Haldan, Avid Arcanist // Pako, Arcane Retriever (Commander) - Budget Core

Haldan, Avid Arcanist // Pako, Arcane Retriever
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Lessons from Life
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
Novel Nunchaku
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Saved by the Shell
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
33%synergy
Spry and Mighty
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Shimmerwilds Growth
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Temur Battle Rage
85%inclusion88 decks103 decks
81%synergy
Fae Flight
78%inclusion80 decks103 decks
77%synergy
Road // Ruin
77%inclusion79 decks103 decks
76%synergy
Decisive Denial
80%inclusion82 decks103 decks
75%synergy
Sword Coast Sailor
75%inclusion77 decks103 decks
74%synergy
Explore
87%inclusion90 decks103 decks
73%synergy
Search for Tomorrow
75%inclusion77 decks103 decks
71%synergy
Aqueous Form
73%inclusion75 decks103 decks
70%synergy
Spell Rupture
69%inclusion71 decks103 decks
68%synergy
Veil of Secrecy
67%inclusion69 decks103 decks
66%synergy
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Rampant Growth
81%inclusion83 decks103 decks
46%synergy
Negate
77%inclusion79 decks103 decks
61%synergy
Repulsive Mutation
69%inclusion71 decks103 decks
65%synergy
Memory Lapse
69%inclusion71 decks103 decks
66%synergy
Fertile Ground
66%inclusion68 decks103 decks
64%synergy
Chain Reaction
65%inclusion67 decks103 decks
61%synergy
Growth Spiral
65%inclusion67 decks103 decks
40%synergy
Gaea's Gift
62%inclusion64 decks103 decks
58%synergy
Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
62%inclusion63 decks102 decks
54%synergy
Aboshan's Desire
56%inclusion58 decks103 decks
56%synergy
Creatures
Talrand, Sky Summoner
31%inclusion32 decks103 decks
26%synergy
Murmuring Mystic
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
24%synergy
Niblis of Frost
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
26%synergy
Orcish Lumberjack
23%inclusion24 decks103 decks
22%synergy
Wavebreak Hippocamp
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
20%synergy
Llanowar Elves
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Coiling Oracle
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Ilysian Caryatid
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
10%synergy
K-9, Mark I
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion12 decks97 decks
10%synergy
Twinflame Travelers
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Etali, Primal Storm
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
0%synergy
Goblin Anarchomancer
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-3%synergy
Tinder Wall
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Elvish Mystic
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-3%synergy
Guttersnipe
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Goblin Electromancer
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-1%synergy
Oak Street Innkeeper
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Generator Servant
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-6%synergy
Raucous Audience
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Mina and Denn, Wildborn
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Temur Battlecrier
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
-14%synergy
Instants
Temur Charm
54%inclusion56 decks103 decks
50%synergy
Royal Treatment
49%inclusion50 decks103 decks
47%synergy
Hunter's Insight
46%inclusion47 decks103 decks
43%synergy
You Come to a River
41%inclusion42 decks103 decks
40%synergy
Return to Nature
40%inclusion41 decks103 decks
35%synergy
Reclaim
39%inclusion40 decks103 decks
36%synergy
Harrow
34%inclusion35 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Charge Through
33%inclusion34 decks103 decks
32%synergy
You See a Guard Approach
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
31%synergy
Expel from Orazca
30%inclusion31 decks103 decks
29%synergy
Run Away Together
29%inclusion30 decks103 decks
28%synergy
Wild Shape
29%inclusion30 decks103 decks
29%synergy
Spring // Mind
28%inclusion29 decks103 decks
28%synergy
Resculpt
28%inclusion29 decks103 decks
26%synergy
Unsubstantiate
27%inclusion28 decks103 decks
27%synergy
Heritage Reclamation
26%inclusion9 decks35 decks
23%synergy
You Find the Villains' Lair
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
24%synergy
Once and Future
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
25%synergy
Eureka Moment
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
21%synergy
Overprotect
24%inclusion22 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Snakeskin Veil
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Choose Your Weapon
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
22%synergy
Biosynthic Burst
22%inclusion4 decks18 decks
21%synergy
Collective Resistance
21%inclusion21 decks98 decks
17%synergy
Defend the Rider
19%inclusion9 decks48 decks
17%synergy
Inscription of Abundance
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Wilt
17%inclusion18 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Origin of Metalbending
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
4%synergy
Shore Up
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Planar Genesis
13%inclusion13 decks97 decks
7%synergy
Hinder
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Abrade
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Fact or Fiction
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Auroral Procession
11%inclusion4 decks35 decks
8%synergy
Magic Damper
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Simic Charm
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Chaos Warp
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-24%synergy
Khalni Ambush
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Psychotic Fury
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Dive Down
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Prishe's Wanderings
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Siege Smash
7.2%inclusion7 decks97 decks
6%synergy
Water Wings
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Frantic Search
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Ranger's Guile
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Into the Roil
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Secret Identity
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Amazing Acrobatics
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Horrid Vigor
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
5%synergy
Fog
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Broken Bond
51%inclusion53 decks103 decks
50%synergy
Enter the Unknown
47%inclusion48 decks103 decks
46%synergy
Summer Bloom
47%inclusion48 decks103 decks
42%synergy
Growth Spasm
44%inclusion45 decks103 decks
43%synergy
Enter the Enigma
36%inclusion31 decks85 decks
33%synergy
Consuming Tide
34%inclusion35 decks103 decks
33%synergy
Slip Through Space
32%inclusion33 decks103 decks
30%synergy
Dire-Strain Rampage
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
25%synergy
Ravenform
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
23%synergy
Artful Dodge
