How it grades
Fundamentals 84/100.
No single established archetype dominates. This is its own brew around Gavi, Nest Warden, so the fundamentals below carry the grade. Its strongest fundamental is land count (39 lands. About 41 fits this curve); the first thing to tighten is mana curve: 22% of spells cost ≤2, 22% cost 6+.
- A-Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- B-Mana curve
- ARamp
- A+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- BCard quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B-Mana curve22% of spells cost ≤2, 22% cost 6+.
- BCard qualityMedian EDHREC rank #7,317 · 1 game-changer
Strong on mana reliability, land count, ramp, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions and legality & size.
93 cards graded: A- 3, B+ 19, B 50, B- 13, C+ 7, C 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Timeless Wisdom from B+ to A.
Soul WardenW$3.02
In place of Crystalline Resonance: doesn't ramp, draw, interact or threaten. What is it for? (41/100)
Pays off your token engine (13 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar1WW$2.85
In place of Ethereal Forager: weakest slot in the deck (50/100)
Fits the commander's plan. Pays off the commanders' go-wide plan. Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers).
Mentor of the Meek2W$4.81
In place of Spellpyre Phoenix: weakest slot in the deck (50/100)
Fuels your card-draw payoffs (7 in deck). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Storm-Kiln Artist3R$1.64
In place of Abandoned Sarcophagus: weakest slot in the deck (50/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (12 producers). Pays off your artifact engine (11 producers). Works with the commander directly.
Puresteel PaladinWW$2.45
In place of Lightning Rift: weakest slot in the deck (52/100)
Fits the card-draw build players run with your commanders. Pays off your artifact engine (11 producers). Fuels your card-draw payoffs (7 in deck).
Reckless Fireweaver1R$0.41
In place of Zenith Flare: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (11 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the commander's plan.
Rhystic Study2U$70.41
In place of Herald of the Forgotten: weakest slot in the deck (55/100)
WotC game-changer. Fuels your card-draw payoffs (7 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
The One Ring4$118.68
In place of Spirit Cairn: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Fuels your card-draw payoffs (7 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data. WotC game-changer.
Thought Vessel2—
In place of Psychic Impetus: weakest slot in the deck (57/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (38 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the card-draw build players run with your commanders.
Impact Tremors1R$2.59
In place of Eternal Dragon: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (59/100)
Pays off the commanders' token plan. Pays off your token engine (13 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers).
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 23
- B
- B
- B+
- B
- B-
- C+
- B
- C+
- B
- B-
- B
- B
- B
- B-
- B
- B
- B+
- B+
- B+
- B
- B
- C+
- B+
Planeswalkers 1
- B
Instants 4
- B+
- B
- C+
- B
Sorceries 8
- B+
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
Artifacts 10
- C+
- B-
- B
- A-
- B+
- B+
- A-
- B+
- A-
- B
Enchantments 14
- C
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B+
- B+
- B
- B-
- B+
- B
- B-
- C+
Lands 39
- B
- B-
- B+
- B
- B
- B
- B
- B+
- B+
- B
- B-
- B-
- B-
- B-
- B
- B+
- B
- B+
- B+
- B
- B-
- B
- B-
- C+
- B×2
- B×2
- B
- B×2
- B×2
- B×2
- B×2
- B
- B
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