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Best Manabase for

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

Legendary Creature — Turtle Shaman

· UBG

· #622 (4,231 decks)

As long as Archelos is tapped, other permanents enter tapped. As long as Archelos is untapped, other permanents enter untapped.

Budget

Filters

No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

37 lands · total $65.53 budget: $100

Composition 13 Basics 12 Other Nonbasic 3 Guild Gates 3 Karoos (Bouncelands) 3 Shock Lands 1 Temples (Scry Lands) 1 Tri-lands 1 Triomes

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$65.53 24

Survivors' Encampment

Basics

$0.85 13

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

Lands real expensive-variant Archelos, Lagoon Mystic decks run that your current build doesn't include yet. Ranked by how often they appear in actual decks.

Bayou

91% of expensive decks

$441.98

Tropical Island

90% of expensive decks

$566.78

Underground Sea

87% of expensive decks

$941.24

Misty Rainforest

79% of expensive decks

$36.89

Verdant Catacombs

78% of expensive decks

$31.00

Polluted Delta

77% of expensive decks

$19.69

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

44% of expensive decks

$15.89

Hedge Maze

42% of expensive decks

$13.13

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

40% of expensive decks

$57.76

Windswept Heath

37% of expensive decks

$11.40

Underground Mortuary

36% of expensive decks

$15.91

Talon Gates of Madara

34% of expensive decks

$18.63

About This Manabase

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic is a UBG commander with a UBG color identity, so any land that produces only those colors is fair game. Our auto-built manabase above starts at the Optimized $100 tier and ranks every pick by how often real EDHREC decks actually run it — so shocks and fetches show up where the budget allows, dropping to scry lands, gain lands, and tap-duals as the cap tightens.

Pick a tier above to reshape the manabase. The Budget ($25) tier mirrors what budget-deck players actually run — mostly basics and the cheapest utility lands; Optimized ($100) shifts to the “default” EDHREC variant with shocks, fast lands, and a couple of fetches when the budget allows; Unlimited uses the expensive-variant data — originals, full fetch suites, and premium duals appear when in identity. Filter out tap-lands for faster decks, or pin yourself to fetchable lands for a fetch-heavy ramp shell.