Spotlight · Commander Manabase

Best Manabase for

Niko, Light of Hope

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

· WU

· #235 (9,357 decks)

When Niko enters, create two Shard tokens. (They're enchantments with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Scry 1, then draw a card.") {2}, {T}: Exile target nonlegendary creature you control. Shards you control become copies of it until the next end step. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Budget

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No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

35 lands · total $60.29 budget: $100

Composition 21 Basics 2 Other Nonbasic 1 Battle Lands 1 Bond Lands 1 Check Lands 1 Fetch Lands 1 Karoos (Bouncelands) 1 Odyssey Filter Lands 1 Pain Lands 1 Reveal Lands (Shadows / Snarls) 1 Shock Lands 1 Slow Lands 1 Temples (Scry Lands) 1 Verge Lands

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$60.29 14

Temple of Enlightenment

37% of default decks

$0.14

Basics

$1.27 21

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

Lands real expensive-variant Niko, Light of Hope decks run that your current build doesn't include yet. Ranked by how often they appear in actual decks.

Tundra

74% of expensive decks

$599.47

Otawara, Soaring City

69% of expensive decks

$30.83

Meticulous Archive

57% of expensive decks

$11.41

Minamo, School at Water's Edge

51% of expensive decks

$57.86

Urza's Saga

42% of expensive decks

$34.81

Polluted Delta

37% of expensive decks

$19.69

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

37% of expensive decks

$6.09

Nimbus Maze

36% of expensive decks

$6.11

Misty Rainforest

32% of expensive decks

$36.89

Windswept Heath

32% of expensive decks

$11.40

Marsh Flats

32% of expensive decks

$31.46

Scalding Tarn

31% of expensive decks

$38.34

About This Manabase

Niko, Light of Hope is a WU commander with a WU 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.