EDH Optimizer
Faceless One
Legendary Enchantment Creature — Background · 5
Color identity: Colorless
Faceless One is colorless: its deck can only run colorless cards (artifacts, Eldrazi and colorless lands).
Rules text:
If Faceless One is your commander, choose a color before the game begins. Faceless One is the chosen color.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Reference price of the card: €0.11
Average lands in decks for Faceless One: 39
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Build your Faceless One deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Faceless One 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Faceless One deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play per EDHREC (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: B (70/100)
- Consistency39
- Speed58
- Interaction100
- Resilience80
- Closing71
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 39 lands (14 nonbasic, 25 Wastes)
Sol Ring · Mind Stone · Arcane Signet · Solemn Simulacrum · All Is Dust · Swiftfoot Boots · Thran Dynamo · Echoes of Eternity · Lightning Greaves · Ugin, the Ineffable · Forsaken Monument · Mystic Forge · Palladium Myr · Eldrazi Conscription · Kozilek, Butcher of Truth · Not of This World · Warping Wail · Flayer of Loyalties · Kozilek's Command · Null Elemental Blast · Thought Vessel · Wayfarer's Bauble · Worn Powerstone · Artisan of Kozilek · Eldrazi Mimic · Everflowing Chalice · Hedron Archive · Calamity of the Titans · Conduit of Ruin · Desecrate Reality · Desolation Twin · Emrakul, the Promised End · It That Betrays · Kozilek, the Great Distortion · Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger · Void Winnower · Sire of Seven Deaths · Bane of Bala Ged · Basalt Monolith · Breaker of Armies · Eldritch Immunity · Endbringer · Glaring Fleshraker · Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter · Sceptre of Eternal Glory · Spawnbed Protector · Ulamog, the Defiler · Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre · Unwinding Clock · Urza's Incubator · Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands · Darksteel Monolith · Dreamstone Hedron · Eldrazi Confluence · Endless One · Foundry Inspector · Gilded Lotus · Introduction to Annihilation · It That Heralds the End · Rise of the Eldrazi · War Room · Urza's Saga · Urza's Mine · Urza's Tower · Reliquary Tower · Myriad Landscape · Rogue's Passage · Shrine of the Forsaken Gods · Tomb of the Spirit Dragon · Urza's Power Plant · Buried Ruin · Eldrazi Temple · Eye of Ugin · Blast Zone
🃏 Recommended cards for Faceless One
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Faceless One, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl | 50% | +50% |
| Arcane Signet | 46% | +38% |
| Feral Appetite | 20% | +20% |
| Myriad Landscape | 30% | +19% |
| Sceptre of Eternal Glory | 19% | +18% |
| Island | 16% | +16% |
| Eldrazi Mimic | 24% | +16% |
| Wayfarer's Bauble | 27% | +16% |
| Ruby Medallion | 14% | +14% |
| Forest | 14% | +13% |
| Mountain | 14% | +13% |
| Groundchuck & Dirtbag | 13% | +13% |
| Irma, Part-Time Mutant | 13% | +13% |
| Walker of the Wastes | 16% | +12% |
| Big Apple, 3 a.m. | 13% | +12% |
| Command Tower | 14% | +12% |
| Unexpected Windfall | 11% | +11% |
| Big Score | 11% | +11% |
| Caged Sun | 11% | +10% |
| Noggle the Mind | 10% | +10% |
| Mirrorform | 10% | +10% |
| Shimmerwilds Growth | 10% | +10% |
| Breaker of Armies | 19% | +10% |
| Abundant Countryside | 10% | +9% |
💰 The best cards for your Faceless One 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.
- Arcane Signet
- Feral Appetite
- Myriad Landscape
- Island
- Eldrazi Mimic
- Wayfarer's Bauble
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
- Irma, Part-Time Mutant
- Unexpected Windfall
- Mirrorform
- Abundant Countryside
- Earthbender Ascension
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Sceptre of Eternal Glory
- Ruby Medallion
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- City of Shadows
- Sword of Fire and Ice
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Faceless One
- Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
- Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Cloud Key → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Jhoira's Familiar → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Glaring Fleshraker + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite ETB, Near-infinite LTB, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Faceless One's color identity?
Faceless One is colorless: its deck can only run colorless cards (artifacts, Eldrazi and colorless lands). Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Faceless One come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Faceless One deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 39 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.9 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 8 % of the time and floods 30 %. Deck health: B (70/100).
How many lands should a Faceless One deck run?
Real Faceless One decks run 39 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 Faceless One?
The three highest-synergy cards are The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Arcane Signet, Feral Appetite. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Faceless One decks.
What combos does Faceless One have?
Faceless One has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument. 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 Faceless One deck cost?
You can start cheap: Arcane Signet, Feral Appetite, Myriad Landscape 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.