Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis (Commander) - Core Group Hug

Jonathan Zucchetti
Mar 26, 2026
Which Commander Precons Were More Impactful, 2016 or 2017?
The precons of 2016 and 2017 were both huge milestones for the Commander format. But which year was more impactful?
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Joined Researchers
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3%synergy
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Rites of Flourishing
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63%synergy
Selvala, Explorer Returned
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58%synergy
Howling Mine
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53%synergy
Gluntch, the Bestower
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53%synergy
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
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51%synergy
Tempt with Discovery
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50%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
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44%synergy
Minds Aglow
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44%synergy
Collective Voyage
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44%synergy
Xyris, the Writhing Storm
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43%synergy
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Arcane Denial
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38%synergy
Propaganda
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39%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
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Ghostly Prison
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38%synergy
Kami of the Crescent Moon
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38%synergy
The Council of Four
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38%synergy
Heartbeat of Spring
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38%synergy
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
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37%synergy
Folio of Fancies
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35%synergy
Temple Bell
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34%synergy
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Farewell
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Creatures
The Second Doctor
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Veteran Explorer
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Humble Defector
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33%synergy
Master of Ceremonies
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33%synergy
Heartwood Storyteller
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31%synergy
Windborn Muse
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32%synergy
Orzhov Advokist
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28%synergy
Braids, Conjurer Adept
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25%synergy
Rootweaver Druid
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25%synergy
Loran of the Third Path
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23%synergy
Triskaidekaphile
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Ms. Bumbleflower
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Psychosis Crawler
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Laboratory Maniac
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20%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
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18%synergy
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
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Zhur-Taa Ancient
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20%synergy
Tidal Barracuda
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18%synergy
Flumph
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20%synergy
Blazing Archon
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20%synergy
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
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Círdan the Shipwright
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15%synergy
Magus of the Vineyard
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15%synergy
Rocco, Street Chef
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14%synergy
Birds of Paradise
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-13%synergy
Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
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15%synergy
Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
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15%synergy
Chasm Skulker
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14%synergy
Tataru Taru
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12%synergy
Noble Benefactor
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13%synergy
Zenith Chronicler
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12%synergy
The Locust God
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10%synergy
Lavaleaper
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11%synergy
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
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-12%synergy
Twenty-Toed Toad
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11%synergy
Mangara, the Diplomat
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10%synergy
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
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11%synergy
Faeburrow Elder
12%inclusion24 decks207 decks
-7%synergy
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist
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10%synergy
Selfless Squire
11%inclusion22 decks207 decks
8%synergy
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn
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9%synergy
Pramikon, Sky Rampart
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8%synergy
Tireless Provisioner
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-8%synergy
Skullwinder
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9%synergy
Nils, Discipline Enforcer
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9%synergy
Yes Man, Personal Securitron
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7%synergy
Faerie Mastermind
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4%synergy
Bloom Tender
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-8%synergy
Baird, Steward of Argive
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8%synergy
Progenitor Mimic
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8%synergy
Instants
Path to Exile
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Generous Gift
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20%synergy
Beast Within
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8%synergy
Chaos Warp
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20%synergy
Oblation
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27%synergy
Reins of Power
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21%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
24%inclusion50 decks207 decks
9%synergy
Everybody Lives!
