The Council of Four (Commander) - Budget Upgraded Control

The Council of Four
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Ezra Sassaman
Mar 12, 2026
Ezra Sassaman
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Dream Fracture
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
82%synergy
Homunculus Horde
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
80%synergy
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
77%synergy
Mentor of the Meek
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
64%synergy
Mangara, the Diplomat
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
61%synergy
Intangible Virtue
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
61%synergy
Negate
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
39%synergy
Generous Gift
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
36%synergy
Reliquary Tower
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Game Changers
Smothering Tithe
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Creatures
Detective of the Month
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Kami of the Crescent Moon
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Rumor Gatherer
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Prince Imrahil the Fair
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Welcoming Vampire
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Vodalian Wave-Knight
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Mischievous Mystic
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Aven Wind Guide
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Ephara, God of the Polis
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Knight of the White Orchid
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Sun Titan
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Valiant Knight
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Herald of Hoofbeats
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Loyal Warhound
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Walking Archive
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Lore Broker
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Emrakul's Messenger
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
31%synergy
Lady Octopus, Inspired Inventor
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Chocobo Knights
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Summon: Knights of Round
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
PuPu UFO
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Spurnmage Advocate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Suppressor Skyguard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Thought Courier
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Warren Warleader
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Yes Man, Personal Securitron
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Azorius Guildmage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Palace Jailer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Scholarship Sponsor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dirgur Island Dragon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ethereal Investigator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
High Fae Trickster
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Overlord of the Floodpits
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Herald of Eternal Dawn
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Portal Mage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Angelic Field Marshal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
White Plume Adventurer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Shieldmage Advocate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Basri's Lieutenant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
New Prahv Guildmage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Dovin's Veto
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Loran's Escape
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Condemn
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Blacksmith's Skill
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Duty Beyond Death
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-35%synergy
Counterspell
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-21%synergy
Path to Exile
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-20%synergy
No More Lies
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Deduce
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Long River's Pull
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Your Temple Is Under Attack
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Rootborn Defenses
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Disdainful Stroke
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
See Double
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Frantic Search
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-10%synergy
Three Steps Ahead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Run Away Together
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Faith's Reward
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Illusionist's Gambit
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Censor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Consider
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Disorder in the Court
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Make Disappear
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Blue Sun's Zenith
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Vision Skeins
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Dispel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Forbid
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Opt
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Aetherize
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Oblation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Gale's Redirection
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Jwari Disruption
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Hindering Light
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Energy Arc
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Unbreakable Formation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Holy Day
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Pull from Tomorrow
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Get Out
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rewind
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Turn the Tables
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Mandate of Peace
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Mana Leak
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Borne Upon a Wind
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Words of Wisdom
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Abjure
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Unwind
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Sorceries
Fell the Mighty
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Slaughter the Strong
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Dusk // Dawn
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Cut a Deal
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Requisition Raid
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Expel the Interlopers
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Promise of Loyalty
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Approach of the Second Sun
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Relm's Sketching
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Windfall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Clear the Mind
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Replication Technique
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Fascination
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Modify Memory
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Winds of Abandon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Valiant Endeavor
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
White Sun's Twilight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Council's Judgment
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sculpted Sunburst
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Minds Aglow
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Reverse the Sands
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Suppression Ray
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Prosperity
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Howling Mine
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
45%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Thopter Fabricator
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Temple Bell
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Unstable Glyphbridge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Argent Dais
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Folio of Fancies
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Reckoner Bankbuster
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Ghirapur Orrery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-9%synergy
Sigiled Sword of Valeron
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Venser's Journal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
The Circle of Loyalty
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Enchantments
Tocasia's Welcome
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Ominous Seas
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Knowledge Is Power
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Propaganda
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Witness Protection
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Monologue Tax
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Dictate of Kruphix
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Curse of Verbosity
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Caretaker's Talent
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Search the Premises
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rest in Peace
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Lawmage's Binding
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Vow of Duty
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Well of Ideas
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Noble Heritage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Wizard Class
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Extravagant Replication
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Case of the Gateway Express
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Forced Fruition
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Blind Obedience
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Monk Class
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Roiling Dragonstorm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Omniscience
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Estrid's Invocation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Statecraft
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Chivalric Alliance
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Curator's Ward
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Web of Inertia
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Court of Vantress
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Restricted Office // Lecture Hall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Opposition
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Eaten by Piranhas
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Cathars' Crusade
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Storm of Saruman
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Solitary Confinement
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ghostly Prison
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-8%synergy
Tenuous Truce
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Diplomatic Immunity
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Energy Field
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Planeswalkers
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Utility Lands
Lonely Sandbar
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Secluded Steppe
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-1%synergy
Calciform Pools
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Remote Isle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
The Fair Basilica
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Fountainport
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Labyrinth of Skophos
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Terrain Generator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Castle Vantress
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Decanter of Endless Water
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
73%synergy
Azorius Signet
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Talisman of Progress
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
-16%synergy
Thought Vessel
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Mind Stone
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
41%synergy
Sol Ring
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-36%synergy
Sky Diamond
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Worn Powerstone
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Springleaf Drum
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
18%synergy
Patchwork Banner
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Moonsnare Prototype
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Marble Diamond
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Coveted Jewel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Stonespeaker Crystal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Midnight Clock
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Lands
Skycloud Expanse
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
65%synergy
Island
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
5%synergy
Port Town
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
37%synergy
Prairie Stream
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Temple of Enlightenment
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Adarkar Wastes
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
38%synergy
Glacial Fortress
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
-19%synergy
Myriad Landscape
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
51%synergy
Irrigated Farmland
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Azorius Chancery
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Seachrome Coast
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
34%synergy
Path of Ancestry
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
36%synergy
Idyllic Beachfront
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
26%synergy
Tranquil Cove
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Evolving Wilds
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Gate
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Flooded Strand
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Citadel Gate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-11%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Gates of Istfell
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Demolition Field
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Jwari Disruption
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Azorius Guildgate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Suppression Ray
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Nimbus Maze
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Deserted Beach
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-23%synergy
Hallowed Fountain
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-32%synergy
Floodfarm Verge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-10%synergy
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