Voice of Zendikar Nature's Claim Nissa's Renewal Nissa, Genesis Mage Nyxbloom Ancient Natural Order Nissa, Nature's Artisan Nylea, God of the Hunt Nissa's Revelation Nylea, Keen-Eyed Nissa Revane Nissa's Expedition Nevinyrral's Disk Nissa's Chosen Nissa's Encouragement Nissa's Judgment Natural Connection Nylea's Intervention Naturalize	Flip-walker tribal, part three
9% O		Orochi Sustainer Ohran Viper Orochi Hatchery Ohran Frostfang Orochi Eggwatcher Oran-Rief, the Vastwood Orochi Ranger Overrun Orochi Leafcaller Overwhelming Stampede Obelisk of Urd Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers Orochi Merge-Keeper Overwhelming Instinct Oblivion Stone O-Naginata Omnath, Locus of Mana Obscuring Haze Overgrowth Overcome Old Gnawbone Oracle of Mul Daya Opal Palace Oakenform Orb of Dreams Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho	The Snake people of the Kamigawa block are called Orochi. They even have a cool ability named after them!
10.1% P		Perilous Research Phantasmal Image Phantasmal Dreadmaw Phantom Steed Pongify Preordain Ponder Phantasmal Dragon Perplexing Test Psychosis Crawler Phantasmal Bear Pulse of the Grid Phantasmal Abomination Propaganda Phyrexian Altar Pull from Tomorrow Phantom Ninja Prismatic Lens Phantom Warrior Phantasmal Form Pact of Negation Polluted Delta Prismatic Vista Phantom Beast Pyre of Heroes Phyrexian Metamorph	Many Illusions are either phantom or phantasmal. All are phantastic!
2.5% Q		Qasali Slingers Qasali Pridemage Qasali Ambusher Quietus Spike Questing Beast Quest for the Holy Relic Quarantine Field Quick Sliver Quicksilver Amulet Quiet Disrepair Quicksand Quirion Elves Quest for Renewal Quirion Ranger	The Qasali valley is apparently a notable location in the Naya shard. Cats like it there.
12.4% R		Regisaur Alpha Ripjaw Raptor Ranging Raptors Runic Armasaur Raging Swordtooth Rhythm of the Wild Rampant Growth Rootbound Crag Raging Regisaur Rogue's Passage Regal Behemoth Rampaging Brontodon Return of the Wildspeaker Rampaging Ferocidon Rishkar's Expertise Rugged Highlands Raptor Hatchling Rockfall Vale Realmwalker Reliquary Tower Return to Nature Rile Radiant Destiny Rugged Prairie Rootborn Defenses Ravenous Daggertooth	Lots of fun alliteration here, with Ripjaw Raptor, Ranging Raptors, and Raging Regisaur.
24.3% S		Sol Ring Skullclamp Swords to Plowshares Sword of the Animist Sigarda's Aid Sram, Senior Edificer Stoneforge Mystic Sun Titan Swiftfoot Boots Stonehewer Giant Sword of Feast and Famine Steelshaper's Gift Sword of Vengeance Sword of Fire and Ice Stone Haven Outfitter Smothering Tithe Shadowspear Sword of Sinew and Steel Sword of Light and Shadow Sword of Truth and Justice Secluded Steppe Sword of War and Peace Strata Scythe Sword of Body and Mind Sword of Hearth and Home Solemn Simulacrum	Someone had to get Sol Ring, and it makes sense that Nahiri, who also loves Swords, should get the honor.
13.1% T		Thallid Thallid Shell-Dweller Thallid Germinator Thallid Devourer Thallid Soothsayer Thorn Thallid Thelonite Hermit Tendershoot Dryad Temple of Malady Tainted Wood Thallid Omnivore Tukatongue Thallid Terramorphic Expanse Talisman of Resilience Triumph of the Hordes Twilight Mire Tranquil Thicket Temple of the False God Tragic Slip Three Visits Thriving Grove Thriving Moor Trudge Garden Toxic Deluge Toski, Bearer of Secrets Turntimber Symbiosis	Thallid tribal!
8.9% U		Ugin, the Ineffable Urza's Power Plant Urza's Mine Urza's Tower Ugin, the Spirit Dragon Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre Unwinding Clock Unstable Obelisk Ulamog's Crusher Ur-Golem's Eye Urza's Incubator Urza's Saga Ugin's Nexus Urza's Factory Ulamog's Despoiler Unknown Shores Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Underdark Rift Universal Solvent Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper Ugin's Conjurant Urza's Bauble Umezawa's Jitte Unstable Frontier Unclaimed Territory	Ugin, Urza, and Ulamog are doing most of the work in this colorless deck.
9.4% V		Viscera Seer Vindictive Vampire Vampire Nighthawk Village Rites Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose Vampire Nocturnus Veinwitch Coven Victimize Voldaren Bloodcaster Vampire Spawn Vampire Hexmage Vampiric Rites Vampiric Tutor Vampire of the Dire Moon Vanquisher's Banner Vermin Gorger Voldaren Pariah Vengeant Vampire Voldaren Estate Vesuva Vampire Aristocrat Vampire Cutthroat Verdant Catacombs Vona's Hunger Vampire Sovereign Vicious Conquistador	Apparently, Vampires love Vampires almost as much as they love blood.
14.1% W		Wall of Denial Wall of Blossoms Wall of Omens Wall of Frost Wall of Tanglecord Wall of Stolen Identity Wall of Runes Wall of Mulch Wall of Junk Wall of Roots Wave of Reckoning Wall of Glare Wall of Shards Wall of Essence Wall of Tears Windswept Heath Wall of Mist Wall of Nets Wall of Ice Wall of Hope Wall of Vines Wall of Kelp Wild Pair Wall of Reverence Wall of Air Wooded Bastion	Evidently, calling a Wall "Wall" is almost as common as calling a Goblin "Goblin".
1.2% X		Xorn Xantcha, Sleeper Agent Xanthic Statue	There really just aren't very many "X" cards out there.
3% Y		Yeva, Nature's Herald You Find a Cursed Idol Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth You Happen On a Glade Yisan, the Wanderer Bard Yavimaya Hollow You Meet in a Tavern Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig Yavimaya Dryad Yavimaya Elder Young Wolf Yavimaya Granger	This is the "You" and "Yavimaya" deck.
2.3% Z		Zetalpa, Primal Dawn Zacama, Primal Calamity Zendikar Resurgent Zilortha, Strength Incarnate Zhur-Taa Druid Zhur-Taa Ancient Zhalfirin Void Zealous Conscripts Zariel, Archduke of Avernus Zirda, the Dawnwaker Zendikar's Roil Zhur-Taa Swine Zephyr Boots	2.3% isn't a large proportion; this is just kind of a grab-bag of decent rampy "Z" cards.

