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13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
9%synergy
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10%inclusion2 decks21 decks
8%synergy
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7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Liliana the Repentant
3.7%inclusion1 decks27 decks
4%synergy
The Theorist, Jace Beleren
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4%synergy
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91%inclusion609 decks669 decks
89%synergy
Consuming Aberration
88%inclusion592 decks669 decks
73%synergy
Tree of Perdition
72%inclusion484 decks669 decks
71%synergy
Ruin Crab
78%inclusion522 decks669 decks
69%synergy
Wall of Frost
69%inclusion460 decks669 decks
67%synergy
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68%inclusion452 decks669 decks
61%synergy
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71%inclusion474 decks669 decks
60%synergy
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62%inclusion412 decks669 decks
59%synergy
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65%inclusion432 decks669 decks
59%synergy
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61%inclusion408 decks669 decks
58%synergy
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Mindcrank
68%inclusion452 decks669 decks
56%synergy
Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion447 decks669 decks
49%synergy
Fractured Sanity
62%inclusion418 decks669 decks
53%synergy
Singularity Rupture
62%inclusion53 decks85 decks
50%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
61%inclusion410 decks669 decks
57%synergy
Counterspell
61%inclusion408 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Nighthowler
59%inclusion392 decks669 decks
53%synergy
The Water Crystal
57%inclusion54 decks94 decks
48%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
53%inclusion353 decks669 decks
49%synergy
Eater of the Dead
53%inclusion353 decks669 decks
51%synergy
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Cyclonic Rift
36%inclusion244 decks669 decks
14%synergy
Rhystic Study
35%inclusion237 decks669 decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
24%inclusion161 decks669 decks
6%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
18%inclusion121 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
17%inclusion117 decks669 decks
-0%synergy
Mystical Tutor
16%inclusion104 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion90 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Force of Will
9.1%inclusion61 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Ancient Tomb
8.4%inclusion56 decks669 decks
0%synergy
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7.0%inclusion47 decks669 decks
4%synergy
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Mortivore
53%inclusion352 decks669 decks
51%synergy
Hover Barrier
51%inclusion343 decks669 decks
50%synergy
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36%synergy
Silent Arbiter
45%inclusion298 decks669 decks
43%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
43%inclusion285 decks669 decks
42%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
40%inclusion59 decks147 decks
39%synergy
Hedron Crab
38%inclusion257 decks669 decks
34%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion239 decks643 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
36%inclusion244 decks669 decks
32%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion231 decks669 decks
34%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
34%inclusion230 decks669 decks
27%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion229 decks669 decks
34%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion221 decks669 decks
32%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion218 decks669 decks
30%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
32%inclusion23 decks72 decks
31%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
32%inclusion211 decks669 decks
29%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
31%inclusion210 decks669 decks
27%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
30%inclusion198 decks669 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
28%inclusion190 decks669 decks
21%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
28%inclusion186 decks669 decks
27%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
28%inclusion185 decks669 decks
27%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
27%inclusion178 decks669 decks
26%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
26%inclusion171 decks669 decks
25%synergy
Manic Scribe
25%inclusion169 decks669 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion164 decks669 decks
21%synergy
Aegis Turtle
23%inclusion156 decks669 decks
23%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
23%inclusion151 decks669 decks
21%synergy
Fog Bank
22%inclusion147 decks669 decks
21%synergy
Soulless Jailer
21%inclusion143 decks669 decks
21%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
20%inclusion133 decks669 decks
18%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion83 decks437 decks
18%synergy
Guiltfeeder
19%inclusion124 decks669 decks
14%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
17%inclusion117 decks669 decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion114 decks669 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Runes
16%inclusion108 decks669 decks
16%synergy
Undead Alchemist
16%inclusion108 decks669 decks
14%synergy
Loki, God of Mischief
16%inclusion6 decks38 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
15%inclusion103 decks669 decks
14%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion97 decks669 decks
14%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
14%inclusion95 decks669 decks
13%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
14%inclusion10 decks72 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion92 decks669 decks
2%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
13%inclusion89 decks669 decks
10%synergy
Wall of Junk
13%inclusion87 decks669 decks
13%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
12%inclusion77 decks669 decks
11%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
11%inclusion72 decks669 decks
10%synergy
Wall of Mist
11%inclusion72 decks669 decks
11%synergy
Shield Sphere
11%inclusion72 decks669 decks
10%synergy
Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
11%inclusion4 decks38 decks
7%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion70 decks669 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
47%inclusion316 decks669 decks
43%synergy
Thought Collapse
36%inclusion243 decks669 decks
33%synergy
Didn't Say Please
36%inclusion242 decks669 decks
