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Best Manabase for

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Legendary Creature — Insect

· Golgari

· #509 (5,317 decks)

You may play lands and cast Insect spells from your graveyard. Whenever another Insect you control dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library, then mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.) {1}{B/G}: Target Insect gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. ({B/G} can be paid with either {B} or {G}.)

Budget

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No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

35 lands · total $86.49 budget: $100

Composition 18 Basics 8 Other Nonbasic 1 Bond Lands 1 Check Lands 1 Fetch Lands 1 Karoos (Bouncelands) 1 Pain Lands 1 Shock Lands 1 Slow Lands 1 Surveil Lands 1 Tainted Lands

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$86.49 17

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Basics

$1.35 18

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

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

Bayou

67% of expensive decks

$441.98

Boseiju, Who Endures

63% of expensive decks

$49.98

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

61% of expensive decks

$57.76

Three Tree City

49% of expensive decks

$22.28

Phyrexian Tower

47% of expensive decks

$26.17

Strip Mine

42% of expensive decks

$19.80

Misty Rainforest

39% of expensive decks

$36.89

Nurturing Peatland

38% of expensive decks

$7.01

Windswept Heath

38% of expensive decks

$11.40

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

38% of expensive decks

$10.26

Cavern of Souls

36% of expensive decks

$49.73

Marsh Flats

36% of expensive decks

$31.46

About This Manabase

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord is a Golgari commander with a BG 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.