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Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot
Legendary Creature — Human Pilot · 3R
Color identity: Red
Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot is red: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Haste
Whenever Erica Ortegas becomes tapped, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you do, return a land you control to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
Average lands in decks for Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot: 40
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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: C (49/100)
- Consistency94
- Speed63
- Interaction25
- Resilience69
- Closing12
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 40 lands (17 nonbasic, 23 Mountain)
Akoum Hellkite · Amulet of Vigor · Captain Michael Burnham · Charred Foyer // Warped Space · Conqueror's Galleon // Conqueror's Foothold · Cosi's Ravager · Count on Luck · Cultivator's Caravan · Dauntless Scrapbot · Dependable Quinjet · Ebony Horse · Embodiment of Fury · Expedition Map · Exploratory Mission · Flywheel Racer · Frenzied Fugue · Geode Rager · Glacial Crevasses · Grim Reaper's Sprint · Heraldic Banner · Hoard Hauler · Koth, the Geomancer · Loki's Scepter · Mighty Servant of Leuk-o · Mind's Eye · Mobile Garrison · Mole Module · Moraug, Fury of Akoum · Nautiloid Ship · Nesting Dragon · Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power · Patriar's Seal · Puppet Strings · PuPu UFO · Reckoner Bankbuster · Sabotender · Scaretiller · Searing Blaze · Seer's Sundial · Spitfire Lagac · Starship Enterprise · Sting, the Glinting Dagger · Sundial of the Infinite · Territorial Bruntar · Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca · The Regalia · Thousand-Year Elixir · Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith · Treasure Map // Treasure Cove · Troop of Ponies · Tunneling Geopede · Valakut Exploration · Wayfarer's Bauble · Weather Maker · World Map · Wrangle · Zektar Shrine Expedition · Zell Dincht · Zenith Chronicler · Arid Archway · Conduit Pylons · Crystal Grotto · Dormant Volcano · Dwarven Mine · Guildless Commons · Maze of Ith · Myriad Landscape · Pit of Offerings · Quark's Bar · Rumble Arena · Sunscorched Desert · Survivors' Encampment · Talon Gates of Madara · The Grey Havens · Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle · Zhalfirin Void
🃏 Recommended cards for Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Ebony Horse | 100% | +100% |
| Dependable Quinjet | 100% | +100% |
| Mole Module | 100% | +100% |
| Starship Enterprise | 100% | +100% |
| Conqueror's Galleon | 100% | +100% |
| Zektar Shrine Expedition | 100% | +100% |
| Nautiloid Ship | 100% | +100% |
| Embodiment of Fury | 100% | +100% |
| Amulet of Vigor | 100% | +100% |
| Rumble Arena | 100% | +100% |
| Cosi's Ravager | 100% | +100% |
| Mighty Servant of Leuk-o | 100% | +100% |
| The Grey Havens | 100% | +100% |
| Territorial Bruntar | 100% | +100% |
| Weather Maker | 100% | +100% |
| Captain Michael Burnham | 100% | +100% |
| Pit of Offerings | 100% | +100% |
| Searing Blaze | 100% | +100% |
| Crystal Grotto | 100% | +100% |
| Exploratory Mission | 100% | +100% |
| Frenzied Fugue | 100% | +100% |
| Wrangle | 100% | +100% |
| Scaretiller | 100% | +100% |
| Zhalfirin Void | 100% | +100% |
💰 The best cards for your Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot 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.
- Ebony Horse
- Dependable Quinjet
- Mole Module
- Zektar Shrine Expedition
- Embodiment of Fury
- Rumble Arena
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Quark's Bar
- Loki's Scepter
- Maze of Ith
- Valakut Exploration
- Moraug, Fury of Akoum
- Patriar's Seal
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Starship Enterprise
- Nautiloid Ship
- Amulet of Vigor
- Talon Gates of Madara
- Sundial of the Infinite
- Thousand-Year Elixir
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot's color identity?
Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot is red: 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 Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 40 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.6 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 10 % of the time and floods 6 %. Deck health: C (49/100).
How many lands should a Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot deck run?
Real Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot decks run 40 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 Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot?
The three highest-synergy cards are Ebony Horse, Dependable Quinjet, Mole Module. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot decks.
What combos does Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Erica Ortegas, Plucky Pilot deck cost?
You can start cheap: Ebony Horse, Dependable Quinjet, Mole Module 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.