Average Deck for Ian Malcolm, Chaotician - Expensive Upgraded Group Hug

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
Rank #533
2decks
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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.
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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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Kami of the Crescent Moon
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Laboratory Maniac
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Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
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Plargg and Nassari
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Wild-Magic Sorcerer
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Instants (14)
Brain Freeze
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Chain of Vapor
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Chaos Warp
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Chef's Kiss
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Delay
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Gaze of Adamaro
Gaze of Adamaro
Guff Rewrites History
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Invert Polarity
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Mana Drain
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Resculpt
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Runeflare Trap
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Swan Song
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Tibalt's Trickery
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Wash Away
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Sorceries (11)
Blasphemous Act
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Disrupt Decorum
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Echo of Eons
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Expropriate
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Gamble
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Jeska's Will
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Molten Psyche
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Thieves' Auction
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Vandalblast
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Wheel of Fortune
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Whims of the Fates
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Artifacts (16)
Arcane Signet
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Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
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Chromatic Lantern
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Chromatic Orrery
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Fellwar Stone
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Folio of Fancies
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Gilded Lotus
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Horn of Greed
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Howling Mine
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Isochron Scepter
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Mox Opal
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Sol Ring
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Talisman of Creativity
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The Magic Mirror
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Thought Vessel
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Thran Dynamo
Thran Dynamo
Enchantments (10)
Curse of Verbosity
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Dictate of Kruphix
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Extraordinary Journey
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Fevered Visions
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Mana Flare
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Propaganda
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Share the Spoils
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Stolen Strategy
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Teferi's Ageless Insight
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The Flux
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Lands (19)
Cascade Bluffs
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Command Tower
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Exotic Orchard
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Geier Reach Sanitarium
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Halimar Depths
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Polluted Delta
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Reliquary Tower
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Riverglide Pathway
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Scalding Tarn
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Shivan Reef
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Steam Vents
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Stormcarved Coast
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Sulfur Falls
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Swiftwater Cliffs
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Training Center
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Volcanic Island
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Basics (2)
Island
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Mountain
9 Mountains