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The Binder Problem

This is the "profit" part, such as it is. Someone posed to me the following challenge: "Let's say I have a trade binder with n pages. Given the distribution of cards played in Commander, how should I organize those binders into sections, to minimize the time spent searching through an approximately alphabetical collection?"

The EDHREC data makes this pretty easy to answer, although as usual I have found a way to complicate it. Below is a table with the First and Last card for each segment of your collection, if you have 120 alphabetically-constrained sections of cards in across your binders/boxes.

Why 120? Well, 120 is both a superior highly composite number and, relatedly, a colossally abundant number! Friends of @MtG_DS probably know I enjoy a good prime number, but this application calls for something with a lot of divisors. Because you probably don't have 120 sections, but you might have 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, or 60! And this table lets you quickly see the first and last card that should appear in each section in every case.

For example, if you have a binder divided into 15 sections, your first should range between the dreaded +2 Mace and Basilisk Collar, your second section should run between Basking Rootwalla and Cephalid Constable, etc.

4	5	6	8	10	12	15	20	24	30	40	60	120	first	last
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	+2 Mace	Agadeem's Awakening
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	Agadeem Occultist	Ancestral Mask
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	Ancestral Memories	Anticipate
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	Anticognition	Arcane Signet
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	5	Arcane Spyglass	Ardent Dustspeaker
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	6	Ardent Electromancer	Astral Cornucopia
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	7	Astral Drift	Azorius Chancery
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	8	Azorius Charm	Basilisk Collar
1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	5	9	Basking Rootwalla	Beledros Witherbloom
1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	5	10	Belfry Spirit	Blasphemous Act
1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	6	11	Blast of Genius	Bloodmark Mentor
1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	6	12	Bloodmist Infiltrator	Boneyard Lurker
1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	7	13	Boneyard Mycodrax	Branching Evolution
1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	7	14	Branchloft Pathway	Burning-Rune Demon
1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	8	15	Burning-Tree Bloodscale	Carrier Thrall
1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	6	8	16	Carrion	Cephalid Constable
1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	9	17	Cephalid Illusionist	Choice of Damnations
1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	9	18	Choke	Clever Impersonator
1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	10	19	Clever Lumimancer	Command Tower
1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	10	20	Commandeer	Commander's Sphere
1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	11	21	Commander Eesha	Cosmos Elixir
1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	8	11	22	Cosmotronic Wave	Crop Rotation
1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	8	12	23	Crop Sigil	Cultivate
1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	8	12	24	Cultivator's Caravan	Danitha Capashen, Paragon
