Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient (Commander) - Expensive

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Ben Macready
May 12, 2025
Ben Macready
Building a Powerful Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient Commander Deck
Can we take an underplayed mono-red commander and turn him into a powerful combo deck? Let's find out, with this Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient deck.
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11%synergy
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81%synergy
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76%synergy
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75%synergy
Inventors' Fair
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71%synergy
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64%synergy
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62%synergy
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61%synergy
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61%synergy
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61%synergy
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59%synergy
Kuldotha Forgemaster
58%inclusion26 decks45 decks
56%synergy
Wheel of Fortune
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49%synergy
Deflecting Swat
58%inclusion26 decks45 decks
31%synergy
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Chaos Warp
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-8%synergy
Unwinding Clock
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52%synergy
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53%synergy
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32%synergy
Gamble
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44%synergy
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49%synergy
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43%synergy
Mana Vault
53%inclusion24 decks45 decks
45%synergy
Grim Monolith
51%inclusion23 decks45 decks
49%synergy
Mox Diamond
33%inclusion15 decks45 decks
29%synergy
Mishra's Workshop
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30%synergy
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22%synergy
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7%synergy
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44%synergy
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43%synergy
Burnished Hart
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35%synergy
Walking Ballista
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39%synergy
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38%inclusion17 decks45 decks
35%synergy
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36%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
33%inclusion15 decks45 decks
11%synergy
Iron Myr
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17%synergy
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29%synergy
Junk Diver
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27%synergy
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28%synergy
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29%synergy
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23%synergy
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12%synergy
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20%synergy
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18%synergy
Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
Hellkite Tyrant
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7%synergy
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17%synergy
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3%synergy
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10%synergy
Imperial Recruiter
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5%synergy
Copper Gnomes
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16%synergy
Dauntless Scrapbot
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
13%synergy
Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
13%inclusion6 decks45 decks
8%synergy
Workshop Assistant
13%inclusion6 decks45 decks
12%synergy
Slobad, Iron Goblin
13%inclusion6 decks45 decks
12%synergy
Walking Atlas
13%inclusion6 decks45 decks
12%synergy
Simian Spirit Guide
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
-1%synergy
Jaws, Relentless Predator
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Glaring Fleshraker
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
9%synergy
Cogwork Assembler
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
9%synergy
Abstruse Archaic
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
9%synergy
Metalwork Colossus
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
7%synergy
Coretapper
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
9%synergy
Dockside Extortionist
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
4%synergy
Goldspan Dragon
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
-3%synergy
Treasonous Ogre
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2%synergy
Lodestone Golem
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8%synergy
Myr Battlesphere
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4%synergy
Magus of the Wheel
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-2%synergy
Blightsteel Colossus
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6%synergy
Voltaic Servant
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9%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
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-5%synergy
Rust Harvester
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7%synergy
Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade
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7%synergy
Surge Conductor
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7%synergy
Zookeeper Mechan
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3%synergy
Knuckles the Echidna
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1%synergy
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Tibalt's Trickery
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13%synergy
Red Elemental Blast
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16%synergy
Pyroblast
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17%synergy
Abrade
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-7%synergy
Valakut Awakening
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17%synergy
Wild Magic Surge
27%inclusion12 decks45 decks
12%synergy
Untimely Malfunction
