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Echocasting Symposium
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
9.1%inclusion1 decks11 decks
8%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Charix, the Raging Isle
92%inclusion916 decks998 decks
90%synergy
Consuming Aberration
88%inclusion880 decks998 decks
73%synergy
Tree of Perdition
73%inclusion732 decks998 decks
72%synergy
Ruin Crab
78%inclusion775 decks998 decks
69%synergy
Wall of Frost
68%inclusion681 decks998 decks
67%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
69%inclusion692 decks998 decks
63%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
73%inclusion729 decks998 decks
63%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
63%inclusion626 decks998 decks
61%synergy
The Ancient One
60%inclusion601 decks998 decks
57%synergy
Mindcrank
68%inclusion683 decks998 decks
56%synergy
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Drown in the Loch
67%inclusion668 decks998 decks
49%synergy
Singularity Rupture
64%inclusion43 decks67 decks
52%synergy
Fractured Sanity
63%inclusion632 decks998 decks
54%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
62%inclusion617 decks998 decks
56%synergy
Counterspell
62%inclusion615 decks998 decks
6%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
61%inclusion606 decks998 decks
56%synergy
Nighthowler
59%inclusion588 decks998 decks
53%synergy
The Water Crystal
55%inclusion42 decks76 decks
46%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
54%inclusion538 decks998 decks
50%synergy
Mortivore
53%inclusion531 decks998 decks
52%synergy
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Cyclonic Rift
37%inclusion365 decks998 decks
14%synergy
Rhystic Study
36%inclusion359 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Demonic Tutor
24%inclusion238 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
19%inclusion185 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
18%inclusion183 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Mystical Tutor
17%inclusion166 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Notion Thief
12%inclusion123 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Force of Will
9.4%inclusion94 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Ancient Tomb
8.9%inclusion89 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
8.2%inclusion82 decks998 decks
5%synergy
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Hover Barrier
52%inclusion522 decks998 decks
51%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
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39%synergy
Eater of the Dead
49%inclusion490 decks998 decks
48%synergy
Silent Arbiter
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43%synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
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37%synergy
Sire of Stagnation
38%inclusion376 decks998 decks
33%synergy
Hedron Crab
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33%synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
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30%synergy
The Mindskinner
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30%synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
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36%synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
35%inclusion350 decks998 decks
34%synergy
Glacial Wall
34%inclusion339 decks998 decks
33%synergy
Fleet Swallower
33%inclusion327 decks998 decks
30%synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
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32%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
32%inclusion320 decks998 decks
29%synergy
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
31%inclusion16 decks51 decks
30%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
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25%synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
29%inclusion293 decks998 decks
27%synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
29%inclusion291 decks998 decks
29%synergy
Unhallowed Phalanx
28%inclusion282 decks998 decks
28%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
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20%synergy
Jace's Phantasm
27%inclusion269 decks998 decks
26%synergy
Manic Scribe
27%inclusion265 decks998 decks
25%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
26%inclusion259 decks998 decks
25%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
25%inclusion248 decks998 decks
21%synergy
Aegis Turtle
24%inclusion237 decks998 decks
23%synergy
Fog Bank
23%inclusion229 decks998 decks
22%synergy
Soulless Jailer
22%inclusion218 decks998 decks
21%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
22%inclusion217 decks998 decks
21%synergy
Guiltfeeder
20%inclusion200 decks998 decks
15%synergy
Rune-Sealed Wall
19%inclusion82 decks424 decks
18%synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
18%inclusion184 decks998 decks
18%synergy
Undead Alchemist
18%inclusion183 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Wall of Runes
17%inclusion169 decks998 decks
17%synergy
Riddlekeeper
17%inclusion167 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Doomsday Excruciator
16%inclusion147 decks892 decks
15%synergy
Avatar of Woe
16%inclusion158 decks998 decks
15%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
15%inclusion150 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
15%inclusion149 decks998 decks
14%synergy
Wall of Junk
14%inclusion140 decks998 decks
14%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
14%inclusion138 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Tui and La, Moon and Ocean
14%inclusion7 decks51 decks
13%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
14%inclusion136 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Wall of Mist
13%inclusion127 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Disciple of Deceit
12%inclusion121 decks998 decks
12%synergy
Drift of Phantasms
11%inclusion113 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
11%inclusion112 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Shield Sphere
10%inclusion103 decks998 decks
10%synergy
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
10%inclusion98 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Abyssal Harvester
9.4%inclusion40 decks424 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
49%inclusion493 decks998 decks
46%synergy
Didn't Say Please
37%inclusion369 decks998 decks
32%synergy
Thought Collapse
36%inclusion364 decks998 decks
33%synergy
Negate
32%inclusion316 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Psychic Strike
30%inclusion301 decks998 decks
27%synergy
Brainstorm
29%inclusion288 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Dark Ritual
23%inclusion230 decks998 decks