1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	7	9	13	25	Danse Macabre	Deadeye Navigator
1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	26	Deadeye Plunderers	Demonfire
1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	14	27	Demonic Appetite	Dictate of Erebos
1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	10	14	28	Dictate of Heliod	Dissipate
1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	8	10	15	29	Dissipation Field	Dragonlord Kolaghan
1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	8	10	15	30	Dragonlord Ojutai	Druidic Satchel
2	2	2	3	3	4	4	6	7	8	11	16	31	Druids' Repository	Eldrazi Monument
2	2	2	3	3	4	4	6	7	8	11	16	32	Eldrazi Obligator	Emeria Shepherd
2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	17	33	Emeria's Call	Essence Pulse
2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	12	17	34	Essence Scatter	Evolving Wilds
2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	12	18	35	Evra, Halcyon Witness	Exsanguinate
2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	8	9	12	18	36	Extinction	Farhaven Elf
2	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	8	10	13	19	37	Farideh's Fireball	Fertile Ground
2	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	8	10	13	19	38	Fertile Imagination	Firemind's Research
2	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	8	10	13	20	39	Firemind Vessel	Forbidden Orchard
2	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	8	10	14	20	40	Forbidden Ritual	Forgotten Ancient
2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	14	21	41	Forgotten Cave	Fynn, the Fangbearer
2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	14	21	42	Gabriel Angelfire	Genesis Hydra
2	2	3	3	4	5	6	8	9	11	15	22	43	Genesis Storm	Giver of Runes
2	2	3	3	4	5	6	8	9	11	15	22	44	Glacial Chasm	God-Pharaoh's Statue
2	2	3	3	4	5	6	8	9	12	15	23	45	Godhead of Awe	Grave Pact
2	2	3	4	4	5	6	8	10	12	16	23	46	Grave Peril	Grow from the Ashes
2	2	3	4	4	5	6	8	10	12	16	24	47	Growing Ranks	Hallowed Fountain
2	2	3	4	4	5	6	8	10	12	16	24	48	Hallowed Ground	Heirloom Blade
2	3	3	4	5	5	7	9	10	13	17	25	49	Heirloom Mirror	Highland Forest
2	3	3	4	5	5	7	9	10	13	17	25	50	Highland Game	Hydroid Krasis
2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	13	17	26	51	Hydrolash	Incubation Druid
2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	13	18	26	52	Incubator Drone	Irrigated Farmland
2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	14	18	27	53	Irrigation Ditch	Izzet Charm
2	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	14	18	27	54	Izzet Chemister	Judge's Familiar
2	3	3	4	5	6	7	10	11	14	19	28	55	Judge of Currents	Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
2	3	3	4	5	6	7	10	12	14	19	28	56	Kederekt Creeper	Kodama's Reach
2	3	3	4	5	6	8	10	12	15	19	29	57	Kodama of the Center Tree	Lair of the Hydra
2	3	3	4	5	6	8	10	12	15	20	29	58	Lairwatch Giant	Lightning Greaves
2	3	3	4	5	6	8	10	12	15	20	30	59	Lightning Helix	Llanowar Elves
2	3	3	4	5	6	8	10	12	15	20	30	60	Llanowar Empath	Luxury Suite
3	3	4	5	6	7	8	11	13	16	21	31	61	Lyev Decree	Mana Drain
3	3	4	5	6	7	8	11	13	16	21	31	62	Mana Echoes	Mask of Memory
3	3	4	5	6	7	8	11	13	16	21	32	63	Mask of Riddles	Merfolk Trickster
3	3	4	5	6	7	8	11	13	16	22	32	64	Merfolk Wayfinder	Mindcrank
3	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	13	17	22	33	65	Mindculling	Mogg Assassin
3	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	14	17	22	33	66	Mogg Bombers	Mountain
3	3	4	5	6	7	9	12	14	17	23	34	67	Mountain Bandit	Muscle Sliver
3	3	4	5	6	7	9	12	14	17	23	34	68	Muse Drake	Mystic Snake
3	3	4	5	6	7	9	12	14	18	23	35	69	Mystic Speculation	Necropanther
