Spotlight · Commander Manabase

Best Manabase for

Ardyn, the Usurper

Legendary Creature — Elder Human Noble

· Mono-Black

· #744 (3,279 decks)

Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste. Starscourge — At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon.

Budget

Filters

No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

35 lands · total $92.52 budget: $100

Composition 27 Basics 8 Other Nonbasic

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$92.52 8

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Temple of the False God

22% of default decks

$0.19

Basics

$2.16 27

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

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

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

85% of expensive decks

$57.76

Cavern of Souls

49% of expensive decks

$49.73

Phyrexian Tower

37% of expensive decks

$26.17

Command Beacon

34% of expensive decks

$6.15

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

32% of expensive decks

$10.26

Shizo, Death's Storehouse

25% of expensive decks

$39.59

Three Tree City

21% of expensive decks

$22.28

Urza's Saga

16% of expensive decks

$34.81

Lake of the Dead

15% of expensive decks

$122.80

Gemstone Caverns

9% of expensive decks

$50.46

Bloodstained Mire

7% of expensive decks

$17.91

Polluted Delta

7% of expensive decks

$19.69

About This Manabase

Ardyn, the Usurper is a Mono-Black commander with a B 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.