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River Song

Legendary Creature — Human Time Lord Rogue

· UR

· #650 (3,981 decks)

Meet in Reverse — You draw cards from the bottom of your library rather than the top. Spoilers — Whenever an opponent scries, surveils, or searches their library, put a +1/+1 counter on River Song. Then River Song deals damage to that player equal to its power.

Budget

Filters

No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

34 lands · total $37.48 budget: $100

Composition 19 Basics 7 Other Nonbasic 1 Bond Lands 1 Check Lands 1 Filter Lands 1 Pain Lands 1 Reveal Lands (Shadows / Snarls) 1 Shock Lands 1 Slow Lands 1 Temples (Scry Lands)

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$37.48 15

Trenzalore Clocktower

Basics

$1.22 19

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

Lands real expensive-variant River Song 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

83% of expensive decks

$38.34

Polluted Delta

54% of expensive decks

$19.69

Misty Rainforest

53% of expensive decks

$36.89

Flooded Strand

53% of expensive decks

$15.93

Urza's Saga

52% of expensive decks

$34.81

Gemstone Caverns

51% of expensive decks

$50.46

Bloodstained Mire

49% of expensive decks

$17.91

Thundering Falls

48% of expensive decks

$15.97

Arid Mesa

45% of expensive decks

$32.67

Wooded Foothills

44% of expensive decks

$18.12

Mana Confluence

34% of expensive decks

$33.31

About This Manabase

River Song 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.