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78%inclusion70 decks90 decks
76%synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
73%inclusion66 decks90 decks
71%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
70%inclusion63 decks90 decks
68%synergy
Consuming Aberration
79%inclusion71 decks90 decks
64%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
64%inclusion58 decks90 decks
64%synergy
Nighthowler
68%inclusion61 decks90 decks
62%synergy
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61%inclusion55 decks90 decks
56%synergy
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56%inclusion50 decks90 decks
54%synergy
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54%inclusion49 decks90 decks
54%synergy
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53%inclusion48 decks90 decks
52%synergy
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Thought Collapse
54%inclusion49 decks90 decks
51%synergy
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53%inclusion48 decks90 decks
50%synergy
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53%inclusion48 decks90 decks
21%synergy
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53%inclusion48 decks90 decks
51%synergy
Didn't Say Please
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48%synergy
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50%inclusion45 decks90 decks
49%synergy
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48%inclusion43 decks90 decks
43%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
47%inclusion42 decks90 decks
43%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
46%inclusion41 decks90 decks
33%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
46%inclusion41 decks90 decks
45%synergy
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Notion Thief
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-5%synergy
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Wall of Runes
43%inclusion39 decks90 decks
43%synergy
Ruin Crab
43%inclusion39 decks90 decks
35%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
43%inclusion39 decks90 decks
43%synergy
Aegis Turtle
43%inclusion39 decks90 decks
43%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
35%inclusion30 decks86 decks
34%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
34%inclusion31 decks90 decks
33%synergy
Fog Bank
34%inclusion31 decks90 decks
33%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
34%inclusion31 decks90 decks
29%synergy
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33%inclusion30 decks90 decks
32%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion30 decks90 decks
31%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
33%inclusion30 decks90 decks
33%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion30 decks90 decks
32%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
32%inclusion29 decks90 decks
32%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
31%inclusion28 decks90 decks
28%synergy
The Ancient One
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
27%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
29%inclusion26 decks90 decks
25%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
28%inclusion25 decks90 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
26%inclusion23 decks90 decks
25%synergy
Undead Alchemist
26%inclusion23 decks90 decks
23%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
26%inclusion23 decks90 decks
24%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
25%inclusion11 decks44 decks
24%synergy
Murmuring Phantasm
23%inclusion21 decks90 decks
23%synergy
Guardians of Meletis
22%inclusion20 decks90 decks
22%synergy
Wall of Mist
22%inclusion20 decks90 decks
22%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion12 decks63 decks
18%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Guiltfeeder
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Academy Wall
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
16%synergy
Coral Colony
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
17%synergy
The Mindskinner
16%inclusion12 decks77 decks
9%synergy
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Dragon's Eye Savants
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Riptide Turtle
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Guard Gomazoa
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Monastery Flock
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Mnemonic Wall
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Tree of Perdition
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Shadow Kin
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Nanoform Sentinel
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Air
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Tymaret, Chosen from Death
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Moaning Wall
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Doorkeeper
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Imperious Mindbreaker
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Pain Seer
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Into the Story
40%inclusion36 decks90 decks
38%synergy
Drown in the Loch
38%inclusion34 decks90 decks
20%synergy
Crypt Incursion
34%inclusion31 decks90 decks
33%synergy
Aetherize
29%inclusion26 decks90 decks
18%synergy
Counterspell
27%inclusion24 decks90 decks
-29%synergy
Thought Scour
27%inclusion24 decks90 decks
20%synergy
Murder
23%inclusion21 decks90 decks
16%synergy
Fact or Fiction
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Countermand
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Doom Blade
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Brainstorm
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
-16%synergy
Intellectual Offering
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Go for the Throat
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
-4%synergy
Cancel
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Don't Make a Sound
12%inclusion9 decks77 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion10 decks86 decks
0%synergy
Soul Manipulation
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Perplex
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Induce Paranoia
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Mana Leak
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Archive Trap
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Psychic Spiral
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Charm
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Reality Shift
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
-4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Essence Scatter
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Opt
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
-3%synergy
Triton Tactics
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Unseal the Necropolis
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Resculpt
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
1%synergy
Memory Lapse
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Dig Through Time
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
-2%synergy
Dark Ritual
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-29%synergy
Memory Plunder
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
1%synergy
Infernal Grasp
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-9%synergy
Terror
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Dream Twist
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-25%synergy
Careful Consideration
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Aetherspouts
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Expel from Orazca
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Countersquall
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-1%synergy
Cast Down
