How it grades
Fundamentals 82/100. Plays like Spellslinger.
This reads as Spellslinger, built around Stella Lee, Wild Card. The spells are the deck: every instant and sorcery triggers payoffs (drain, tokens, copies, treasure), so chaining cheap cantrips is the game plan. Creature count stays low by design; protect the two or three payoff engines and the velocity does the rest. Stella Lee, Wild Card sits on the cEDH tier list, so the ceiling here is tournament-grade, and experienced tables will treat it that way. Its strongest fundamental is land count (38 lands. About 37 fits this curve for Spellslinger, with your cost reduction counted); the first thing to tighten is interaction: 6 removal/protection effects (want 10+ for Spellslinger).
- A+Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- A+Card draw
- C+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- ACard quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- C+Interaction6 removal/protection effects (want 10+ for Spellslinger).
Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, commander synergy, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
76 cards graded: A 4, A- 12, B+ 28, B 27, B- 1, C+ 3, C 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Quick Draw from B+ to A.
CounterspellUU$4.42
In place of Vandalblast: conditional removal: dead against some boards (70/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Fuels your instant-and-sorcery payoffs (16 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Fierce Guardianship2U$63.43
In place of Mizzix's Mastery: sorcery-speed removal: can't answer on their turn (71/100)
WotC game-changer. Feeds the commanders' instant-and-sorcery payoff. Fills the removal gap (you're at 6 of 10+).
Force of Will3UU$59.85
In place of Volcanic Torrent: weakest slot in the deck (71/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Fuels your instant-and-sorcery payoffs (16 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Blasphemous Act8R$0.87
In place of Smoldering Stagecoach: doesn't ramp, draw, interact or threaten. What is it for? (41/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Fuels your instant-and-sorcery payoffs (16 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
An Offer You Can't RefuseU$2.58
In place of Bloodthirsty Adversary: weakest slot in the deck (49/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Fuels your instant-and-sorcery payoffs (16 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Dualcaster Mage1RR$4.21
In place of Leyline Dowser: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (30 producers). Fits the commander's plan. Chases the same instant-and-sorcery plan as your commanders.
BrainstormU$0.52
In place of Forger's Foundry: weakest slot in the deck (58/100)
Fuels your card-draw payoffs (3 in deck). EDHREC Spellslinger staple. Fuels your instant-and-sorcery payoffs (16 in deck).
Frantic Search2U$2.13
In place of Crackling Spellslinger: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Fuels your card-draw payoffs (3 in deck). Fuels your instant-and-sorcery payoffs (16 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Cyclonic Rift1U$39.16
In place of Pteramander: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Fuels your instant-and-sorcery payoffs (16 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data. WotC game-changer.
Displacer Kitten3U$34.12
In place of Pyretic Charge: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Fills the removal gap (you're at 6 of 10+). Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (30 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 19
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- A
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- A
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- B+
- B
- C+
- A-
- B
- B+
- A
- B
- A-
- A
- A-
- A-
- B
- A-
Instants 9
- B+
- B+
- B+
- B
- A-
- B+
- A-
- A-
- B+
Sorceries 21
- B
- B+
- B
- B+
- B+
- B+
- B
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- B
- B
- B
- B+
- A-
- A-
- B+
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- B+
- A-
- B+
- B+
- B+
Artifacts 9
- B+
- B
- B-
- C
- B
- C+
- B+
- B
- B+
Enchantments 3
- B
- A-
- B
Lands 38
- B
- B
- B
- B+
- B+
- B
- B
- B
- C+
- B
- B+
- B×7
- B×7
- B×7
- B×6
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