Henzie "Toolbox" Torre (Commander) - Expensive Birthing Pod

DougY
Aug 2, 2024
Top 10 Free Spells
There's no free lunch in Commander, unless you're talking about free spells, that is. Doug shows us alternative costs and tricks of the trade when you're short on mana value.
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Overlord of the Hauntwoods
57% of 21 decks +52% synergy
Overlord of the Balemurk
50% of 8 decks +30% synergy
High Synergy Cards
Birthing Pod
94% of 116 decks +88% synergy
Birthing Ritual
74% of 35 decks +67% synergy
Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth
75% of 61 decks +66% synergy
Eldritch Evolution
72% of 116 decks +64% synergy
Junji, the Midnight Sky
76% of 116 decks +63% synergy
Protean Hulk
69% of 116 decks +62% synergy
Primeval Herald
68% of 99 decks +60% synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
65% of 116 decks +60% synergy
Etali, Primal Conqueror
73% of 86 decks +60% synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
81% of 116 decks +59% synergy
Top Cards
Birds of Paradise
92% of 116 decks +58% synergy
Ignoble Hierarch
91% of 116 decks +34% synergy
Deflecting Swat
72% of 116 decks +56% synergy
Assassin's Trophy
72% of 116 decks +31% synergy
Reanimate
65% of 116 decks +45% synergy
Delighted Halfling
64% of 75 decks +49% synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
63% of 116 decks +58% synergy
Skullclamp
60% of 116 decks +42% synergy
Seedguide Ash
59% of 116 decks +53% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
59% of 116 decks +47% synergy
Creatures
Archon of Cruelty
58% of 116 decks +51% synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
57% of 116 decks +37% synergy
Bloom Tender
53% of 116 decks +45% synergy
Etali, Primal Storm
53% of 116 decks +40% synergy
Vaultborn Tyrant
52% of 44 decks +48% synergy
Ancient Brass Dragon
52% of 111 decks +45% synergy
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
52% of 116 decks +41% synergy
Timeless Witness
51% of 116 decks +42% synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
51% of 116 decks +38% synergy
Ancient Copper Dragon
50% of 111 decks +43% synergy
Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
47% of 116 decks +41% synergy
Druid of Purification
46% of 116 decks +40% synergy
Rampant Rejuvenator
46% of 116 decks +39% synergy
Dockside Extortionist
46% of 116 decks +30% synergy
Roxanne, Starfall Savant
44% of 43 decks +38% synergy
Deathrite Shaman
44% of 116 decks +30% synergy
Evercoat Ursine
44% of 16 decks +38% synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
44% of 110 decks +28% synergy
Llanowar Elves
43% of 116 decks +27% synergy
Phyrexian Delver
41% of 116 decks +36% synergy
Ravenous Chupacabra
41% of 116 decks +32% synergy
Ziatora, the Incinerator
41% of 116 decks +21% synergy
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
41% of 116 decks +27% synergy
Bringer of the Last Gift
40% of 62 decks +34% synergy
Viscera Seer
40% of 116 decks +24% synergy
Woodfall Primus
35% of 116 decks +28% synergy
Old Gnawbone
35% of 116 decks +24% synergy
Archpriest of Shadows
35% of 84 decks +27% synergy
Treeshaker Chimera
33% of 116 decks +26% synergy
Jaxis, the Troublemaker
30% of 116 decks +24% synergy
Disciple of Bolas
30% of 116 decks +19% synergy
Disciple of Freyalise
30% of 37 decks +18% synergy
Noxious Gearhulk
29% of 116 decks +21% synergy
Elvish Mystic
28% of 116 decks +16% synergy
Sheoldred
27% of 81 decks +24% synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
26% of 91 decks +20% synergy
Bane of Progress
26% of 116 decks +20% synergy
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
26% of 116 decks +17% synergy
Kogla, the Titan Ape
25% of 116 decks +19% synergy
Terror of the Peaks
25% of 116 decks +19% synergy
Fyndhorn Elves
25% of 116 decks +17% synergy
Honest Rutstein
25% of 44 decks +12% synergy
Rottenmouth Viper
24% of 17 decks +18% synergy
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
23% of 64 decks +19% synergy
Alpha Deathclaw
23% of 62 decks +19% synergy
Temur Sabertooth
22% of 116 decks +18% synergy
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
22% of 116 decks +11% synergy
Eternal Witness
22% of 116 decks -12% synergy
Blossoming Tortoise
20% of 65 decks +16% synergy
Massacre Wurm
20% of 116 decks +15% synergy
Instants
Vampiric Tutor
58% of 116 decks +42% synergy
Deadly Rollick
51% of 116 decks +41% synergy
Worldly Tutor
