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Best Manabase for

The Lord of Pain

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin

· Rakdos

· #385 (6,651 decks)

Menace Your opponents can't gain life. Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, choose another target player. The Lord of Pain deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to the chosen player.

Budget

Filters

No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

36 lands · total $63.09 budget: $100

Composition 20 Basics 3 Other Nonbasic 1 Battle Lands 1 Bond Lands 1 Check Lands 1 Fast Lands 1 Filter Lands 1 Odyssey Filter Lands 1 Pain Lands 1 Reveal Lands (Shadows / Snarls) 1 Shock Lands 1 Slow Lands 1 Tainted Lands 1 Temples (Scry Lands) 1 Verge Lands

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$63.09 16

Basics

$1.60 20

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

Lands real expensive-variant The Lord of Pain decks run that your current build doesn't include yet. Ranked by how often they appear in actual decks.

Bloodstained Mire

84% of expensive decks

$17.91

Badlands

79% of expensive decks

$512.02

Cabal Coffers

46% of expensive decks

$21.78

Raucous Theater

45% of expensive decks

$10.91

Witch's Clinic

44% of expensive decks

$13.01

Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway

43% of expensive decks

$5.25

Arid Mesa

39% of expensive decks

$32.67

Mount Doom

35% of expensive decks

$7.77

Polluted Delta

34% of expensive decks

$19.69

Marsh Flats

34% of expensive decks

$31.46

Wooded Foothills

28% of expensive decks

$18.12

Verdant Catacombs

27% of expensive decks

$31.00

About This Manabase

The Lord of Pain is a Rakdos commander with a BR 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.