31%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion217 decks669 decks
0%synergy
Psychic Strike
32%inclusion212 decks669 decks
29%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion197 decks669 decks
-0%synergy
Dark Ritual
24%inclusion163 decks669 decks
-13%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
22%inclusion147 decks669 decks
-10%synergy
Into the Story
22%inclusion147 decks669 decks
20%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion145 decks669 decks
-5%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion134 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Thought Scour
19%inclusion129 decks669 decks
13%synergy
Aetherize
18%inclusion119 decks669 decks
6%synergy
Archive Trap
18%inclusion118 decks669 decks
16%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion114 decks669 decks
16%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion114 decks669 decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion106 decks630 decks
1%synergy
Drown in Dreams
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12%synergy
Pongify
14%inclusion93 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Swan Song
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-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
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-8%synergy
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-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
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-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion76 decks669 decks
-5%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion70 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
10%inclusion67 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion67 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.3%inclusion62 decks669 decks
-7%synergy
Reality Shift
8.7%inclusion58 decks669 decks
-5%synergy
Murder
8.1%inclusion54 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
7.9%inclusion53 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Doom Blade
7.6%inclusion51 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
6.9%inclusion4 decks58 decks
4%synergy
Perplex
6.9%inclusion46 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Opt
6.7%inclusion45 decks669 decks
-5%synergy
Resculpt
6.6%inclusion44 decks669 decks
0%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.4%inclusion43 decks669 decks
-3%synergy
Force of Negation
6.0%inclusion40 decks669 decks
-3%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.7%inclusion38 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Hero's Downfall
5.2%inclusion35 decks669 decks
2%synergy
Intellectual Offering
5.1%inclusion34 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
49%inclusion331 decks669 decks
44%synergy
Traumatize
48%inclusion323 decks669 decks
44%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
34%inclusion230 decks669 decks
29%synergy
Windfall
31%inclusion207 decks669 decks
17%synergy
Cut Your Losses
29%inclusion195 decks669 decks
25%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion194 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
28%inclusion186 decks669 decks
19%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion172 decks669 decks
23%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion156 decks669 decks
-12%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
23%inclusion153 decks669 decks
18%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion153 decks669 decks
-3%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion152 decks669 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion138 decks669 decks
11%synergy
Treasure Cruise
16%inclusion104 decks669 decks
7%synergy
Extract from Darkness
15%inclusion99 decks669 decks
7%synergy
Pilfered Plans
13%inclusion89 decks669 decks
11%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion70 decks669 decks
-6%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10%inclusion70 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion65 decks669 decks
9%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
9.4%inclusion41 decks438 decks
3%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.1%inclusion61 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
8.7%inclusion58 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.1%inclusion54 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
7.8%inclusion52 decks669 decks
-2%synergy
Read the Bones
6.4%inclusion43 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Night's Whisper
6.1%inclusion41 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.0%inclusion40 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.7%inclusion38 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Grim Tutor
5.4%inclusion36 decks669 decks
2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
46%inclusion308 decks669 decks
45%synergy
Bonehoard
38%inclusion252 decks669 decks
36%synergy
Lightning Greaves
38%inclusion251 decks669 decks
10%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
35%inclusion233 decks669 decks
29%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
22%inclusion34 decks153 decks
18%synergy
Altar of the Brood
21%inclusion140 decks669 decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
17%inclusion114 decks669 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
15%inclusion102 decks669 decks
-9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion95 decks669 decks
2%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
14%inclusion92 decks669 decks
13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion76 decks669 decks
10%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
9.3%inclusion62 decks669 decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.3%inclusion62 decks669 decks
6%synergy
Grindstone
9.0%inclusion60 decks669 decks
8%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
8.5%inclusion57 decks669 decks
0%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
7.5%inclusion50 decks669 decks
7%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.2%inclusion48 decks669 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.9%inclusion46 decks669 decks
6%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.3%inclusion42 decks669 decks
6%synergy
The One Ring
5.2%inclusion35 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
48%inclusion320 decks669 decks
41%synergy
Propaganda
46%inclusion306 decks669 decks
28%synergy
Fraying Sanity
42%inclusion280 decks669 decks
38%synergy
Memory Erosion
40%inclusion269 decks669 decks
36%synergy
Court of Cunning
32%inclusion215 decks669 decks
26%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
31%inclusion48 decks153 decks
29%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion198 decks669 decks
22%synergy
Intruder Alarm
