The Ancient One

Commander

The Ancient One

·Bracket 3·Budget $100.00
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Archetype:stax · graveyard · reanimator

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$100.00

lands $92.06 · acceleration $7.94

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Lands (37)

Command Tower
$0.33

Command Tower

Command Tower: Core to your Stax game plan. Auto-include in any 2+ color deck. The single best fixing land in budget Commander.

Command Tower

Land
Command Tower

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #233

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

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Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
$10.65

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire: Channel: mill 3, return creature/planeswalker from graveyard to hand. Top-tier in any GY deck.

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Legendary Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty · #278

{T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

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Exotic Orchard
$0.32

Exotic Orchard

Exotic Orchard: Core to your Stax game plan. Reliable in 4-player Commander — nearly always taps for any color you need. Drops off in mono-meta or 1v1.

Exotic Orchard

Land
Exotic Orchard

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #241

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

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Maze of Ith
$9.39

Maze of Ith

Maze of Ith: Core to your Stax game plan. Untap target attacking creature, no combat damage. Anti-attack land. FORBIDDEN in attack-based decks.

Maze of Ith

Land
Maze of Ith

Dominaria Remastered · #250

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

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Path of Ancestry
$0.31

Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry: Core to your Stax game plan. Scry 1 every commander cast in tribal decks. Conditional based on shared creature type with commander.

Path of Ancestry

Land
Path of Ancestry

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #254

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

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Cabaretti Courtyard
$0.29

Cabaretti Courtyard

Cabaretti Courtyard: Fetches any_basic. Enables shuffles and color flexibility.

Cabaretti Courtyard

Land
Cabaretti Courtyard

Edge of Eternities Commander · #151

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Mountain, Forest, or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

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High Market
$0.44

High Market

High Market: Core to your Stax game plan. Sac a creature. Free sacrifice outlet in colors that have no others.

High Market

Land
High Market

Secrets of Strixhaven Commander · #380

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

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Evolving Wilds
$0.24

Evolving Wilds

Evolving Wilds: Fetches any_basic. Enables shuffles and color flexibility.

Evolving Wilds

Land
Evolving Wilds

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #240

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

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Dakmor Salvage
$0.22

Dakmor Salvage

Dakmor Salvage: Core to your Stax game plan. Dredge 2. Combos with discard outlets and Worldgorger Dragon.

Dakmor Salvage

Land
Dakmor Salvage

Edge of Eternities Commander · #156

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. Dredge 2 (If you would draw a card, you may mill two cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

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Glacial Chasm
$19.29

Glacial Chasm

Glacial Chasm: Stax matches your Stax priority. Skip combat damage. FORBIDDEN in attack-based decks; great in lock decks.

Glacial Chasm

Land
Glacial Chasm

Ice Age · #353

Cumulative upkeep—Pay 2 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) When this land enters, sacrifice a land. Creatures you control can't attack. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.

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Strip Mine
$16.79

Strip Mine

Strip Mine: Sacrifice to destroy any land. Format-defining utility — great in graveyard loop decks (recur with Crucible/Muldrotha).

Strip Mine

Land
Strip Mine

Fourth Edition · #363

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land.

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Fabled Passage
$1.11

Fabled Passage

Fabled Passage: Fetches any_basic. Enables shuffles and color flexibility.

Fabled Passage

Land
Fabled Passage

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #242

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

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Aether Hub
$0.24

Aether Hub

Aether Hub: W+U+B+R+G fixing. Brings U sources from 3 to 4 (target: 14).

Aether Hub

Land
Aether Hub

Modern Horizons 3 Commander · #317

When this land enters, you get {E} (an energy counter). {T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay {E}: Add one mana of any color.

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Temple of Deceit
$0.25

Temple of Deceit

Temple of Deceit: U+B fixing. Brings U sources from 4 to 5 (target: 14).

Temple of Deceit

Land
Temple of Deceit

Foundations · #697

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

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Island
12×
$29.88

Island

Island: Filling U slot. Untapped, fetchable, immune to most land hate.

Island

Basic Land — Island
Island

Magic 2011 · #236

({T}: Add {U}.)

Basic

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Swamp
11×
$2.31

Swamp

Swamp: Filling B slot. Untapped, fetchable, immune to most land hate.

Swamp

Basic Land — Swamp
Swamp

Avatar: The Last Airbender · #284

({T}: Add {B}.)

Basic

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Acceleration (11)

Arcane Signet
$0.60

Arcane Signet

Core acceleration — 2-mana rock.

Arcane Signet

Artifact
Arcane Signet

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #191

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

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Commander's Sphere
$0.32

Commander's Sphere

Core acceleration — 3-mana rock.

Commander's Sphere

Artifact
Commander's Sphere

Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander · #139

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

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Gilded Lotus
$0.54

Gilded Lotus

Flex pick — 5-mana rock.

Gilded Lotus

Artifact
Gilded Lotus

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #199

{T}: Add three mana of any one color.

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Fellwar Stone
$0.00

Fellwar Stone

Core acceleration — 2-mana rock.

Fellwar Stone

Artifact
Fellwar Stone

Mystery Booster Commander Edition · #74

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

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Sol Ring
$1.56

Sol Ring

Core acceleration — 1-mana rock.

Sol Ring

Artifact
Sol Ring

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #211

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

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Star Compass
$0.50

Star Compass

Flex pick — 2-mana rock.

Star Compass

Artifact
Star Compass

Iconic Masters · #229

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color that a basic land you control could produce.

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Coalition Relic
$0.39

Coalition Relic

Core acceleration — 3-mana rock.

Coalition Relic

Artifact
Coalition Relic

Dominaria United Commander · #180

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Put a charge counter on this artifact. At the beginning of your first main phase, remove all charge counters from this artifact. Add one mana of any color for each charge counter removed this way.

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Dimir Signet
$1.21

Dimir Signet

Core acceleration — 2-mana rock.

Dimir Signet

Artifact
Dimir Signet

Ravnica: Clue Edition · #221

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

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Talisman of Dominance
$1.04

Talisman of Dominance

Core acceleration — 2-mana rock.

Talisman of Dominance

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #219

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

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Coldsteel Heart
$1.50

Coldsteel Heart

Flex pick — 2-mana rock.

Coldsteel Heart

Snow Artifact
Coldsteel Heart

Double Masters 2022 · #301

This artifact enters tapped. As this artifact enters, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

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Burnished Hart
$0.28

Burnished Hart

Flex pick — turn-1 mana creature.

Burnished Hart

Artifact Creature — Elk
Burnished Hart

Foundations · #250

{3}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

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