Spotlight · Commander Manabase

Best Manabase for

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist

· UR

· #536 (4,982 decks)

Whenever a player draws their second card each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. During each player's turn, that player may cast a spell from among the cards they don't own exiled with Ian Malcolm, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it.

Budget

Filters

No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

34 lands · total $41.31 budget: $100

Composition 20 Basics 5 Other Nonbasic 1 Bond Lands 1 Check Lands 1 Filter Lands 1 Karoos (Bouncelands) 1 Pain Lands 1 Reveal Lands (Shadows / Snarls) 1 Shock Lands 1 Slow Lands 1 Temples (Scry Lands)

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$41.31 14

Geier Reach Sanitarium

53% of default decks

$1.13

Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

Basics

$1.30 20

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

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

Volcanic Island

87% of expensive decks

$833.03

Scalding Tarn

77% of expensive decks

$38.34

Otawara, Soaring City

53% of expensive decks

$30.83

Homeward Path

48% of expensive decks

$13.89

Thundering Falls

40% of expensive decks

$15.97

Riverpyre Verge

37% of expensive decks

$21.54

Maze of Ith

22% of expensive decks

$9.11

Misty Rainforest

21% of expensive decks

$36.89

Flooded Strand

21% of expensive decks

$15.93

Polluted Delta

20% of expensive decks

$19.69

Prismatic Vista

18% of expensive decks

$37.29

Wooded Foothills

18% of expensive decks

$18.12

About This Manabase

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician is a UR commander with a UR 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.