50% of 116 decks +37% synergy
Beast Within
40% of 116 decks -2% synergy
Saw in Half
27% of 105 decks +21% synergy
Abrupt Decay
26% of 116 decks +13% synergy
Chaos Warp
25% of 116 decks -5% synergy
Heroic Intervention
24% of 116 decks -1% synergy
Tibalt's Trickery
22% of 116 decks +16% synergy
Veil of Summer
17% of 116 decks +9% synergy
Village Rites
16% of 116 decks +3% synergy
Flare of Malice
15% of 39 decks +13% synergy
Rushed Rebirth
14% of 116 decks +11% synergy
Noxious Revival
13% of 116 decks +5% synergy
Dark Ritual
12% of 116 decks -0% synergy
Deadly Dispute
12% of 116 decks -6% synergy
Nature's Claim
11% of 116 decks +2% synergy
Revitalizing Repast
11% of 37 decks -2% synergy
Pyroblast
10% of 116 decks +4% synergy
Red Elemental Blast
9% of 116 decks +3% synergy
Not Dead After All
9% of 65 decks +6% synergy
Undying Malice
9% of 116 decks +6% synergy
Fell the Profane
8% of 37 decks -0% synergy
Bitter Triumph
8% of 51 decks +3% synergy
Burnt Offering
8% of 116 decks +6% synergy
Tear Asunder
7% of 110 decks -1% synergy
Kazuul's Fury
7% of 116 decks +2% synergy
Tainted Pact
6% of 116 decks +4% synergy
Terminate
6% of 116 decks -22% synergy
Nasty End
6% of 71 decks +2% synergy
Culling the Weak
5% of 116 decks +1% synergy
Rakdos Charm
5% of 116 decks -3% synergy
Entomb
5% of 116 decks -8% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
5% of 78 decks -2% synergy
Sorceries
Demonic Tutor
63% of 116 decks +43% synergy
Victimize
55% of 116 decks +31% synergy
Nature's Lore
49% of 116 decks +15% synergy
Three Visits
47% of 116 decks +21% synergy
Living Death
47% of 116 decks +38% synergy
Blasphemous Act
42% of 116 decks +1% synergy
Toxic Deluge
36% of 116 decks +20% synergy
Farseek
35% of 116 decks -10% synergy
Diabolic Intent
34% of 116 decks +21% synergy
Culling Ritual
30% of 116 decks +18% synergy
Life's Legacy
28% of 116 decks +19% synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
24% of 116 decks +20% synergy
Vandalblast
19% of 116 decks +8% synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
18% of 116 decks +7% synergy
Flare of Cultivation
18% of 45 decks +13% synergy
Gamble
16% of 116 decks +8% synergy
Finale of Devastation
16% of 116 decks +9% synergy
Jeska's Will
15% of 116 decks +5% synergy
Imperial Seal
12% of 116 decks +7% synergy
Incarnation Technique
10% of 116 decks +8% synergy
Wheel of Fortune
10% of 116 decks +6% synergy
Turntimber Symbiosis
9% of 116 decks +8% synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
9% of 116 decks +7% synergy
Damnation
9% of 116 decks +1% synergy
Rise of the Witch-king
9% of 68 decks -1% synergy
Green Sun's Zenith
8% of 116 decks +4% synergy
Natural Order
6% of 116 decks +5% synergy
Persist
6% of 116 decks +3% synergy
Breach the Multiverse
6% of 86 decks +0% synergy
Faithless Looting
5% of 116 decks -15% synergy
Kodama's Reach
5% of 116 decks -26% synergy
Rampant Growth
5% of 116 decks -31% synergy
Cultivate
5% of 116 decks -39% synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Great Henge
45% of 116 decks +38% synergy
Cauldron of Souls
17% of 116 decks +14% synergy
Lightning Greaves
14% of 116 decks -12% synergy
Phyrexian Altar
11% of 116 decks +1% synergy
Ashnod's Altar
11% of 116 decks -5% synergy
The Skullspore Nexus
11% of 64 decks +0% synergy
The One Ring
10% of 86 decks +5% synergy
Doors of Durin
7% of 71 decks +3% synergy
Sundial of the Infinite
7% of 116 decks +6% synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
6% of 116 decks +1% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
6% of 116 decks -21% synergy
Enchantments
Greater Good
53% of 116 decks +38% synergy
Industrial Advancement
52% of 116 decks +43% synergy
Riveteers Ascendancy
47% of 116 decks +30% synergy
Sylvan Library
38% of 116 decks +27% synergy
Garruk's Uprising
31% of 116 decks +11% synergy
Animate Dead
28% of 116 decks +17% synergy
Survival of the Fittest
27% of 116 decks +24% synergy
Shadow in the Warp
27% of 105 decks +23% synergy
Evolutionary Leap
25% of 116 decks +18% synergy
Sneak Attack
22% of 116 decks +18% synergy
Wild Growth
21% of 116 decks +15% synergy
Heartless Summoning
19% of 116 decks +17% synergy
Utopia Sprawl
18% of 116 decks +14% synergy
Up the Beanstalk
17% of 65 decks +13% synergy
Myth Unbound
16% of 116 decks +13% synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
16% of 116 decks +11% synergy
Carpet of Flowers
15% of 116 decks +11% synergy
