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Black Tom Cassidy
Legendary Creature — Mutant Villain · 1G
Color identity: Green
Black Tom Cassidy is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
{T}: Add {G}. If you control another Mutant, you gain 1 life.
Reference price of the card: €0.15
Average lands in decks for Black Tom Cassidy: 35
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Build your Black Tom Cassidy deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Black Tom Cassidy 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Black Tom Cassidy 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+ (64/100)
- Consistency94
- Speed60
- Interaction54
- Resilience83
- Closing47
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (13 nonbasic, 22 Forest)
Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise · Explosive Vegetation · Ezuri's Predation · Migration Path · Skyshroud Claim · Planar Engineering · Sol Ring · Thran Dynamo · Verdant Kraken · Archdruid's Charm · Bane of Progress · Last March of the Ents · Map the Frontier · Nissa, Ascended Animist · Season of Gathering · Thorn Mammoth · Vastwood Surge · Avenger of Zendikar · Circuitous Route · Harmonize · Hunting Wilds · Kogla, the Titan Ape · Path of the Animist · Reach the Horizon · Return of the Wildspeaker · Selvala, Heart of the Wilds · Soul of the Harvest · The Great Henge · The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi · Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus · Apex Devastator · Beast Within · Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks · Canopy Gargantuan · Circle of Dreams Druid · Cultivator Colossus · Encroaching Dragonstorm · Guardian Project · Hedron Archive · Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave · Kenrith's Transformation · Lifestream's Blessing · Llanowar Tribe · Lurking Predators · Radagast of Rhosgobel · Ranger's Path · Rishkar's Expertise · Titan of Industry · Treeshaker Chimera · Tribute to the World Tree · Vigor · Allosaurus Shepherd · Arcane Signet · Beast Whisperer · Dawn's Reflection · Dawnglade Regent · Druid of Purification · Emerald Medallion · Emergent Woodwurm · Groundchuck & Dirtbag · Heroic Intervention · Leatherhead, Iron Gator · Leyline Immersion · Moldgraf Monstrosity · War Room · Mosswort Bridge · Castle Garenbrig · Myriad Landscape · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Boseiju, Who Endures · Shifting Woodland · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Arid Archway · Blighted Woodland · Guildless Commons · Rogue's Passage · Yavimaya Hollow
🃏 Recommended cards for Black Tom Cassidy
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Black Tom Cassidy, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Path | 60% | +56% |
| Disciple of Freyalise | 73% | +55% |
| Explosive Vegetation | 60% | +54% |
| Thran Dynamo | 53% | +52% |
| Ezuri's Predation | 60% | +49% |
| Vastwood Surge | 47% | +45% |
| Map the Frontier | 47% | +45% |
| Planar Engineering | 53% | +45% |
| Thorn Mammoth | 47% | +44% |
| Verdant Kraken | 50% | +43% |
| Nissa, Ascended Animist | 47% | +42% |
| Skyshroud Claim | 60% | +41% |
| Season of Gathering | 47% | +40% |
| Path of the Animist | 40% | +40% |
| Hunting Wilds | 40% | +39% |
| Bane of Progress | 47% | +39% |
| Reach the Horizon | 40% | +39% |
| Circuitous Route | 40% | +38% |
| The Legend of Kyoshi | 40% | +36% |
| Last March of the Ents | 47% | +34% |
| Hedron Archive | 33% | +33% |
| Encroaching Dragonstorm | 33% | +33% |
| Treeshaker Chimera | 33% | +32% |
| Invasion of Zendikar | 33% | +32% |
💰 The best cards for your Black Tom Cassidy 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.
- Migration Path
- Explosive Vegetation
- Ezuri's Predation
- Vastwood Surge
- Map the Frontier
- Planar Engineering
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Thran Dynamo
- Nissa, Ascended Animist
- Season of Gathering
- Canopy Gargantuan
- Lurking Predators
- Soul of the Harvest
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Last March of the Ents
- Summon: Bahamut
- Vaultborn Tyrant
- Circle of Dreams Druid
- Ugin, Eye of the Storms
- Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Black Tom Cassidy
- Umbral Mantle + Circle of Dreams Druid → Infinite green mana, Infinitely large creature until end of turn, Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Cultivator Colossus + Abundance → Arrange your library in any order, Put all lands from your hand and library onto the battlefield
- Umbral Mantle + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds → Infinite colored mana, Infinitely large creature until end of turn, Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Kogla, the Titan Ape + Karametra's Acolyte → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite green mana, Infinite storm count
- Jumbo Cactuar + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds → Near-infinite colored mana
- Umbral Mantle + Fanatic of Rhonas → Infinite green mana, Infinitely large creature until end of turn, Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Frequently asked questions
What is Black Tom Cassidy's color identity?
Black Tom Cassidy is green: its deck can only run cards of that color 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 Black Tom Cassidy come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Black Tom Cassidy deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.2 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 2 % of the time and floods 2 %. Deck health: C+ (64/100).
How many lands should a Black Tom Cassidy deck run?
Real Black Tom Cassidy 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 Black Tom Cassidy?
The three highest-synergy cards are Migration Path, Disciple of Freyalise, Explosive Vegetation. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Black Tom Cassidy decks.
What combos does Black Tom Cassidy have?
Black Tom Cassidy has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Umbral Mantle + Circle of Dreams Druid. 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 Black Tom Cassidy deck cost?
You can start cheap: Migration Path, Explosive Vegetation, Ezuri's Predation 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.