Aegar, the Freezing Flame (Commander) - Core

Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Rank #760
648decks
Bennie Smith
Jun 2, 2026
The Tectonic Shift from EDH to Commander
It's really been 15 years since Commander 2011? Bennie was playing & writing about EDH then and shares his memories of that momentous release!
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65%synergy
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Sunrise Sovereign
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64%synergy
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Abrade
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43%synergy
Crush Underfoot
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63%synergy
Surtland Elementalist
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61%synergy
Blasphemous Act
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Battle of Frost and Fire
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Invasion of the Giants
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Surtland Flinger
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Archmage of Runes
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Prophetic Titan
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53%synergy
Goliath Daydreamer
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Boldwyr Aggressor
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Frost Titan
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Galvanic Giant
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Crystalline Giant
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Taurean Mauler
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10%synergy
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20%synergy
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Stormcatch Mentor
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Surtr, Fiery Jötun
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Magma Giant
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
Furnace Host Charger
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10%synergy
Storm-Kiln Artist
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Roaming Throne
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4%synergy
Burnished Hart
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6%synergy
Electrostatic Infantry
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6%synergy
Hill Gigas
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7%synergy
Kaza, Roil Chaser
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5%synergy
Beluna's Gatekeeper
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7%synergy
Imodane, the Pyrohammer
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6%synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
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Wizards of Thay
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Bearer of the Heavens
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Frostfist Strider
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Lightning Bolt
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Flame of Anor
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Fall of the Hammer
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Counterspell
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Negate
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Wizard's Retort
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Giantfall
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Wizard's Lightning
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Chaos Warp
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Starstorm
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Demon Bolt
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Ghostfire Slice
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Electrodominance
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Comet Storm
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Saw It Coming
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Prismari Command
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Soul's Fire
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Delayed Blast Fireball
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Soul Sear
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Arcane Denial
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Brainstorm
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The Last Agni Kai
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Behold the Multiverse
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Lightning Axe
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Opt
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An Offer You Can't Refuse
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Arcbond
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Fling
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Twinferno
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Polymorphist's Jest
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Thrill of Possibility
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Expansion // Explosion
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Fire Giant's Fury
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Chain Reaction
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36%synergy
Hell to Pay
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26%synergy
Mana Geyser
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2%synergy
Calamity of Cinders
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22%synergy
Flame Slash
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21%synergy
Star of Extinction
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Ravenform
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Ill-Timed Explosion
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Crush the Weak
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Vandalblast
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Chandra's Ignition
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Scorching Shot
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Giant's Ire
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Volcanic Salvo
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Preordain
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Volcanic Vision
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8%synergy
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Waltz of Rage
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Call Forth the Tempest
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Orbital Plunge
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Ponder
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Faithless Looting
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Treasure Cruise
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Nahiri's Warcrafting
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Beacon Bolt
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Lava Coil
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7%synergy
Gandalf's Sanction
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4%synergy
Roast
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6%synergy
Meteor Swarm
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5%synergy
Step Through
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2%synergy
Crackle with Power
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-3%synergy
Torch the Witness
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5%synergy
Hour of Devastation
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5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Giant's Amulet
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38%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
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15%synergy
Herald's Horn
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22%synergy
Magmatic Galleon
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20%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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Urza's Incubator
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Lightning Greaves
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Robe of the Archmagi
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8%synergy
Ruby Medallion
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Magebane Armor
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9%synergy
Gathering Stone
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6%synergy
Enchantments
Warstorm Surge
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40%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
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39%synergy
Giant's Grasp
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37%synergy
Wizard Class
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19%synergy
Fiery Emancipation
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18%synergy
Frostcliff Siege
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9%synergy
City on Fire
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10%synergy
Repercussion
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11%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
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3%synergy
Molten Echoes
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9%synergy
Collective Inferno
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7%synergy
Fall of Cair Andros
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8%synergy
Kindred Discovery
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6%synergy
Double Vision
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3%synergy
Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna
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5%synergy
Dictate of the Twin Gods
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6%synergy
Gratuitous Violence
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5%synergy
Gimli's Reckless Might
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6%synergy
Artist's Talent
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-2%synergy
Burning Anger
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5%synergy
Call to the Kindred
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5%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
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7%synergy
Hall of Storm Giants
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41%synergy
Riptide Laboratory
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25%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
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-5%synergy
Temple of the False God
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8%synergy
Spinerock Knoll
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12%synergy
Desolate Lighthouse
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4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
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-2%synergy
Forgotten Cave
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2%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
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1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
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4%synergy
Restless Spire
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1%synergy
Castle Vantress
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2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
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-2%synergy
Sol Ring
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-12%synergy
Izzet Signet
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11%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
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0%synergy
Thought Vessel
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18%synergy
Mind Stone
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15%synergy
Fire Diamond
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22%synergy
Sky Diamond
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18%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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Commander's Sphere
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7%synergy
Patchwork Banner
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16%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
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7%synergy
Midnight Clock
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1%synergy
Thran Dynamo
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Worn Powerstone
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4%synergy
Hedron Archive
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2%synergy
Izzet Locket
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3%synergy
Pyromancer's Goggles
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2%synergy
Replicating Ring
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5%synergy
Gilded Lotus
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-1%synergy
Resonating Lute
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Lands
Mountain
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Island
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Command Tower
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Path of Ancestry
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Sulfur Falls
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Temple of Epiphany
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Shivan Reef
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16%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
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Stormcarved Coast
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Myriad Landscape
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Swiftwater Cliffs
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16%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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15%synergy
Volatile Fjord
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27%synergy
Cascade Bluffs
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-16%synergy
Ferrous Lake
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-1%synergy
Steam Vents
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-25%synergy
Training Center
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-19%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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-13%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
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8%synergy
Surtland Frostpyre
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19%synergy
Riverglide Pathway
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-8%synergy
Izzet Guildgate
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6%synergy
Snow-Covered Mountain
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12%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
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11%synergy
Eclipsed Realms
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13%synergy
Molten Tributary
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5%synergy
Scalding Tarn
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-18%synergy
Fiery Islet
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-13%synergy
Kazuul's Fury
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9%synergy
Prismari Campus
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6%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
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9%synergy
Thundering Falls
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-11%synergy
Riverpyre Verge
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-12%synergy
Shatterskull Smashing
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5%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
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8%synergy
Spirebluff Canal
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-7%synergy
Highland Lake
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4%synergy
Forbidden Orchard
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6%synergy
Eroded Canyon
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-1%synergy
Valakut Awakening
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-3%synergy
Thriving Isle
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3%synergy
Thriving Bluff
6.2%inclusion40 decks648 decks
4%synergy
Silverbluff Bridge
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-3%synergy
Sink into Stupor
5.7%inclusion37 decks648 decks
-12%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
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4%synergy
Ash Barrens
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0%synergy
Cavern of Souls
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1%synergy