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Mar 4, 2026
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Loki, God of Mischief
16%inclusion3 decks19 decks
15%synergy
Captain America's Shield
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
4%synergy
Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
3%synergy
H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot
5.3%inclusion1 decks19 decks
5%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion754 decks824 decks
89%synergy
Consuming Aberration
89%inclusion731 decks824 decks
74%synergy
Ruin Crab
79%inclusion652 decks824 decks
71%synergy
Tree of Perdition
72%inclusion594 decks824 decks
70%synergy
Wall of Frost
69%inclusion567 decks824 decks
67%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
69%inclusion565 decks824 decks
62%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
72%inclusion595 decks824 decks
62%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
63%inclusion521 decks824 decks
61%synergy
The Ancient One
60%inclusion496 decks824 decks
57%synergy
Mindcrank
69%inclusion567 decks824 decks
57%synergy
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Drown in the Loch
66%inclusion546 decks824 decks
49%synergy
Fractured Sanity
63%inclusion521 decks824 decks
54%synergy
Singularity Rupture
63%inclusion46 decks73 decks
50%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion513 decks824 decks
57%synergy
Counterspell
62%inclusion507 decks824 decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
61%inclusion505 decks824 decks
57%synergy
Nighthowler
59%inclusion488 decks824 decks
54%synergy
The Water Crystal
59%inclusion48 decks82 decks
50%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
54%inclusion443 decks824 decks
50%synergy
Mortivore
54%inclusion441 decks824 decks
52%synergy
Game Changers
Cyclonic Rift
37%inclusion301 decks824 decks
14%synergy
Rhystic Study
36%inclusion294 decks824 decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
25%inclusion204 decks824 decks
6%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
18%inclusion148 decks824 decks
3%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
17%inclusion144 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
Mystical Tutor
17%inclusion139 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Notion Thief
13%inclusion109 decks824 decks
2%synergy
Ancient Tomb
8.7%inclusion72 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Force of Will
8.6%inclusion71 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.0%inclusion66 decks824 decks
5%synergy
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Hover Barrier
52%inclusion430 decks824 decks
51%synergy
Eater of the Dead
50%inclusion416 decks824 decks
49%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50%inclusion414 decks824 decks
37%synergy
Silent Arbiter
44%inclusion365 decks824 decks
43%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
42%inclusion345 decks824 decks
41%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
39%inclusion320 decks824 decks
35%synergy
Hedron Crab
39%inclusion319 decks824 decks
34%synergy
The Mindskinner
37%inclusion236 decks634 decks
30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
37%inclusion50 decks136 decks
36%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
35%inclusion291 decks824 decks
28%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion285 decks824 decks
34%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion281 decks824 decks
34%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
33%inclusion19 decks57 decks
32%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
33%inclusion270 decks824 decks
32%synergy
Fleet Swallower
32%inclusion267 decks824 decks
30%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
32%inclusion266 decks824 decks
29%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
30%inclusion249 decks824 decks
25%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
30%inclusion245 decks824 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
29%inclusion235 decks824 decks
21%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
28%inclusion230 decks824 decks
27%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
27%inclusion224 decks824 decks
27%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion222 decks824 decks
26%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
27%inclusion222 decks824 decks
26%synergy
Manic Scribe
25%inclusion207 decks824 decks
24%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion206 decks824 decks
21%synergy
Aegis Turtle
23%inclusion191 decks824 decks
23%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion187 decks824 decks
21%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion181 decks824 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
21%inclusion177 decks824 decks
20%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion83 decks428 decks
19%synergy
Guiltfeeder
19%inclusion156 decks824 decks
14%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
18%inclusion149 decks824 decks
17%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion146 decks824 decks
17%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
16%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion143 decks824 decks
17%synergy
Undead Alchemist
17%inclusion141 decks824 decks
15%synergy
Wall of Runes
16%inclusion133 decks824 decks
16%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion130 decks824 decks
15%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
15%inclusion122 decks824 decks
14%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
14%inclusion118 decks824 decks
3%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion112 decks824 decks
13%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion112 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
13%inclusion110 decks824 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
12%inclusion95 decks824 decks
11%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
11%inclusion94 decks824 decks
11%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion92 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Shield Sphere
11%inclusion88 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
11%inclusion6 decks57 decks
10%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
10%inclusion86 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion86 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
49%inclusion406 decks824 decks
46%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion305 decks824 decks
32%synergy
Thought Collapse
37%inclusion304 decks824 decks
34%synergy
Psychic Strike
31%inclusion259 decks824 decks
29%synergy
Negate
31%inclusion258 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
Brainstorm
30%inclusion248 decks824 decks
0%synergy
Dark Ritual
24%inclusion195 decks824 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion182 decks824 decks