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
22%synergy
Breath of Darigaaz
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Cultivate
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
-26%synergy
Last Night Together
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Urban Evolution
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
13%synergy
Experimental Overload
16%inclusion16 decks103 decks
15%synergy
Stump Stomp
15%inclusion15 decks97 decks
11%synergy
Temporal Spring
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
12%synergy
Waltz of Rage
12%inclusion10 decks85 decks
11%synergy
Escape to the Wilds
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Sundering Eruption
10%inclusion10 decks98 decks
8%synergy
Dragonclaw Strike
8.6%inclusion3 decks35 decks
6%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
8.2%inclusion8 decks97 decks
5%synergy
Eagle Vision
8.2%inclusion8 decks97 decks
8%synergy
Far Wanderings
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Distortion Strike
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Migration Path
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Ember Island Production
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Dance of the Tumbleweeds
5.9%inclusion6 decks102 decks
4%synergy
Kodama's Reach
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
-26%synergy
Bushwhack
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
3%synergy
Pull Through the Weft
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Explorer's Scope
50%inclusion51 decks103 decks
49%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
40%inclusion41 decks103 decks
38%synergy
Lightning Spear
26%inclusion27 decks103 decks
26%synergy
Two-Handed Axe
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Psychic Paper
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
13%synergy
Smoke Bomb
7.2%inclusion7 decks97 decks
7%synergy
Beamtown Beatstick
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Gilded Pinions
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Omen of the Hunt
55%inclusion57 decks103 decks
55%synergy
Wild Growth
43%inclusion44 decks103 decks
32%synergy
Overgrowth
41%inclusion42 decks103 decks
39%synergy
Utopia Sprawl
38%inclusion39 decks103 decks
31%synergy
Font of Fertility
33%inclusion34 decks103 decks
33%synergy
Cartouche of Strength
31%inclusion32 decks103 decks
31%synergy
Arni Slays the Troll
24%inclusion25 decks103 decks
24%synergy
Vessel of Volatility
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
22%synergy
Hunter's Talent
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Careful Cultivation
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
13%synergy
Spider-Man No More
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Prismatic Undercurrents
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Protective Bubble
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
10%synergy
Song of Creation
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Guild Artisan
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Fiery Inscription
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Canopy Cover
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Security Bypass
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Wilderness Reclamation
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Unable to Scream
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Meltstrider's Resolve
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Cryoshatter
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Lion Umbra
5.2%inclusion5 decks97 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
35%inclusion36 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Kessig Wolf Run
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
-5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Commander's Sphere
25%inclusion26 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Sol Ring
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
-63%synergy
Letter of Acceptance
18%inclusion19 decks103 decks
18%synergy
Honored Heirloom
17%inclusion17 decks103 decks
16%synergy
Lantern of Revealing
13%inclusion13 decks103 decks
13%synergy
Arcane Signet
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-64%synergy
Simic Signet
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Ketria Crystal
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
7%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Mountain
100%inclusion103 decks103 decks
8%synergy
Forest
100%inclusion103 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Island
100%inclusion103 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Command Tower
52%inclusion54 decks103 decks
-39%synergy
Exotic Orchard
45%inclusion46 decks103 decks
-11%synergy
Evolving Wilds
42%inclusion43 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Frontier Bivouac
37%inclusion38 decks103 decks
-14%synergy
Path of Ancestry
33%inclusion34 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Bountiful Landscape
30%inclusion29 decks97 decks
7%synergy
Thornwood Falls
29%inclusion30 decks103 decks
22%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Simic Guildgate
22%inclusion23 decks103 decks
19%synergy
Opal Palace
21%inclusion22 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Rugged Highlands
20%inclusion21 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Swiftwater Cliffs
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
14%synergy
Izzet Guildgate
19%inclusion20 decks103 decks
17%synergy
Stump Stomp
15%inclusion15 decks97 decks
11%synergy
Cinder Glade
15%inclusion15 decks103 decks
-26%synergy
Gruul Guildgate
14%inclusion14 decks103 decks
11%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
12%inclusion12 decks97 decks
10%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
11%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
2%synergy
Yavimaya Coast
12%inclusion12 decks103 decks
-23%synergy
Temple of Mystery
11%inclusion11 decks103 decks
-9%synergy
Sundering Eruption
10%inclusion10 decks98 decks
8%synergy
Simic Growth Chamber
10%inclusion10 decks103 decks
-7%synergy
Gruul Turf
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-6%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
8.7%inclusion9 decks103 decks
-8%synergy
Rumble Arena
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
8.2%inclusion8 decks97 decks
5%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-6%synergy
Mossfire Valley
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Vineglimmer Snarl
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-2%synergy
Khalni Ambush
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Ash Barrens
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Temple of Abandon
7.8%inclusion8 decks103 decks
-11%synergy
Game Trail
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
-5%synergy
Prismari Campus
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
6%synergy
Thriving Isle
6.8%inclusion7 decks103 decks
5%synergy
Overflowing Basin
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
1%synergy
Thriving Bluff
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Grove
5.8%inclusion6 decks103 decks
4%synergy
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