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Chemister's Insight
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Withering Torment
5.2%inclusion4 decks77 decks
-11%synergy
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Pilfered Plans
44%inclusion40 decks90 decks
42%synergy
Extract from Darkness
41%inclusion37 decks90 decks
34%synergy
Cut Your Losses
34%inclusion31 decks90 decks
30%synergy
Treasure Cruise
33%inclusion30 decks90 decks
25%synergy
Singularity Rupture
33%inclusion5 decks15 decks
21%synergy
Traumatize
32%inclusion29 decks90 decks
28%synergy
Fractured Sanity
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
26%inclusion23 decks90 decks
-10%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
21%inclusion19 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Mind Sculpt
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
18%synergy
Read the Bones
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Whispering Madness
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Mind Grind
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Tome Scour
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Mind Funeral
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Sign in Blood
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Ravenform
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Bond of Insight
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Eldritch Pact
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Divination
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Seize the Secrets
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Notion Rain
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Languish
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Increasing Confusion
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Startled Awake
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
2%synergy
Aether Gale
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Compulsive Research
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Fascination
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Dread Summons
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
2%synergy
Compelling Argument
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Concentrate
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Psychic Drain
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
0%synergy
Preordain
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-5%synergy
Fell
5.0%inclusion4 decks80 decks
3%synergy
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Keening Stone
38%inclusion34 decks90 decks
37%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Mindcrank
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
16%inclusion7 decks44 decks
12%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Profane Memento
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
13%synergy
The Water Crystal
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Folio of Fancies
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
-17%synergy
Sands of Delirium
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Codex Shredder
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Millstone
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion38 decks90 decks
38%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
34%inclusion31 decks90 decks
33%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
34%inclusion31 decks90 decks
34%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
12%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Drowned Secrets
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Freed from the Real
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Curse of the Bloody Tome
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Jace's Erasure
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Intruder Alarm
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Death's Approach
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Propaganda
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
-7%synergy
Court of Cunning
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
2%synergy
Honest Work
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
6.8%inclusion3 decks44 decks
5%synergy
Lost in the Maze
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Intimidation Campaign
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-8%synergy
Battles
Invasion of Amonkhet
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Jace Beleren
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion33 decks90 decks
28%synergy
Bojuka Bog
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
-19%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Restless Reef
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
-2%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-29%synergy
Rogue's Passage
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-20%synergy
Dreadship Reef
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-12%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-3%synergy
Barren Moor
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
64%inclusion58 decks90 decks
-24%synergy
Arcane Signet
61%inclusion55 decks90 decks
-23%synergy
Dimir Signet
59%inclusion53 decks90 decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
44%inclusion40 decks90 decks
27%synergy
Mind Stone
40%inclusion36 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Locket
33%inclusion30 decks90 decks
31%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
24%inclusion22 decks90 decks
-34%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Sky Diamond
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
-15%synergy
Worn Powerstone
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Prismatic Lens
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Thought Vessel
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-25%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
2%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
0%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion90 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Island
100%inclusion90 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion60 decks90 decks
-21%synergy
Dismal Backwater
67%inclusion60 decks90 decks
51%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
57%inclusion51 decks90 decks
18%synergy
Sunken Hollow
57%inclusion51 decks90 decks
-9%synergy
Temple of Deceit
51%inclusion46 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
46%inclusion41 decks90 decks
39%synergy
Choked Estuary
46%inclusion41 decks90 decks
-2%synergy
Evolving Wilds
43%inclusion39 decks90 decks
27%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion32 decks90 decks
-4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
19%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
24%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
24%inclusion22 decks90 decks
20%synergy
Tainted Isle
21%inclusion19 decks90 decks
-23%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
-1%synergy
Waterfront District
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Fetid Pools
16%inclusion14 decks90 decks
-1%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12%inclusion10 decks86 decks
0%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
-44%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Exotic Orchard
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
-24%synergy
River of Tears
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
-2%synergy
Port of Karfell
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
1%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-21%synergy
Soured Springs
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Watery Grave
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-42%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-1%synergy
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