As a general rule of thumb, you want somewhere between 33 and 42 lands in a Commander deck. Naturally, you want as many special lands as you can find. Lands that generate more than one colour of mana or that have special abilities are always a great shout.
How many non basic lands should I have?
Nonbasic lands are lands that do not have the basic supertype. As per Magic rules, only 4 of each nonbasic land can be in a deck at any one time. Basic lands do not have this restriction.
How many non basic lands are in Commander?
so, you’re allowed to run up to 4 of a given non basic land in regular magic, and just 1 of that same land in a commander deck. The only cards that ignore the limit of copies you can have per deck are basic lands and cards that specifically says otherwise (Relentless Rats, Shadowborn Apostle).
Can I use basic lands in a colorless Commander deck?
If your commander has only colorless mana symbols, such as Karn, Silver Golem or Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, you can only use lands that produce colorless mana. The only basic lands you can include in a colorless deck are Wastes.
How many lands should be in a cube?
As for which lands to use, the best fixing in the game and first 30 lands in most Cubes are going to be fetchlands, original dual lands, and shocklands.
What is a basic land in magic?
In Magic: The Gathering, basic lands are lands that possess the supertype “Basic” in their type line and may be tapped to produce mana in Magic.
Are dual lands Legal in commander?
no, it’s illegal because Temple of Silence’s color identity is /. You cant run it in an Iroas deck. If you were to cast Conquer on an opponent’s Temple of Silence, you could, but it could only produce or colorless mana (if you tapped it for black, it would produce colorless instead).
Can you have duplicate cards in commander?
Your deck can only include cards that use the mana symbols of the mana cost and rules text of your chosen legendary creature—the “color identity” of your commander. Other than basic lands, each card in your deck must have a different name. (That is, no duplicate cards.)
How are nonbasic lands ranked in a deck?
Cards are ranked based on their importance and power in tournaments. However, most of the cards on this list basically apply to all formats — nonbasic lands are the building blocks of decks in general, aside from basic lands. Rule number three used to concern something, but I have no clue what that is at this point.
How many lands and Ramp do I need in my commander deck?
As your deck is going to have 99 cards, the odds of drawing the Lands you need get a little trickier, at least more so than 60-card decks in other constructed formats.
How many types of basic lands are there?
Basic Lands are lands that may be tapped to produce mana of one color in Magic. There are 5 types of Basic Lands; one for each color of Mana. A Plains produces White mana.
How many lands do you need in a normal deck?
Abnormal decks (with huge numbers of accelerators) will run as few as 32 lands (the equivalent of running about 13 in a 40-card limited deck), but I’d recommend starting around 40 and cutting around one land per three accelerators (if you’re trying to cut land, and not running very high-cost spells).
