Spotlight · Commander Manabase

Best Manabase for

Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

Legendary Creature — Beholder

· UB

· #819 (2,884 decks)

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. Until end of turn, that player can't cast spells, you may look at the top card of their library any time, you may play the top card of their library, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast spells this way.

Budget

Filters

No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

36 lands · total $56.65 budget: $100

Composition 21 Basics 4 Other Nonbasic 1 Battle Lands 1 Bond Lands 1 Check Lands 1 Karoos (Bouncelands) 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)

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$56.65 15

Basics

$1.35 21

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

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

Underground Sea

86% of expensive decks

$941.24

Polluted Delta

75% of expensive decks

$19.69

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

61% of expensive decks

$57.76

Otawara, Soaring City

46% of expensive decks

$30.83

Urza's Saga

37% of expensive decks

$34.81

Cabal Coffers

37% of expensive decks

$21.78

Undercity Sewers

36% of expensive decks

$10.50

Gloomlake Verge

32% of expensive decks

$11.10

Flooded Strand

28% of expensive decks

$15.93

Scalding Tarn

27% of expensive decks

$38.34

Misty Rainforest

26% of expensive decks

$36.89

Marsh Flats

25% of expensive decks

$31.46

About This Manabase

Xanathar, Guild Kingpin is a UB commander with a UB 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.