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Cynette, Jelly Drover

Card: Cynette, Jelly Drover

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · 3U

Color identity: Blue

Cynette, Jelly Drover is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.

Rules text:
When Cynette enters or dies, create a 1/1 blue Jellyfish creature token with flying.
Creatures you control with flying get +1/+1.

Reference price of the card: €0.24

Average lands in decks for Cynette, Jelly Drover: 35

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🎲 How the average Cynette, Jelly Drover 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.

3.6average turn the commander comes down
99 %of games have it on the battlefield before turn 7
31 %of games miss at least one land drop in the first six turns (mana screw)
8 %of games flood (three or more turns with nothing to cast)
90 %of games close out the table before turn 12
10median closing turn

Deck health of the average list: D (47/100)

See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (10 nonbasic, 25 Island)

Sol Ring · Sapphire Medallion · Arcane Signet · Favorable Winds · Counterspell · Curiosity Crafter · Essence Flux · Naban, Dean of Iteration · Blur · Conjurer's Closet · Ghostly Flicker · Panharmonicon · Bident of Thassa · Planar Incision · Thought Vessel · Irenicus's Vile Duplication · Rite of Replication · Spark Double · Quasiduplicate · Displacer Kitten · Dour Port-Mage · Gravitational Shift · Heraldic Banner · Mirror Image · Starfield Vocalist · Enduring Curiosity · High Tide · Ornithopter of Paradise · Pongify · Thassa, Deep-Dwelling · Displace · Negate · Winged Words · Y'shtola Rhul · Archetype of Imagination · Deadeye Navigator · Aetherize · Cackling Counterpart · Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore · Mind Stone · Sky Diamond · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Mirror Box · Rapid Hybridization · Shadow Puppeteers · Extravagant Replication · Kindred Discovery · Sakashima of a Thousand Faces · Teferi's Time Twist · Meneldor, Swift Savior · Patchwork Banner · Phantasmal Image · Of One Mind · Quantum Misalignment · Reconnaissance Mission · Man-o'-War · Coastal Piracy · Arcane Denial · Endless Evil · Splash Portal · Guard Gomazoa · Helm of the Host · Auton Soldier · Mulldrifter · Reliquary Tower · Mystic Sanctuary · Riptide Laboratory · Myriad Landscape · Otawara, Soaring City · Castle Vantress · Three Tree City · Lonely Sandbar · War Room · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

🃏 Recommended cards for Cynette, Jelly Drover

The highest-synergy cards in decks for Cynette, Jelly Drover, with their inclusion rate.

CardInclusionSynergy
Favorable Winds 72% +68%
Naban, Dean of Iteration 63% +62%
Curiosity Crafter 66% +60%
Conjurer's Closet 60% +55%
Blur 61% +55%
Panharmonicon 59% +54%
Essence Flux 63% +54%
Planar Incision 57% +52%
Ghostly Flicker 59% +48%
Irenicus's Vile Duplication 54% +47%
Quasiduplicate 49% +46%
Rite of Replication 53% +46%
Bident of Thassa 58% +45%
Mirror Image 47% +45%
Gravitational Shift 47% +45%
Starfield Vocalist 47% +44%
Dour Port-Mage 47% +43%
Heraldic Banner 47% +41%
Riptide Laboratory 50% +41%
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling 45% +40%
Y'shtola Rhul 42% +40%
Winged Words 43% +40%
Displace 43% +39%
Spark Double 51% +39%

💰 The best cards for your Cynette, Jelly Drover 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.

  • Favorable Winds€0.31 · 72% inclusion
  • Naban, Dean of Iteration€0.18 · 63% inclusion
  • Curiosity Crafter€0.36 · 66% inclusion
  • Blur€0.51 · 61% inclusion
  • Essence Flux€1.03 · 63% inclusion
  • Planar Incision€0.18 · 57% inclusion
🛠️ Optimize my deck · up to €2/card

Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card

The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.

  • Conjurer's Closet€2.68 · 60% inclusion
  • Panharmonicon€5.21 · 59% inclusion
  • Irenicus's Vile Duplication€8.83 · 54% inclusion
  • Dour Port-Mage€3.07 · 47% inclusion
  • Y'shtola Rhul€4.34 · 42% inclusion
  • Spark Double€5.04 · 51% inclusion
🛠️ Optimize my deck · up to €10/card

Tier 3 · No cap no cap

The cards your price cap was hiding from you.

  • Thassa, Deep-Dwelling€20.77 · 45% inclusion
  • Displacer Kitten€28.41 · 47% inclusion
  • Sakashima of a Thousand Faces€15.84 · 37% inclusion
  • Auton Soldier€11.06 · 29% inclusion
  • Three Tree City€19.31 · 23% inclusion
  • Sakashima the Impostor€13.06 · 20% inclusion
🛠️ Optimize my deck · no cap

Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.

♾️ Known combos with Cynette, Jelly Drover

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Frequently asked questions

What is Cynette, Jelly Drover's color identity?

Cynette, Jelly Drover is blue: 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 Cynette, Jelly Drover come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?

In the average Cynette, Jelly Drover deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.6 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 31 % of the time and floods 8 %. Deck health: D (47/100).

How many lands should a Cynette, Jelly Drover deck run?

Real Cynette, Jelly Drover 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 Cynette, Jelly Drover?

The three highest-synergy cards are Favorable Winds, Naban, Dean of Iteration, Curiosity Crafter. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Cynette, Jelly Drover decks.

What combos does Cynette, Jelly Drover have?

Cynette, Jelly Drover has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. 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 Cynette, Jelly Drover deck cost?

You can start cheap: Favorable Winds, Naban, Dean of Iteration, Curiosity Crafter 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.

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