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14%synergy
Swan Song
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6%synergy
Counterspell
19%inclusion39 decks207 decks
-6%synergy
Fog
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14%synergy
Take the Bait
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14%synergy
Vision Skeins
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14%synergy
Tempt with Mayhem
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13%synergy
Sail into the West
14%inclusion29 decks207 decks
12%synergy
Perch Protection
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11%synergy
Growth Spiral
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-20%synergy
Deflecting Palm
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9%synergy
Aetherize
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10%synergy
Words of Wisdom
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10%synergy
Dawn's Truce
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7%synergy
Intellectual Offering
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9%synergy
Dovin's Veto
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Long River's Pull
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8%synergy
Benefactor's Draught
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8%synergy
Dream Fracture
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8%synergy
Comeuppance
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6%synergy
Sylvan Reclamation
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7%synergy
Settle the Wreckage
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5%synergy
Wrong Turn
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6%synergy
Benevolent Offering
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6%synergy
Narset's Reversal
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4%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
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2%synergy
New Way Forward
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5%synergy
Entrapment Maneuver
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5%synergy
Negate
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-3%synergy
Sorceries
Cultivate
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-4%synergy
Farseek
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-15%synergy
Approach of the Second Sun
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29%synergy
Kodama's Reach
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3%synergy
Cut a Deal
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24%synergy
Prosperity
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22%synergy
Insurrection
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21%synergy
Tempt with Bunnies
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21%synergy
Fractured Identity
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21%synergy
Promise of Loyalty
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21%synergy
Secret Rendezvous
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20%synergy
Blasphemous Act
22%inclusion46 decks207 decks
7%synergy
Rampant Growth
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-8%synergy
Treacherous Terrain
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18%synergy
Windfall
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12%synergy
Nature's Lore
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-16%synergy
Disrupt Decorum
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14%synergy
Pir's Whim
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11%synergy
Three Visits
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-16%synergy
Council's Judgment
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9%synergy
Winds of Abandon
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7%synergy
Reverse the Sands
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8%synergy
Taunt from the Rampart
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0%synergy
Wear Down
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7%synergy
Starfall Invocation
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7%synergy
Sylvan Offering
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7%synergy
Play of the Game
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7%synergy
Skyscribing
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6%synergy
Hypergenesis
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6%synergy
Supreme Verdict
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-9%synergy
Tempt with Reflections
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5%synergy
New Frontiers
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5%synergy
Wave of Reckoning
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5%synergy
Austere Command
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0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ghirapur Orrery
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35%synergy
Font of Mythos
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30%synergy
Horn of Greed
24%inclusion49 decks207 decks
15%synergy
Helm of Awakening
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19%synergy
Venser's Journal
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17%synergy
Wedding Ring
21%inclusion44 decks207 decks
16%synergy
Tempting Contract
14%inclusion28 decks207 decks
10%synergy
Otherworld Atlas
10%inclusion20 decks207 decks
9%synergy
Crawlspace
7.7%inclusion16 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Gate to the Aether
7.2%inclusion15 decks207 decks
6%synergy
Hithlain Rope
6.8%inclusion14 decks207 decks
6%synergy
Norn's Annex
6.3%inclusion13 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Bucknard's Everfull Purse
6.3%inclusion13 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Pendant of Prosperity
6.3%inclusion13 decks207 decks
6%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
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4%synergy
Enchantments
Mana Flare
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32%synergy
Sphere of Safety
28%inclusion58 decks207 decks
23%synergy
Well of Ideas
28%inclusion57 decks207 decks
23%synergy
Dictate of Karametra
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22%synergy
Forced Fruition
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19%synergy
Fevered Visions
23%inclusion47 decks207 decks