-4%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
21%inclusion173 decks824 decks
-11%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion172 decks824 decks
19%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion168 decks824 decks
3%synergy
Thought Scour
19%inclusion155 decks824 decks
12%synergy
Archive Trap
17%inclusion144 decks824 decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion106 decks621 decks
1%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion138 decks824 decks
15%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion137 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion137 decks824 decks
15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
17%inclusion137 decks824 decks
12%synergy
Swan Song
13%inclusion111 decks824 decks
-5%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion105 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Deadly Rollick
12%inclusion100 decks824 decks
-8%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion95 decks824 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion94 decks824 decks
-4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion94 decks824 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion93 decks824 decks
-0%synergy
Memory Plunder
11%inclusion88 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Reality Shift
9.3%inclusion77 decks824 decks
-4%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
9.2%inclusion76 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
Go for the Throat
9.0%inclusion74 decks824 decks
-7%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
8.5%inclusion70 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Murder
7.5%inclusion62 decks824 decks
0%synergy
Kitsune's Technique
7.1%inclusion3 decks42 decks
5%synergy
Doom Blade
7.0%inclusion58 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Resculpt
6.8%inclusion56 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Force of Negation
6.6%inclusion54 decks824 decks
-2%synergy
Perplex
6.4%inclusion53 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Opt
6.3%inclusion52 decks824 decks
-5%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.2%inclusion51 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.1%inclusion50 decks824 decks
6%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.7%inclusion47 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Mind Grind
51%inclusion420 decks824 decks
46%synergy
Traumatize
50%inclusion410 decks824 decks
45%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
36%inclusion298 decks824 decks
31%synergy
Windfall
32%inclusion267 decks824 decks
19%synergy
Cut Your Losses
30%inclusion245 decks824 decks
26%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion240 decks824 decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion239 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion213 decks824 decks
23%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
25%inclusion204 decks824 decks
20%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion193 decks824 decks
-11%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
23%inclusion191 decks824 decks
13%synergy
Reanimate
22%inclusion183 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion173 decks824 decks
11%synergy
Treasure Cruise
16%inclusion132 decks824 decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion132 decks824 decks
9%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion100 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10%inclusion86 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
10%inclusion86 decks824 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion84 decks824 decks
-6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion41 decks429 decks
3%synergy
Sign in Blood
9.3%inclusion77 decks824 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
8.7%inclusion72 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Whispering Madness
8.1%inclusion67 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
7.4%inclusion61 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Dream Harvest
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
2%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.2%inclusion51 decks824 decks
3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
5.9%inclusion49 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
5.9%inclusion49 decks824 decks
2%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.8%inclusion48 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.6%inclusion46 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Breaking Wave
5.3%inclusion44 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.2%inclusion43 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
46%inclusion382 decks824 decks
45%synergy
Bonehoard
39%inclusion318 decks824 decks
37%synergy
Lightning Greaves
37%inclusion305 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
35%inclusion285 decks824 decks
29%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
22%inclusion31 decks142 decks
18%synergy
Altar of the Brood
21%inclusion170 decks824 decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
18%inclusion147 decks824 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion130 decks824 decks
-9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion125 decks824 decks
2%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
13%inclusion106 decks824 decks
12%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion89 decks824 decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion81 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion80 decks824 decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.3%inclusion77 decks824 decks
6%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
8.6%inclusion71 decks824 decks
8%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
7.9%inclusion65 decks824 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.4%inclusion61 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.4%inclusion53 decks824 decks
6%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
6.4%inclusion53 decks824 decks
6%synergy
The One Ring
5.8%inclusion48 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
50%inclusion413 decks824 decks
44%synergy
Propaganda
48%inclusion392 decks824 decks
30%synergy
Memory Erosion
42%inclusion350 decks824 decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
41%inclusion341 decks824 decks
38%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion272 decks824 decks
27%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion245 decks824 decks
23%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
28%inclusion40 decks142 decks
26%synergy
Intruder Alarm
26%inclusion218 decks824 decks
25%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
26%inclusion217 decks824 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
