Mendicant Core, Guidelight (Commander) - Expensive Core

Mendicant Core, Guidelight
Rank #120
89decks
Background image for Examining Aetherdrift, One Year Later
Josh Nelson
Feb 10, 2026
Examining Aetherdrift, One Year Later
Oh, Aetherdrift. How do we begin to talk about you, even a full year after you've come out? As it turns out, not terribly well.
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18%synergy
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32%synergy
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13%synergy
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12%synergy
Power Depot
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4%synergy
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9%synergy
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-22%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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10%synergy
Irrigated Farmland
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-7%synergy
Windswept Heath
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7%synergy
Lonely Arroyo
12%inclusion11 decks89 decks
8%synergy
Glimmervoid
11%inclusion10 decks89 decks
11%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
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4%synergy
Mana Confluence
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6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
7.9%inclusion7 decks89 decks
1%synergy
Scene of the Crime
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7%synergy
City of Brass
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4%synergy
Urza's Cave
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5%synergy
Snow-Covered Island
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1%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
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5%synergy
Demolition Field
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4%synergy
Snow-Covered Plains
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1%synergy