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-5%synergy
Lightning Bolt
22%inclusion10 decks45 decks
-15%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
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-1%synergy
Demand Answers
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-1%synergy
Comet Storm
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15%synergy
Big Score
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-9%synergy
Bolt Bend
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2%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
-17%synergy
Seething Song
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
-12%synergy
Return the Favor
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
-2%synergy
Zoyowa's Justice
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
4%synergy
Desperate Ritual
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-3%synergy
Pyretic Ritual
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-5%synergy
Reverberate
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-4%synergy
Galvanic Blast
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3%synergy
Fire Magic
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4%synergy
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40%synergy
Trash for Treasure
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40%synergy
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1%synergy
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-1%synergy
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22%synergy
All Is Dust
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18%synergy
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19%synergy
Chain Reaction
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3%synergy
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6%synergy
Fireball
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11%synergy
Mana Geyser
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-16%synergy
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6%synergy
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0%synergy
Rite of Flame
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0%synergy
Mizzium Mortars
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2%synergy
Will of the Jeskai
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4%synergy
Sundering Eruption
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-5%synergy
Cathartic Reunion
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-5%synergy
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5%synergy
Seize the Spoils
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-6%synergy
Tormenting Voice
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-4%synergy
Wild Guess
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4%synergy
Sorceress's Schemes
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5%synergy
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Magistrate's Scepter
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51%synergy
Peter Parker's Camera
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43%synergy
Lithoform Engine
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42%synergy
The Millennium Calendar
42%inclusion19 decks45 decks
42%synergy
Lightning Greaves
42%inclusion19 decks45 decks
9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
40%inclusion18 decks45 decks
24%synergy
Staff of Domination
38%inclusion17 decks45 decks
33%synergy
Trading Post
36%inclusion16 decks45 decks
34%synergy
Mycosynth Lattice
33%inclusion15 decks45 decks
31%synergy
Endless Atlas
31%inclusion14 decks45 decks
24%synergy
Strionic Resonator
29%inclusion13 decks45 decks
24%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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-11%synergy
Krark-Clan Ironworks
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27%synergy
Mirage Mirror
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25%synergy
Candelabra of Tawnos
27%inclusion12 decks45 decks
27%synergy
Cloud Key
24%inclusion11 decks45 decks
22%synergy
Expedition Map
22%inclusion10 decks45 decks
19%synergy
Darksteel Forge
22%inclusion10 decks45 decks
20%synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
20%inclusion9 decks45 decks
18%synergy
Mishra's Bauble
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19%synergy
Planar Bridge
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20%synergy
Lux Cannon
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20%synergy
Collector's Vault
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18%synergy
Codex Shredder
20%inclusion9 decks45 decks
19%synergy
Mirrorworks
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19%synergy
Prototype Portal
20%inclusion9 decks45 decks
20%synergy
Oracle's Vault
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
18%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
16%synergy
Wand of Wonder
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
16%synergy
Semblance Anvil
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
17%synergy
Contagion Engine
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
17%synergy
Radiant Lotus
16%inclusion5 decks32 decks
15%synergy
Urza's Bauble
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
15%synergy
Ruby Medallion
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
-39%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
15%synergy
Transmogrifying Wand
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
15%synergy
Gonti's Aether Heart
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
15%synergy
Forsaken Monument
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
15%synergy
Moxite Refinery
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Memorial Vault
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Gauntlet of Might
13%inclusion6 decks45 decks
12%synergy
Pyrite Spellbomb
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
10%synergy
Nevinyrral's Disk
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
9%synergy
Mindslaver
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
11%synergy
Hylda's Crown of Winter
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
11%synergy
Goblin Charbelcher
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9%synergy
Memory Jar
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10%synergy
Liquimetal Coating
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9%synergy
Transmutation Font
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9%synergy
Steel Wrecking Ball