26%inclusion211 decks824 decks
13%synergy
Freed from the Real
23%inclusion192 decks824 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion157 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
15%inclusion122 decks824 decks
14%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
14%inclusion115 decks824 decks
12%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion113 decks824 decks
13%synergy
Animate Dead
12%inclusion99 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion83 decks824 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion79 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
No Mercy
9.0%inclusion74 decks824 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.3%inclusion44 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
23%inclusion193 decks824 decks
18%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion152 decks824 decks
17%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
17%inclusion142 decks824 decks
15%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.0%inclusion58 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.2%inclusion43 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion384 decks824 decks
8%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38%inclusion312 decks824 decks
29%synergy
Reliquary Tower
36%inclusion300 decks824 decks
0%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
34%inclusion28 decks83 decks
29%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
24%inclusion195 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion180 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
18%inclusion146 decks824 decks
11%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
18%inclusion145 decks824 decks
14%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion129 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion114 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion106 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Temple of the False God
13%inclusion105 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion98 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.6%inclusion71 decks824 decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.6%inclusion63 decks824 decks
0%synergy
Halimar Depths
6.2%inclusion51 decks824 decks
-0%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.8%inclusion48 decks824 decks
3%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.6%inclusion46 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
5.1%inclusion42 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
5.1%inclusion42 decks824 decks
2%synergy
Castle Vantress
5.1%inclusion42 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
89%inclusion737 decks824 decks
2%synergy
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion680 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion569 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
58%inclusion477 decks824 decks
0%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion313 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
32%inclusion266 decks824 decks
2%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion222 decks824 decks
-4%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion220 decks824 decks
10%synergy
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion92 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
9.0%inclusion74 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.3%inclusion68 decks824 decks
0%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.1%inclusion67 decks824 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
8.1%inclusion67 decks824 decks
6%synergy
Dimir Locket
7.4%inclusion61 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.2%inclusion59 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion799 decks824 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion794 decks824 decks
-0%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion710 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion543 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
62%inclusion511 decks824 decks
7%synergy
Watery Grave
53%inclusion434 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
50%inclusion408 decks824 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion379 decks824 decks
9%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion364 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Morphic Pool
41%inclusion338 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion313 decks824 decks
3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
37%inclusion305 decks824 decks
-2%synergy
Underground River
34%inclusion281 decks824 decks
-7%synergy
Polluted Delta
33%inclusion275 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion266 decks824 decks
-12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion250 decks824 decks
14%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
28%inclusion232 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
25%inclusion159 decks639 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion197 decks824 decks
-8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion174 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion161 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion150 decks824 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
18%inclusion146 decks824 decks
1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
15%inclusion127 decks824 decks
-5%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion115 decks824 decks
0%synergy
Fetid Pools
13%inclusion110 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion106 decks824 decks
-0%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
12%inclusion95 decks824 decks
5%synergy
Sink into Stupor
12%inclusion95 decks824 decks
-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion94 decks824 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion93 decks824 decks
-0%synergy
Fabled Passage
11%inclusion88 decks824 decks
2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
11%inclusion88 decks824 decks
6%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
10%inclusion81 decks824 decks
2%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion79 decks824 decks
4%synergy
Prismatic Vista
9.3%inclusion77 decks824 decks
3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
7.8%inclusion64 decks824 decks
3%synergy
River of Tears
6.8%inclusion56 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.9%inclusion49 decks824 decks
-1%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.8%inclusion48 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.6%inclusion46 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.3%inclusion44 decks824 decks
-3%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.2%inclusion43 decks824 decks
1%synergy
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