EDH Optimizer
Chancellor Gorkon
Legendary Creature — Klingon Noble · 3WB
Color identity: Black · White · Orzhov
Chancellor Gorkon is Orzhov (black and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Vigilance
When Chancellor Gorkon dies, exile up to two target creatures.
Average lands in decks for Chancellor Gorkon: 37
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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: D (44/100)
- Consistency81
- Speed48
- Interaction42
- Resilience73
- Closing9
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (10 nonbasic, 11 Plains, 16 Swamp)
Alhammarret's Archive · Ambassador K'Ehleyr · Anguished Unmaking · Astral Cornucopia · Battle-Scarred Survivalist · Class-F Shuttlecraft · Command Chair · Command Decision · Commander Raffi Musiker · Commander's Sphere · D'Ghor Bloodletter · Ensign Harry Kim, Operations · General Chang, Cold Warrior · Georgiou, Terran Emperor · Grand Nagus Zek · Guinan, Ancient Advisor · He's Dead, Jim · Hedron Archive · Impossible Choice · Isolinear Processor · Khan, Vengeful Heart · Locutus, the One Who Speaks · Loran of the Third Path · Miles O'Brien, Transporter Ops · Mind Stone · Reclamation Specialist · Reconnaissance Partition · Rogue Artificial Intelligence · Salt Vampire · Skullclamp · Spot, Felis catus · Stonespeaker Crystal · Sulu, Space Swashbuckler · Talisman of Hierarchy · Tea, Earl Grey, Hot · Test of Loyalty · The City on the Edge of Forever · The Needs of the Many · The Promise of Kahless · Troi, Winging It · U.S.S. Enterprise-C, Time-Tossed · U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class · Vindicate · Warp Core · 70,000 Light-Years from Home · A Good Day to Die · Arcane Signet · Automated Warfare System · Blastoneuron · Blood-Sport Champion · Cha'DIch Investigator · Disruptor Pistol · Eject the Warp Core · Engineered Explosives · Everflowing Chalice · Excalbian Gamemaster · I.K.S. Negh'Var, Imperial Flagship · Imperial Hullbreachers · In the Pale Moonlight · Indelicate Healer · K't'inga-Class Battle Cruiser · Korok, Liberated Rage · Artificial Anomaly · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Federation Outpost · Godless Shrine · Path of Ancestry · Spire of Industry · Subspace Anomaly · The Unicomplex · Vault of Champions
🃏 Recommended cards for Chancellor Gorkon
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Chancellor Gorkon, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| He's Dead, Jim | 100% | +100% |
| Command Decision | 100% | +100% |
| Battle-Scarred Survivalist | 100% | +100% |
| General Chang, Cold Warrior | 100% | +100% |
| Rogue Artificial Intelligence | 100% | +100% |
| Tea, Earl Grey, Hot | 100% | +100% |
| U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class | 100% | +100% |
| Miles O'Brien, Transporter Ops | 100% | +100% |
| Command Chair | 100% | +100% |
| Warp Core | 100% | +100% |
| Test of Loyalty | 100% | +100% |
| Sulu, Space Swashbuckler | 100% | +100% |
| U.S.S. Enterprise-C, Time-Tossed | 100% | +100% |
| Ambassador K'Ehleyr | 100% | +100% |
| Salt Vampire | 100% | +100% |
| Locutus, the One Who Speaks | 100% | +100% |
| Guinan, Ancient Advisor | 100% | +100% |
| Khan, Vengeful Heart | 100% | +100% |
| The Promise of Kahless | 100% | +100% |
| Troi, Winging It | 100% | +100% |
| Grand Nagus Zek | 100% | +100% |
| Reconnaissance Partition | 100% | +100% |
| The City on the Edge of Forever | 100% | +100% |
| Spot, Felis catus | 100% | +100% |
💰 The best cards for your Chancellor Gorkon 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.
- He's Dead, Jim
- Command Decision
- Rogue Artificial Intelligence
- Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
- Warp Core
- Test of Loyalty
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- General Chang, Cold Warrior
- U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class
- Salt Vampire
- Grand Nagus Zek
- Federation Outpost
- The Unicomplex
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Command Chair
- Khan, Vengeful Heart
- Spot, Felis catus
- The Needs of the Many
- Georgiou, Terran Emperor
- Alhammarret's Archive
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Chancellor Gorkon's color identity?
Chancellor Gorkon is Orzhov (black 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 Chancellor Gorkon come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Chancellor Gorkon deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.5 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 98 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 15 % of the time and floods 8 %. Deck health: D (44/100).
How many lands should a Chancellor Gorkon deck run?
Real Chancellor Gorkon decks run 37 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 Chancellor Gorkon?
The three highest-synergy cards are He's Dead, Jim, Command Decision, Battle-Scarred Survivalist. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Chancellor Gorkon decks.
What combos does Chancellor Gorkon have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Chancellor Gorkon. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Chancellor Gorkon deck cost?
You can start cheap: He's Dead, Jim, Command Decision, Rogue Artificial Intelligence 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.