3	3	4	5	6	7	9	12	14	18	24	35	70	Necropede	Nim Deathmantle
3	3	4	5	6	8	9	12	15	18	24	36	71	Nim Devourer	O-Naginata
3	3	4	5	6	8	9	12	15	18	24	36	72	Oak Street Innkeeper	Open the Vaults
3	4	4	5	7	8	10	13	15	19	25	37	73	Ophidian	Overgrown Tomb
3	4	4	5	7	8	10	13	15	19	25	37	74	Overgrowth	Path of Ancestry
3	4	4	5	7	8	10	13	15	19	25	38	75	Path of Anger's Flame	Phyrexian Arena
3	4	4	6	7	8	10	13	16	19	26	38	76	Phyrexian Battleflies	Plains
3	4	4	6	7	8	10	13	16	20	26	39	77	Planar Ally	Pongify
3	4	4	6	7	8	10	13	16	20	26	39	78	Pontiff of Blight	Prismatic Vista
3	4	4	6	7	8	10	14	16	20	27	40	79	Prismatic Ward	Pyroblast
3	4	4	6	7	8	10	14	16	20	27	40	80	Pyroceratops	Rampant Growth
3	4	5	6	7	9	11	14	17	21	27	41	81	Rampant Rejuvenator	Reality Shift
3	4	5	6	7	9	11	14	17	21	28	41	82	Reality Smasher	Reidane, God of the Worthy
3	4	5	6	7	9	11	14	17	21	28	42	83	Reign of Chaos	Restore Balance
3	4	5	6	7	9	11	14	17	21	28	42	84	Restore the Peace	Righteous Aura
3	4	5	6	8	9	11	15	17	22	29	43	85	Righteous Authority	Roiling Regrowth
3	4	5	6	8	9	11	15	18	22	29	43	86	Roiling Terrain	Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
3	4	5	6	8	9	11	15	18	22	29	44	87	Saheeli, the Gifted	Savai Triome
3	4	5	6	8	9	11	15	18	22	30	44	88	Savannah	Scute Swarm
3	4	5	6	8	9	12	15	18	23	30	45	89	Scuttlegator	Selesnya Sanctuary
3	4	5	6	8	9	12	15	18	23	30	45	90	Selesnya Sentry	Shaper Parasite
4	4	5	7	8	10	12	16	19	23	31	46	91	Shapers' Sanctuary	Sigil of the Empty Throne
4	4	5	7	8	10	12	16	19	23	31	46	92	Sigil of the Nayan Gods	Skullclamp
4	4	5	7	8	10	12	16	19	24	31	47	93	Skullcrack	Smothering Tithe
4	4	5	7	8	10	12	16	19	24	32	47	94	Smuggler's Copter	Sol Ring
4	4	5	7	8	10	12	16	19	24	32	48	95	Sol Talisman	Solemn Simulacrum
4	4	5	7	8	10	12	16	20	24	32	48	96	Solemnity	Spectator Seating
4	5	5	7	9	10	13	17	20	25	33	49	97	Specter's Shriek	Sprouting Vines
4	5	5	7	9	10	13	17	20	25	33	49	98	Spur Grappler	Stomping Ground
4	5	5	7	9	10	13	17	20	25	33	50	99	Stomping Slabs	Summary Dismissal
4	5	5	7	9	10	13	17	20	25	34	50	100	Summary Judgment	Swamp
4	5	6	7	9	11	13	17	21	26	34	51	101	Swamp Mosquito	Swiftfoot Boots
4	5	6	7	9	11	13	17	21	26	34	51	102	Swiftwater Cliffs	Sylvan Library
4	5	6	7	9	11	13	18	21	26	35	52	103	Sylvan Messenger	Talisman of Hierarchy
4	5	6	7	9	11	13	18	21	26	35	52	104	Talisman of Impulse	Temple Garden
4	5	6	7	9	11	14	18	21	27	35	53	105	Temple of Abandon	Temur Ascendancy
4	5	6	8	9	11	14	18	22	27	36	53	106	Temur Banner	Thassa's Intervention
4	5	6	8	9	11	14	18	22	27	36	54	107	Thassa's Ire	Thran Temporal Gateway
4	5	6	8	9	11	14	18	22	27	36	54	108	Thran Tome	Titan Hunter
4	5	6	8	10	11	14	19	22	28	37	55	109	Titan of Eternal Fire	Tranquil Thicket
4	5	6	8	10	11	14	19	22	28	37	55	110	Tranquility	Twinblade Paladin
4	5	6	8	10	12	14	19	23	28	37	56	111	Twinblade Slasher	Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
4	5	6	8	10	12	14	19	23	28	38	56	112	Unexpected Fangs	Valakut Awakening
4	5	6	8	10	12	15	19	23	29	38	57	113	Valakut Exploration	Vengeful Dead
4	5	6	8	10	12	15	19	23	29	38	57	114	Vengeful Devil	Viscera Seer
4	5	6	8	10	12	15	20	23	29	39	58	115	Viscerid Armor	Wall of Deceit
4	5	6	8	10	12	15	20	24	29	39	58	116	Wall of Denial	Weaponize the Monsters
4	5	6	8	10	12	15	20	24	30	39	59	117	Weapons Trainer	Wind-Scarred Crag
4	5	6	8	10	12	15	20	24	30	40	59	118	Wind Dancer	Wood Elves
4	5	6	8	10	12	15	20	24	30	40	60	119	Wood Sage	Yahenni, Undying Partisan
4	5	6	8	10	12	15	20	24	30	40	60	120	Yamabushi's Flame	Zurzoth, Chaos Rider

And that's all I have to say about the alphabet in Commander, from Abandon Hope to Zurzoth, Chaos Rider!

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