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
9%synergy
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Blood Moon
24%inclusion11 decks45 decks
1%synergy
Weapons Manufacturing
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
12%synergy
Pia's Revolution
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
10%synergy
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
2%synergy
All Will Be One
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
43%inclusion6 decks14 decks
40%synergy
Ugin, the Ineffable
27%inclusion12 decks45 decks
25%synergy
Karn, the Great Creator
22%inclusion10 decks45 decks
20%synergy
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
10%synergy
Karn, Living Legacy
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
6%synergy
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Great Furnace
60%inclusion27 decks45 decks
48%synergy
Buried Ruin
42%inclusion19 decks45 decks
28%synergy
Fomori Vault
40%inclusion17 decks42 decks
38%synergy
Darksteel Citadel
38%inclusion17 decks45 decks
31%synergy
War Room
36%inclusion16 decks45 decks
6%synergy
Treasure Vault
31%inclusion14 decks45 decks
23%synergy
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
31%inclusion14 decks45 decks
8%synergy
Karn's Bastion
27%inclusion12 decks45 decks
25%synergy
Strip Mine
20%inclusion9 decks45 decks
16%synergy
Urza's Tower
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
14%synergy
Urza's Mine
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
14%synergy
Urza's Power Plant
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
14%synergy
Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
13%inclusion6 decks45 decks
12%synergy
Arena of Glory
12%inclusion5 decks42 decks
-8%synergy
Command Beacon
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
2%synergy
Wasteland
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
7%synergy
Urza's Workshop
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
8%synergy
Blast Zone
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
7%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
2%synergy
Reliquary Tower
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
-2%synergy
Ghost Quarter
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
4%synergy
Urza's Factory
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
6%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
3%synergy
Thespian's Stage
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexia's Core
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
6%synergy
Nesting Grounds
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
6%synergy
Sandstone Needle
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
3%synergy
Terrain Generator
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
4%synergy
Den of the Bugbear
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
0%synergy
Lindblum, Industrial Regency
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
96%inclusion43 decks45 decks
11%synergy
Basalt Monolith
71%inclusion32 decks45 decks
69%synergy
Arcane Signet
62%inclusion28 decks45 decks
1%synergy
Gilded Lotus
60%inclusion27 decks45 decks
55%synergy
Liquimetal Torque
53%inclusion24 decks45 decks
38%synergy
Mox Opal
53%inclusion24 decks45 decks
47%synergy
Mind Stone
49%inclusion22 decks45 decks
15%synergy
Chromatic Orrery
40%inclusion18 decks45 decks
39%synergy
Sonic Screwdriver
40%inclusion18 decks45 decks
39%synergy
Hedron Archive
38%inclusion17 decks45 decks
34%synergy
Thran Dynamo
38%inclusion17 decks45 decks
30%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
27%inclusion12 decks45 decks
20%synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
27%inclusion12 decks45 decks
23%synergy
Lotus Petal
24%inclusion11 decks45 decks
15%synergy
Coveted Jewel
22%inclusion10 decks45 decks
19%synergy
Fellwar Stone
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
1%synergy
Thought Vessel
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
6%synergy
The Aetherspark
16%inclusion5 decks32 decks
14%synergy
Gauntlet of Power
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
10%synergy
Staff of Compleation
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
15%synergy
Caged Sun
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
7%synergy
Cursed Mirror
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
-8%synergy
Mox Amber
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
10%synergy
Blinkmoth Urn
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
11%synergy
Dreamstone Hedron
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
10%synergy
Fire Diamond
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
-15%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
5%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
11%inclusion5 decks45 decks
10%synergy
Astral Cornucopia
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
9%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
0%synergy
Empowered Autogenerator
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
6%synergy
Gemstone Array
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
7%synergy
Worn Powerstone
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
2%synergy
Energy Refractor
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Mountain
82%inclusion37 decks45 decks
-12%synergy
The Mycosynth Gardens
38%inclusion17 decks45 decks
34%synergy
Valakut Awakening
36%inclusion16 decks45 decks
17%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion10 decks45 decks
-3%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
12%synergy
Snow-Covered Mountain
18%inclusion8 decks45 decks
11%synergy
Urza's Cave
17%inclusion7 decks42 decks
13%synergy
Prismatic Vista
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
13%synergy
Arid Mesa
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
11%synergy
Scalding Tarn
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
12%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
11%synergy
Shatterskull Smashing
16%inclusion7 decks45 decks
6%synergy
Wooded Foothills
13%inclusion6 decks45 decks
9%synergy
Demolition Field
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
4%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
8.9%inclusion4 decks45 decks
6%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-5%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
4%synergy
Sundering Eruption
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
-5%synergy
Cavern of Souls
6.7%inclusion3 decks45 decks
-3%synergy
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