-13%synergy
Arcane Denial
22%inclusion220 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
21%inclusion208 decks998 decks
-10%synergy
Into the Story
21%inclusion208 decks998 decks
19%synergy
Mana Drain
20%inclusion204 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Thought Scour
20%inclusion197 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Archive Trap
18%inclusion177 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
17%inclusion168 decks998 decks
15%synergy
Withering Torment
17%inclusion103 decks618 decks
1%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion166 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Crypt Incursion
17%inclusion166 decks998 decks
15%synergy
Drown in Dreams
16%inclusion157 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Swan Song
14%inclusion135 decks998 decks
-5%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion127 decks998 decks
-7%synergy
Pongify
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-3%synergy
Infernal Grasp
11%inclusion114 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Sink into Stupor
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-4%synergy
Fell the Profane
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-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion109 decks982 decks
0%synergy
Memory Plunder
10%inclusion101 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Reality Shift
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-4%synergy
Go for the Throat
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-6%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
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-1%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
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4%synergy
Murder
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0%synergy
Resculpt
7.3%inclusion73 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Doom Blade
7.3%inclusion73 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Force of Negation
6.9%inclusion69 decks998 decks
-2%synergy
Fact or Fiction
6.6%inclusion66 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Intellectual Offering
6.4%inclusion64 decks998 decks
6%synergy
Perplex
6.3%inclusion63 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Dig Through Time
6.0%inclusion60 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Opt
5.9%inclusion59 decks998 decks
-6%synergy
Psychic Spiral
5.5%inclusion55 decks998 decks
5%synergy
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Traumatize
50%inclusion496 decks998 decks
45%synergy
Mind Grind
49%inclusion494 decks998 decks
44%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
36%inclusion364 decks998 decks
31%synergy
Windfall
32%inclusion319 decks998 decks
18%synergy
Cut Your Losses
30%inclusion295 decks998 decks
26%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
29%inclusion289 decks998 decks
20%synergy
Toxic Deluge
29%inclusion286 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Mind Funeral
26%inclusion256 decks998 decks
23%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
24%inclusion238 decks998 decks
19%synergy
Feed the Swarm
23%inclusion231 decks998 decks
-12%synergy
Reanimate
23%inclusion228 decks998 decks
-2%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion222 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Damnation
21%inclusion206 decks998 decks
10%synergy
Treasure Cruise
17%inclusion167 decks998 decks
8%synergy
Extract from Darkness
16%inclusion157 decks998 decks
8%synergy
Pilfered Plans
12%inclusion118 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion108 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11%inclusion106 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Ponder
10%inclusion103 decks998 decks
-6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion41 decks425 decks
3%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
9.3%inclusion93 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Sign in Blood
8.5%inclusion85 decks998 decks
2%synergy
Whispering Madness
7.9%inclusion79 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Preordain
7.0%inclusion70 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Grim Tutor
6.7%inclusion67 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Eldritch Pact
6.0%inclusion60 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Night's Whisper
5.6%inclusion56 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Breaking Wave
5.5%inclusion55 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
5.4%inclusion54 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Increasing Confusion
5.3%inclusion53 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Mind Sculpt
5.1%inclusion51 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Thousand-Year Elixir
46%inclusion459 decks998 decks
45%synergy
Bonehoard
40%inclusion399 decks998 decks
38%synergy
Lightning Greaves
36%inclusion360 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
35%inclusion345 decks998 decks
29%synergy
Altar of the Brood
21%inclusion208 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
20%inclusion27 decks137 decks
16%synergy
Keening Stone
18%inclusion176 decks998 decks
17%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion160 decks998 decks
-8%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion145 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
14%inclusion135 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
11%inclusion111 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Grindstone
10%inclusion104 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Slagwurm Armor
10%inclusion95 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
9.4%inclusion94 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Isochron Scepter
9.2%inclusion92 decks998 decks
6%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8.8%inclusion88 decks998 decks
7%synergy
Nihil Spellbomb
7.1%inclusion71 decks998 decks
6%synergy
Sapphire Medallion
7.1%inclusion71 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Folio of Fancies
6.2%inclusion62 decks998 decks
5%synergy
The One Ring
5.5%inclusion55 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
49%inclusion493 decks998 decks
43%synergy
Propaganda
46%inclusion463 decks998 decks
29%synergy
Memory Erosion
42%inclusion421 decks998 decks
38%synergy
Fraying Sanity
41%inclusion406 decks998 decks
37%synergy
Court of Cunning
33%inclusion328 decks998 decks
27%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
30%inclusion295 decks998 decks
22%synergy
Unstoppable Plan
28%inclusion38 decks137 decks
26%synergy
Intruder Alarm
27%inclusion274 decks998 decks
26%synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27%inclusion267 decks998 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
24%inclusion241 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Freed from the Real
