Average Deck for Ian Malcolm, Chaotician - Budget Optimized

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
Rank #537
6decks
DougY
Jan 23, 2026
Top 10 Group Hug Commanders for Lavaleaper
With Lavaleaper from Lorwyn Eclipsed giving us an updated Mana Flare effect, let's look at the Group Hug commanders that should play it.
Sikora
Feb 19, 2025
Commander Unoptimized - Group Hugs
How to you "unoptimize" Group Hug to have a good time all the way around the table?
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Average Decklist

Braids, Conjurer Adept
Braids, Conjurer Adept
Brash Taunter
Brash Taunter
Cephalid Broker
Cephalid Broker
Etali, Primal Storm
Etali, Primal Storm
Ghostly Pilferer
Ghostly Pilferer
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Howling Golem
Howling Golem
Humble Defector
Humble Defector
Lavaleaper
Lavaleaper
Magus of the Wheel
Magus of the Wheel
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Noggle Ransacker
Noggle Ransacker
Reckless Scholar
Reckless Scholar
Red Death, Shipwrecker
Red Death, Shipwrecker
Scrawling Crawler
Scrawling Crawler
Silent Arbiter
Silent Arbiter
Spider-Punk
Spider-Punk
Stormtide Leviathan
Stormtide Leviathan
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
Treasure Nabber
Treasure Nabber
Instants (12)
Abandon Attachments
Abandon Attachments
Aetherize
Aetherize
Amazing Acrobatics
Amazing Acrobatics
Arcane Denial
Arcane Denial
Chaos Warp
Chaos Warp
Counterspell
Counterspell
Dazzling Denial
Dazzling Denial
Dream Fracture
Dream Fracture
Hinder
Hinder
Negate
Negate
Refute
Refute
Vision Skeins
Vision Skeins
Sorceries (10)
Acidic Soil
Acidic Soil
Blasphemous Act
Blasphemous Act
Burning Inquiry
Burning Inquiry
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction
Deep Analysis
Deep Analysis
Fascination
Fascination
From the Ashes
From the Ashes
Minds Aglow
Minds Aglow
Mob Rule
Mob Rule
Windfall
Windfall
Artifacts (11)
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet
Chaos Wand
Chaos Wand
Commander's Sphere
Commander's Sphere
Coveted Jewel
Coveted Jewel
Ghirapur Orrery
Ghirapur Orrery
Howling Mine
Howling Mine
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Swiftfoot Boots
Swiftfoot Boots
Talisman of Creativity
Talisman of Creativity
Temple Bell
Temple Bell
Waterbending Scroll
Waterbending Scroll
Enchantments (10)
Curse of Echoes
Curse of Echoes
Fevered Visions
Fevered Visions
Forced Fruition
Forced Fruition
Maximum Carnage
Maximum Carnage
Mind's Dilation
Mind's Dilation
Omniscience
Omniscience
Shadow of the Goblin
Shadow of the Goblin
Shared Fate
Shared Fate
Weftwalking
Weftwalking
Well of Ideas
Well of Ideas
Lands (11)
Command Tower
Command Tower
Evolving Wilds
Evolving Wilds
Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard
Ferrous Lake
Ferrous Lake
Frostboil Snarl
Frostboil Snarl
Geier Reach Sanitarium
Geier Reach Sanitarium
Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower
Scavenger Grounds
Scavenger Grounds
Shivan Reef
Shivan Reef
Temple of Epiphany
Temple of Epiphany
Terramorphic Expanse
Terramorphic Expanse
Basics (2)
Island
12 Island
Mountain
13 Mountain