EDH Optimizer
Data, New Life
Legendary Artifact Creature — Android Scientist · 1U
Color identity: Blue
Data, New Life is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Data.
Average lands in decks for Data, New Life: 37
Build your Data, New Life deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Data, New Life 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Data, New Life 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: D (45/100)
- Consistency93
- Speed39
- Interaction75
- Resilience81
- Closing0
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (6 nonbasic, 31 Island)
Academy Wall · Amass the Components · Ancestral Reminiscence · Arcane Denial · Artful Dodge · Behold the Multiverse · Bender's Waterskin · Brainstorm · Circular Logic · Cloak of Feathers · Combat Tutorial · Compulsive Research · Confound · Confusticate and Bebother · Counterspell · Deep Analysis · Distortion Strike · Dream Cache · Dream Fracture · Dreams of Laguna · Enter the Enigma · Etherium Spinner · Flux · Frantic Search · Glimmerburst · Jailbreak Scheme · Karfell Harbinger · Keep Safe · Leap · Lórien Revealed · Mental Journey · Mind Spiral · Mind Stone · Murmuring Mystic · Obsessive Search · Oona's Grace · Ornithopter of Paradise · Pelargir Survivor · Plunder the Trollshaws · Protege's Awakening · Quick Study · Rain of Revelation · Refute · Sapphire Charm · Shadow Rift · Sift · Silver Myr · Slip Through Space · Soul Read · Stealth Mission · Think Twice · Thought Vessel · Treasure Cruise · Unfathomable Truths · Unstable Experiment · Vivisurgeon's Insight · Volshe Tideturner · Waterbending Lesson · Windrider Wizard · You Come to a River · You Find the Villains' Lair · Zephyr Scribe · Desert of the Mindful · Lonely Sandbar · Mystic Sanctuary · Remote Isle · Soaring Seacliff · The Surgical Bay
🃏 Recommended cards for Data, New Life
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Data, New Life, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Zephyr Scribe | 100% | +100% |
| Sift | 100% | +100% |
| Jailbreak Scheme | 100% | +100% |
| Mental Journey | 100% | +100% |
| Stealth Mission | 100% | +100% |
| Amass the Components | 100% | +100% |
| Mind Spiral | 100% | +100% |
| Unfathomable Truths | 100% | +100% |
| Pelargir Survivor | 100% | +100% |
| Oona's Grace | 100% | +100% |
| Rain of Revelation | 100% | +100% |
| Ancestral Reminiscence | 100% | +100% |
| Soul Read | 100% | +100% |
| Academy Wall | 100% | +100% |
| Sapphire Charm | 100% | +99% |
| Etherium Spinner | 100% | +99% |
| Circular Logic | 100% | +99% |
| Glimmerburst | 100% | +99% |
| Karfell Harbinger | 100% | +99% |
| Confound | 100% | +99% |
| Dream Cache | 100% | +99% |
| Soaring Seacliff | 100% | +99% |
| Volshe Tideturner | 100% | +99% |
| Windrider Wizard | 100% | +99% |
💰 The best cards for your Data, New Life 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.
- Zephyr Scribe
- Sift
- Jailbreak Scheme
- Mental Journey
- Stealth Mission
- Amass the Components
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Lórien Revealed
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Data, New Life's color identity?
Data, New Life 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 Data, New Life come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Data, New Life deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.1 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 18 % of the time and floods 6 %. Deck health: D (45/100).
How many lands should a Data, New Life deck run?
Real Data, New Life 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 Data, New Life?
The three highest-synergy cards are Zephyr Scribe, Sift, Jailbreak Scheme. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Data, New Life decks.
What combos does Data, New Life have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Data, New Life. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Data, New Life deck cost?
You can start cheap: Zephyr Scribe, Sift, Jailbreak Scheme 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.