27%inclusion178 decks669 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
26%inclusion174 decks669 decks
13%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
26%inclusion171 decks669 decks
23%synergy
Freed from the Real
24%inclusion158 decks669 decks
23%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion126 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
15%inclusion99 decks669 decks
14%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion91 decks669 decks
13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
12%inclusion82 decks669 decks
10%synergy
Animate Dead
11%inclusion76 decks669 decks
0%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion64 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
9.4%inclusion63 decks669 decks
6%synergy
No Mercy
9.1%inclusion61 decks669 decks
6%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
23%inclusion156 decks669 decks
17%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion118 decks669 decks
16%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
16%inclusion107 decks669 decks
14%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.2%inclusion48 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.5%inclusion37 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion314 decks669 decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion249 decks669 decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
35%inclusion236 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
35%inclusion33 decks95 decks
30%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion154 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion144 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion117 decks669 decks
14%synergy
Restless Reef
17%inclusion116 decks669 decks
11%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
15%inclusion100 decks669 decks
-4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
14%inclusion95 decks669 decks
11%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
13%inclusion85 decks669 decks
0%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion83 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion80 decks669 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
9.0%inclusion60 decks669 decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.5%inclusion50 decks669 decks
0%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.6%inclusion44 decks669 decks
0%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
6.0%inclusion40 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.5%inclusion37 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.4%inclusion36 decks669 decks
2%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.1%inclusion34 decks669 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
89%inclusion596 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion556 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion461 decks669 decks
11%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
59%inclusion394 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Mind Stone
37%inclusion248 decks669 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
34%inclusion227 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
26%inclusion171 decks669 decks
10%synergy
Thought Vessel
26%inclusion171 decks669 decks
-6%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion72 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Sky Diamond
9.1%inclusion61 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.2%inclusion55 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.1%inclusion54 decks669 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
7.6%inclusion51 decks669 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Locket
7.3%inclusion49 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.2%inclusion48 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion652 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Swamp
97%inclusion646 decks669 decks
-0%synergy
Command Tower
87%inclusion582 decks669 decks
-0%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion443 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
62%inclusion412 decks669 decks
7%synergy
Watery Grave
52%inclusion351 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
50%inclusion332 decks669 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion307 decks669 decks
9%synergy
Choked Estuary
45%inclusion301 decks669 decks
-2%synergy
Morphic Pool
41%inclusion277 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion257 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
38%inclusion253 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Underground River
35%inclusion237 decks669 decks
-6%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion221 decks669 decks
-11%synergy
Polluted Delta
33%inclusion218 decks669 decks
-0%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion204 decks669 decks
14%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
29%inclusion195 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
25%inclusion159 decks648 decks
0%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion162 decks669 decks
-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion137 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion132 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Sunken Ruins
19%inclusion127 decks669 decks
2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion122 decks669 decks
7%synergy
Undercity Sewers
16%inclusion109 decks669 decks
-5%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion97 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion91 decks669 decks
-2%synergy
Underground Sea
12%inclusion83 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion79 decks669 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion76 decks669 decks
-5%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion76 decks669 decks
5%synergy
Fabled Passage
11%inclusion73 decks669 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
11%inclusion71 decks669 decks
6%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
10%inclusion70 decks669 decks
-1%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion65 decks669 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Vista
9.4%inclusion63 decks669 decks
3%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.0%inclusion60 decks669 decks
1%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
7.9%inclusion53 decks669 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
7.2%inclusion48 decks669 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
6.4%inclusion43 decks669 decks
-0%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.4%inclusion36 decks669 decks
-3%synergy
Hidden Lair
5.3%inclusion2 decks38 decks
-3%synergy
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