EDH Optimizer
Alibou, Ancient Witness
Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem · 3RW
Color identity: Red · White · Boros
Alibou, Ancient Witness is Boros (red and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Other artifact creatures you control have haste.
Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control attack, Alibou deals X damage to any target and you scry X, where X is the number of tapped artifacts you control.
Reference price of the card: €0.57
Comes in the precon Counter Intelligence
Average lands in decks for Alibou, Ancient Witness: 34
ArtifactsBurnAggroTokensAffinityGolemsScryVehicles
Build your Alibou, Ancient Witness deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Alibou, Ancient Witness 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Alibou, Ancient Witness 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: C+ (59/100)
- Consistency77
- Speed62
- Interaction39
- Resilience83
- Closing40
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 34 lands (24 nonbasic, 5 Plains, 5 Mountain)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Foundry Inspector · Bronze Guardian · Losheel, Clockwork Scholar · Dispatch · Steel Overseer · Gold Myr · Wake the Past · Iron Myr · Myr Battlesphere · Ornithopter of Paradise · Palladium Myr · Swords to Plowshares · Organic Extinction · Boros Signet · Solemn Simulacrum · Boros Charm · Mind Stone · Mystic Forge · Talisman of Conviction · Digsite Engineer · Unwinding Clock · Path to Exile · Sculpting Steel · Scrap Trawler · Jhoira's Familiar · Illustrious Wanderglyph · Clock of Omens · Lodestone Myr · Shimmer Myr · Commander's Sphere · Cursed Mirror · Hellkite Tyrant · Loyal Apprentice · Strionic Resonator · Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon · Esper Sentinel · Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand · Thran Dynamo · Myrsmith · Daretti, Scrap Savant · Liquimetal Torque · Ghirapur Aether Grid · Myr Retriever · Chaos Warp · Saheeli's Directive · Fellwar Stone · Voyager Quickwelder · Generous Gift · Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade · Osgir, the Reconstructor · Blasphemous Act · Darksteel Forge · Lightning Greaves · Ravenous Robots · Combustible Gearhulk · Hedron Archive · Vandalblast · Ethersworn Canonist · Faithless Looting · Mycosynth Lattice · Sami, Wildcat Captain · Swiftfoot Boots · Tempered Steel · Ancient Den · Command Tower · Great Furnace · Darksteel Citadel · Rustvale Bridge · Battlefield Forge · Clifftop Retreat · Buried Ruin · Power Depot · Sacred Foundry · Temple of Triumph · Inventors' Fair · Treasure Vault · Spectator Seating · Rugged Prairie · Boros Garrison · Sundown Pass · Rogue's Passage · Furycalm Snarl · Arid Mesa · Exotic Orchard · Myriad Landscape · Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway · Scene of the Crime
🃏 Recommended cards for Alibou, Ancient Witness
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Alibou, Ancient Witness, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Darksteel Citadel | 81% | +73% |
| Ancient Den | 83% | +70% |
| Bronze Guardian | 72% | +69% |
| Great Furnace | 82% | +69% |
| Losheel, Clockwork Scholar | 72% | +66% |
| Foundry Inspector | 75% | +66% |
| Steel Overseer | 65% | +62% |
| Rustvale Bridge | 72% | +60% |
| Myr Battlesphere | 62% | +59% |
| Wake the Past | 64% | +58% |
| Palladium Myr | 60% | +57% |
| Gold Myr | 64% | +56% |
| Organic Extinction | 57% | +55% |
| Iron Myr | 62% | +55% |
| Dispatch | 65% | +51% |
| Mystic Forge | 54% | +49% |
| Digsite Engineer | 51% | +49% |
| Ornithopter of Paradise | 61% | +48% |
| Unwinding Clock | 48% | +46% |
| Sculpting Steel | 47% | +44% |
| Power Depot | 45% | +42% |
| Jhoira's Familiar | 42% | +40% |
| Clock of Omens | 39% | +38% |
| Lodestone Myr | 38% | +38% |
💰 The best cards for your Alibou, Ancient Witness 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.
- Darksteel Citadel
- Ancient Den
- Bronze Guardian
- Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
- Foundry Inspector
- Steel Overseer
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Great Furnace
- Dispatch
- Mystic Forge
- Clock of Omens
- Strionic Resonator
- Hellkite Tyrant
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Unwinding Clock
- Illustrious Wanderglyph
- Inventors' Fair
- Darksteel Forge
- Mycosynth Lattice
- Mycosynth Golem
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Alibou, Ancient Witness
- Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
- Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
- Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista → Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Cloud Key → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Aurelia, the Warleader + Helm of the Host → Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Frequently asked questions
What is Alibou, Ancient Witness's color identity?
Alibou, Ancient Witness is Boros (red and white): 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 Alibou, Ancient Witness come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Alibou, Ancient Witness deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 34 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.3 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 12 % of the time and floods 19 %. Deck health: C+ (59/100).
How many lands should a Alibou, Ancient Witness deck run?
Real Alibou, Ancient Witness decks run 34 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 Alibou, Ancient Witness?
The three highest-synergy cards are Darksteel Citadel, Ancient Den, Bronze Guardian. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Alibou, Ancient Witness decks.
What combos does Alibou, Ancient Witness have?
Alibou, Ancient Witness has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument. 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 Alibou, Ancient Witness deck cost?
You can start cheap: Darksteel Citadel, Ancient Den, Bronze Guardian 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.