Spotlight · Commander Manabase

Best Manabase for

Kess, Dissident Mage

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

· UBR

· #288 (8,228 decks)

Flying Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Budget

Filters

No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

34 lands · total $98.59 budget: $100

Composition 13 Basics 5 Other Nonbasic 3 Check Lands 3 Pain Lands 3 Shock Lands 2 Battle Lands 2 Fetch Lands 1 Bond Lands 1 Slow Lands 1 Tri-lands

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$98.59 21

Basics

$0.89 13

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

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

Underground Sea

96% of expensive decks

$941.24

Scalding Tarn

95% of expensive decks

$38.34

Volcanic Island

94% of expensive decks

$833.03

Badlands

94% of expensive decks

$512.02

City of Brass

82% of expensive decks

$9.88

Flooded Strand

80% of expensive decks

$15.93

Mana Confluence

80% of expensive decks

$33.31

Misty Rainforest

78% of expensive decks

$36.89

Morphic Pool

74% of expensive decks

$30.12

Marsh Flats

74% of expensive decks

$31.46

Verdant Catacombs

73% of expensive decks

$31.00

Gemstone Caverns

71% of expensive decks

$50.46

About This Manabase

Kess, Dissident Mage is a UBR commander with a UBR 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.