23%inclusion233 decks998 decks
22%synergy
Mystic Remora
19%inclusion190 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Patient Rebuilding
14%inclusion140 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Pemmin's Aura
14%inclusion136 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
13%inclusion133 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion125 decks998 decks
2%synergy
Leyline of the Void
10%inclusion99 decks998 decks
7%synergy
Black Market Connections
10%inclusion95 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
No Mercy
9.0%inclusion90 decks998 decks
6%synergy
Drowned Secrets
5.3%inclusion53 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5.1%inclusion51 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
25%inclusion245 decks998 decks
19%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
18%inclusion183 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
18%inclusion176 decks998 decks
16%synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7.3%inclusion73 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
5.4%inclusion54 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
47%inclusion471 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
37%inclusion370 decks998 decks
28%synergy
Reliquary Tower
35%inclusion350 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
31%inclusion24 decks77 decks
26%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23%inclusion233 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
22%inclusion221 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Restless Reef
19%inclusion185 decks998 decks
12%synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17%inclusion166 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
16%inclusion155 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion139 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion123 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
12%inclusion122 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion117 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
8.7%inclusion87 decks998 decks
-18%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.3%inclusion73 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
5.9%inclusion59 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
5.7%inclusion57 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
5.7%inclusion57 decks998 decks
2%synergy
Halimar Depths
5.6%inclusion56 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90%inclusion902 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Signet
84%inclusion839 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Dimir Signet
69%inclusion687 decks998 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
57%inclusion564 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Mind Stone
38%inclusion379 decks998 decks
10%synergy
Fellwar Stone
31%inclusion311 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion273 decks998 decks
11%synergy
Thought Vessel
27%inclusion270 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Midnight Clock
12%inclusion116 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Sky Diamond
8.8%inclusion88 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
8.6%inclusion86 decks998 decks
8%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.5%inclusion85 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Cluestone
8.4%inclusion84 decks998 decks
7%synergy
Dimir Locket
7.8%inclusion78 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Thran Dynamo
7.3%inclusion73 decks998 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Island
97%inclusion969 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Swamp
96%inclusion962 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion862 decks998 decks
-1%synergy
Sunken Hollow
66%inclusion663 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
63%inclusion624 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Watery Grave
52%inclusion518 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
49%inclusion487 decks998 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
46%inclusion456 decks998 decks
8%synergy
Choked Estuary
44%inclusion435 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Morphic Pool
40%inclusion403 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Temple of Deceit
38%inclusion379 decks998 decks
2%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
36%inclusion364 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Polluted Delta
34%inclusion337 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Underground River
33%inclusion331 decks998 decks
-7%synergy
Tainted Isle
32%inclusion322 decks998 decks
-12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion297 decks998 decks
13%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
28%inclusion282 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
25%inclusion157 decks636 decks
1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
24%inclusion235 decks998 decks
-9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion216 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Dismal Backwater
20%inclusion196 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
18%inclusion183 decks998 decks
7%synergy
Sunken Ruins
17%inclusion174 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Undercity Sewers
17%inclusion168 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Darkslick Shores
14%inclusion139 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Fetid Pools
14%inclusion136 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Underground Sea
13%inclusion133 decks998 decks
0%synergy
Fabled Passage
11%inclusion114 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Sink into Stupor
11%inclusion111 decks985 decks
-4%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion112 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion110 decks985 decks
-4%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion109 decks982 decks
0%synergy
Reflecting Pool
10%inclusion101 decks998 decks
5%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
10%inclusion95 decks998 decks
4%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
9.2%inclusion89 decks964 decks
1%synergy
Prismatic Vista
9.2%inclusion92 decks998 decks
3%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
8.2%inclusion82 decks998 decks
4%synergy
River of Tears
6.6%inclusion66 decks998 decks
-4%synergy
Flooded Strand
5.7%inclusion57 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Boggart Trawler
5.7%inclusion55 decks968 decks
-1%synergy
Ice Tunnel
5.5%inclusion55 decks998 decks
1%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.5%inclusion55 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
Scalding Tarn
5.0%inclusion50 decks998 decks
-3%synergy
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