Food Chain
12% of 116 decks +7% synergy
Guardian Project
11% of 116 decks +7% synergy
Rhythm of the Wild
11% of 116 decks -10% synergy
Journey to Eternity
10% of 116 decks +6% synergy
Warstorm Surge
10% of 116 decks +3% synergy
Necromancy
9% of 116 decks +6% synergy
Dictate of Erebos
9% of 116 decks +2% synergy
Lurking Predators
8% of 116 decks +6% synergy
Grave Pact
7% of 116 decks +3% synergy
Elemental Bond
6% of 116 decks +2% synergy
Burgeoning
5% of 116 decks +2% synergy
Underworld Breach
5% of 116 decks -0% synergy
Planeswalkers
Vivien on the Hunt
32% of 116 decks +30% synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
61% of 116 decks +41% synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
61% of 116 decks +38% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
56% of 116 decks +44% synergy
Ancient Tomb
53% of 116 decks +43% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
45% of 116 decks +32% synergy
Bojuka Bog
27% of 116 decks -3% synergy
Gaea's Cradle
25% of 116 decks +22% synergy
Kessig Wolf Run
16% of 116 decks -6% synergy
Shifting Woodland
14% of 37 decks -3% synergy
Cabal Coffers
12% of 116 decks +6% synergy
Reliquary Tower
12% of 116 decks -8% synergy
Command Beacon
9% of 116 decks +4% synergy
Mosswort Bridge
9% of 116 decks -0% synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
7% of 116 decks +5% synergy
High Market
7% of 116 decks +1% synergy
Dryad Arbor
6% of 116 decks +3% synergy
Spinerock Knoll
5% of 116 decks -1% synergy
Strip Mine
5% of 116 decks -2% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
83% of 116 decks +1% synergy
Arcane Signet
66% of 116 decks -3% synergy
Mana Crypt
44% of 116 decks +36% synergy
Chrome Mox
21% of 116 decks +15% synergy
Fellwar Stone
17% of 116 decks +2% synergy
Mox Diamond
16% of 116 decks +11% synergy
Mana Vault
16% of 116 decks +10% synergy
Talisman of Resilience
12% of 116 decks -1% synergy
Lotus Petal
11% of 116 decks +5% synergy
Talisman of Impulse
9% of 116 decks -2% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
8% of 116 decks -4% synergy
Golgari Signet
7% of 116 decks -6% synergy
Gruul Signet
6% of 116 decks -7% synergy
Lands
Stomping Ground
99% of 116 decks +49% synergy
Blood Crypt
98% of 116 decks +51% synergy
Overgrown Tomb
98% of 116 decks +48% synergy
Command Tower
97% of 116 decks +7% synergy
Badlands
96% of 116 decks +82% synergy
Bayou
96% of 116 decks +82% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
96% of 116 decks +61% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
96% of 116 decks +59% synergy
Wooded Foothills
95% of 116 decks +60% synergy
Taiga
94% of 116 decks +81% synergy
Ziatora's Proving Ground
80% of 116 decks +26% synergy
Spire Garden
77% of 116 decks +44% synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
77% of 116 decks +42% synergy
Luxury Suite
74% of 116 decks +42% synergy
Exotic Orchard
54% of 116 decks +4% synergy
Mana Confluence
49% of 116 decks +41% synergy
Misty Rainforest
47% of 116 decks +35% synergy
Arid Mesa
42% of 116 decks +31% synergy
Marsh Flats
41% of 116 decks +30% synergy
City of Brass
39% of 116 decks +29% synergy
Underground Mortuary
33% of 51 decks +11% synergy
Scalding Tarn
33% of 116 decks +23% synergy
Windswept Heath
31% of 116 decks +20% synergy
Polluted Delta
29% of 116 decks +20% synergy
Deathcap Glade
28% of 116 decks +12% synergy
Rockfall Vale
28% of 116 decks +1% synergy
Haunted Ridge
26% of 116 decks +11% synergy
Commercial District
25% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Llanowar Wastes
23% of 116 decks -1% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
21% of 116 decks -10% synergy
Reflecting Pool
20% of 116 decks +14% synergy
Karplusan Forest
20% of 116 decks +2% synergy
Raucous Theater
20% of 51 decks -1% synergy
Rootbound Crag
18% of 116 decks -9% synergy
Sulfurous Springs
17% of 116 decks +2% synergy
Prismatic Vista
16% of 116 decks +8% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
16% of 116 decks -13% synergy
Savage Lands
15% of 116 decks -33% synergy
Gemstone Caverns
13% of 116 decks +9% synergy
Cinder Glade
13% of 116 decks -33% synergy
Nurturing Peatland
12% of 116 decks +7% synergy
Twilight Mire
12% of 116 decks +2% synergy
Twisted Landscape
12% of 26 decks -32% synergy
Fabled Passage
9% of 116 decks -9% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
9% of 116 decks -31% synergy
Forbidden Orchard
5% of 116 decks +2% synergy