EDH Optimizer
Agent Frank Horrigan
Legendary Creature — Mutant Warrior · 5BG
Color identity: Black · Green · Golgari
Agent Frank Horrigan is Golgari (black and green): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Trample
Agent Frank Horrigan has indestructible as long as it attacked this turn.
Whenever Agent Frank Horrigan enters or attacks, proliferate twice. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Reference price of the card: €5.44
Comes in the precon Mutant Menace
Average lands in decks for Agent Frank Horrigan: 35
Infect+1/+1 CountersProliferate-1/-1 CountersPlaneswalkersAggroRampVoltron
Build your Agent Frank Horrigan deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Agent Frank Horrigan 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Agent Frank Horrigan deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B+ (80/100)
- Consistency80
- Speed79
- Interaction63
- Resilience82
- Closing87
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (23 nonbasic, 4 Swamp, 8 Forest)
Sol Ring · Atomize · Arcane Signet · Cultivate · Evolution Sage · Rampant Growth · Unnatural Restoration · Swiftfoot Boots · Cankerbloom · Drown in Ichor · Vraska, Betrayal's Sting · Kodama's Reach · Heroic Intervention · Farseek · Corpsejack Menace · Scheming Aspirant · Everflowing Chalice · Lightning Greaves · Nature's Lore · Infectious Inquiry · Bloated Contaminator · Hardened Scales · Putrefy · Infectious Bite · Contagion Clasp · Assassin's Trophy · Winding Constrictor · Thirsting Roots · Vraska's Fall · Branching Evolution · Alpha Deathclaw · Venerated Rotpriest · Cathedral Acolyte · Blightbelly Rat · Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider · Power Fist · Ichor Rats · Contaminant Grafter · Forgotten Ancient · Beast Within · Three Visits · Lily Bowen, Raging Grandma · Talisman of Resilience · Inspiring Call · Contagion Engine · Llanowar Elves · Dark Ritual · Rampaging Yao Guai · Kami of Whispered Hopes · Whisper of the Dross · Smell Fear · Phyresis Outbreak · Plague Stinger · Golgari Signet · Birds of Paradise · Phyrexian Arena · Snakeskin Veil · Innkeeper's Talent · Phyrexian Swarmlord · Casualties of War · Tainted Strike · Astral Cornucopia · Glistening Sphere · Bilious Skulldweller · Command Tower · Woodland Cemetery · Karn's Bastion · Tainted Wood · Overgrown Tomb · Rogue's Passage · Temple of Malady · Undergrowth Stadium · Llanowar Wastes · Deathcap Glade · Golgari Rot Farm · Viridescent Bog · Bojuka Bog · Necroblossom Snarl · Twilight Mire · Exotic Orchard · Reliquary Tower · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Nesting Grounds · Verdant Catacombs · Evolving Wilds · Vernal Fen
🃏 Recommended cards for Agent Frank Horrigan
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Agent Frank Horrigan, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Atomize | 71% | +67% |
| Evolution Sage | 67% | +59% |
| Karn's Bastion | 62% | +56% |
| Unnatural Restoration | 54% | +50% |
| Drown in Ichor | 51% | +48% |
| Scheming Aspirant | 46% | +45% |
| Vraska, Betrayal's Sting | 48% | +44% |
| Everflowing Chalice | 45% | +44% |
| Bloated Contaminator | 43% | +42% |
| Infectious Inquiry | 43% | +41% |
| Cankerbloom | 51% | +41% |
| Corpsejack Menace | 46% | +39% |
| Infectious Bite | 41% | +38% |
| Contagion Clasp | 40% | +38% |
| Vraska's Fall | 38% | +36% |
| Thirsting Roots | 38% | +36% |
| Alpha Deathclaw | 37% | +35% |
| Blightbelly Rat | 36% | +35% |
| Cathedral Acolyte | 36% | +35% |
| Venerated Rotpriest | 36% | +35% |
| Contaminant Grafter | 35% | +35% |
| Ichor Rats | 35% | +34% |
| Power Fist | 35% | +33% |
| Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider | 35% | +33% |
💰 The best cards for your Agent Frank Horrigan deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Unnatural Restoration
- Drown in Ichor
- Scheming Aspirant
- Everflowing Chalice
- Infectious Inquiry
- Cankerbloom
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Evolution Sage
- Karn's Bastion
- Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
- Bloated Contaminator
- Alpha Deathclaw
- Venerated Rotpriest
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Atomize
- Power Fist
- Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
- Rampaging Yao Guai
- Phyresis Outbreak
- Glistening Sphere
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Agent Frank Horrigan
- Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Blowfly Infestation + Nest of Scarabs → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
- Blowfly Infestation + Flourishing Defenses → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite death triggers
- Blowfly Infestation + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
- Vraska, Betrayal's Sting + Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider → Target opponent loses the game
- Eternal Scourge + Food Chain → Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Agent Frank Horrigan's color identity?
Agent Frank Horrigan is Golgari (black and green): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Agent Frank Horrigan come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Agent Frank Horrigan deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 6.1 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 82 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 12 % of the time and floods 21 %. Deck health: B+ (80/100).
How many lands should a Agent Frank Horrigan deck run?
Real Agent Frank Horrigan decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Agent Frank Horrigan?
The three highest-synergy cards are Atomize, Evolution Sage, Karn's Bastion. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Agent Frank Horrigan decks.
What combos does Agent Frank Horrigan have?
Agent Frank Horrigan has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Agent Frank Horrigan deck cost?
You can start cheap: Unnatural Restoration, Drown in Ichor, Scheming Aspirant are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.