20%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
16%inclusion33 decks207 decks
13%synergy
Smuggler's Share
13%inclusion26 decks207 decks
10%synergy
On the Trail
13%inclusion26 decks207 decks
10%synergy
Eladamri's Vineyard
13%inclusion26 decks207 decks
11%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
11%inclusion23 decks207 decks
8%synergy
Wizard Class
11%inclusion23 decks207 decks
9%synergy
Upwelling
11%inclusion23 decks207 decks
9%synergy
Tenuous Truce
11%inclusion23 decks207 decks
10%synergy
Hive Mind
11%inclusion23 decks207 decks
9%synergy
Annie Joins Up
10%inclusion20 decks207 decks
-14%synergy
Ominous Seas
8.7%inclusion18 decks207 decks
7%synergy
Wilderness Reclamation
8.7%inclusion18 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Descent into Avernus
7.7%inclusion16 decks207 decks
7%synergy
Burgeoning
7.7%inclusion16 decks207 decks
-2%synergy
Oath of Druids
7.7%inclusion16 decks207 decks
7%synergy
Noble Heritage
7.2%inclusion15 decks207 decks
6%synergy
Wild Evocation
7.2%inclusion15 decks207 decks
6%synergy
Share the Spoils
6.3%inclusion13 decks207 decks
6%synergy
Felidar Retreat
5.8%inclusion12 decks207 decks
-13%synergy
Collective Restraint
5.8%inclusion12 decks207 decks
4%synergy
Mirrormade
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4%synergy
Sandwurm Convergence
5.3%inclusion11 decks207 decks
4%synergy
Duelist's Heritage
5.3%inclusion11 decks207 decks
4%synergy
Mirari's Wake
5.3%inclusion11 decks207 decks
-1%synergy
Rite of the Raging Storm
5.3%inclusion11 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Evolutionary Escalation
5.3%inclusion11 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace Beleren
19%inclusion40 decks207 decks
16%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
13%inclusion27 decks207 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
61%inclusion126 decks207 decks
30%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
33%inclusion68 decks207 decks
27%synergy
Homeward Path
16%inclusion34 decks207 decks
14%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
15%inclusion31 decks207 decks
13%synergy
Maze of Ith
14%inclusion29 decks207 decks
9%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
11%inclusion22 decks207 decks
-7%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion21 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
9.2%inclusion19 decks207 decks
-9%synergy
Field of Ruin
7.2%inclusion15 decks207 decks
4%synergy
Alchemist's Refuge
6.3%inclusion13 decks207 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
66%inclusion137 decks207 decks
-1%synergy
Sol Ring
64%inclusion133 decks207 decks
-8%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
36%inclusion74 decks207 decks
1%synergy
Thought Vessel
36%inclusion74 decks207 decks
23%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
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22%synergy
Fellwar Stone
21%inclusion44 decks207 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
20%inclusion41 decks207 decks
8%synergy
Spectral Searchlight
8.2%inclusion17 decks207 decks
7%synergy
Coveted Jewel
7.7%inclusion16 decks207 decks
7%synergy
Simic Signet
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3%synergy
Azorius Signet
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2%synergy
Lands
Forest
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7%synergy
Island
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7%synergy
Plains
96%inclusion198 decks207 decks
7%synergy
Command Tower
94%inclusion195 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Mountain
93%inclusion193 decks207 decks
6%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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20%synergy
Seaside Citadel
53%inclusion110 decks207 decks
32%synergy
Mystic Monastery
51%inclusion106 decks207 decks
29%synergy
Frontier Bivouac
51%inclusion106 decks207 decks
29%synergy
Jungle Shrine
49%inclusion102 decks207 decks
28%synergy
Forbidden Orchard
40%inclusion82 decks207 decks
30%synergy
Evolving Wilds
38%inclusion79 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
31%inclusion64 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Hallowed Fountain
28%inclusion58 decks207 decks
-13%synergy
Spara's Headquarters
27%inclusion55 decks207 decks
-7%synergy
Temple Garden
27%inclusion55 decks207 decks
-16%synergy
Steam Vents
26%inclusion54 decks207 decks
-11%synergy
Canopy Vista
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2%synergy
Stomping Ground
25%inclusion52 decks207 decks
-17%synergy
Gruul Turf
25%inclusion52 decks207 decks
7%synergy
Rejuvenating Springs
25%inclusion52 decks207 decks
3%synergy
Selesnya Sanctuary
25%inclusion51 decks207 decks
6%synergy
Azorius Chancery
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11%synergy
Breeding Pool
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-20%synergy
Sacred Foundry
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-11%synergy
Prairie Stream
24%inclusion49 decks207 decks
1%synergy
Raugrin Triome
23%inclusion47 decks207 decks
-7%synergy
Cinder Glade
23%inclusion47 decks207 decks
3%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
22%inclusion46 decks207 decks
8%synergy
Jetmir's Garden
22%inclusion46 decks207 decks
-10%synergy
Ketria Triome
21%inclusion43 decks207 decks
-14%synergy
Path of Ancestry
21%inclusion43 decks207 decks
-9%synergy
Simic Growth Chamber
20%inclusion42 decks207 decks
0%synergy
Sea of Clouds
20%inclusion41 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Training Center
20%inclusion41 decks207 decks
7%synergy
Spire Garden
19%inclusion39 decks207 decks
5%synergy
Windswept Heath
18%inclusion38 decks207 decks
-21%synergy
Bountiful Promenade
18%inclusion38 decks207 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
17%inclusion36 decks207 decks
3%synergy
Spectator Seating
17%inclusion36 decks207 decks
4%synergy
Flooded Strand
17%inclusion36 decks207 decks
-20%synergy
Misty Rainforest
15%inclusion32 decks207 decks
-21%synergy
Myriad Landscape
15%inclusion31 decks207 decks
3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
15%inclusion31 decks207 decks
-19%synergy
Wooded Foothills
14%inclusion30 decks207 decks
-22%synergy
Boros Garrison
14%inclusion29 decks207 decks
2%synergy
Glacial Fortress
14%inclusion28 decks207 decks
-1%synergy
Arid Mesa
13%inclusion26 decks207 decks
-22%synergy
Krosan Verge
13%inclusion26 decks207 decks
4%synergy
Dreamroot Cascade
13%inclusion26 decks207 decks
4%synergy