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General Traag, Heart of Stone
Legendary Artifact Creature — Elemental Soldier · 3RR
Color identity: Red
General Traag, Heart of Stone is red: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Trample
When General Traag enters, you may sacrifice another artifact. When you do, General Traag deals 4 damage to target creature.
Reference price of the card: €0.08
Average lands in decks for General Traag, Heart of Stone: 35
Build your General Traag, Heart of Stone deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for General Traag, Heart of Stone 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average General Traag, Heart of Stone 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: C+ (63/100)
- Consistency68
- Speed55
- Interaction26
- Resilience68
- Closing95
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (7 nonbasic, 28 Mountain)
Commander's Sphere · Sol Ring · Audacious Reshapers · Caged Sun · Circuit Mender · Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer · Fire Diamond · Ichor Wellspring · Mind Stone · Mycosynth Lattice · Prized Statue · Salvager of Ruin · Slobad, Iron Goblin · Solemn Simulacrum · Tarrian's Soulcleaver · Trash for Treasure · Unexpected Windfall · Wayfarer's Bauble · Acidic Soil · Aetherjacket · Agitator Ant · Ancient Copper Dragon · Arcane Signet · Archetype of Aggression · Arms Race · Artifact Blast · Aura Barbs · Blade of Selves · Blood Moon · Blood Sun · Bosh, Iron Golem · Bothersome Quasit · Canoptek Scarab Swarm · Chaos Warp · Conjurer's Closet · Coveted Jewel · Crawlspace · Crucible of Fire · Cursed Mirror · Daretti, Scrap Savant · Descendants' Fury · Descent into Avernus · Determined Iteration · Dire Flail // Dire Blunderbuss · Dowsing Device // Geode Grotto · Dragon Cultist · Dragonspark Reactor · Elemental Mastery · Exuberant Fuseling · Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki · Farid, Enterprising Salvager · Forsaken Monument · Frogmyr Enforcer · Golden Guardian // Gold-Forge Garrison · Improvisation Capstone · Junk Diver · Keeper of Secrets · Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker · Mimic Vat · Moonsilver Key · Mouser Foundry · Mycosynth Wellspring · Myr Retriever · Pyrite Spellbomb · Great Furnace · Buried Ruin · Castle Embereth · Fomori Vault · Forgotten Cave · Rogue's Passage · Treasure Vault
🃏 Recommended cards for General Traag, Heart of Stone
The highest-synergy cards in decks for General Traag, Heart of Stone, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Commander's Sphere | 67% | +59% |
| Great Furnace | 67% | +54% |
| Salvager of Ruin | 50% | +50% |
| Audacious Reshapers | 50% | +49% |
| Slobad, Iron Goblin | 50% | +49% |
| Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer | 50% | +49% |
| Prized Statue | 50% | +48% |
| Mycosynth Lattice | 50% | +47% |
| Circuit Mender | 50% | +47% |
| Ichor Wellspring | 50% | +47% |
| Tarrian's Soulcleaver | 50% | +47% |
| Trash for Treasure | 50% | +46% |
| Caged Sun | 50% | +43% |
| Buried Ruin | 50% | +37% |
| Wayfarer's Bauble | 50% | +36% |
| Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked | 33% | +33% |
| Aetherjacket | 33% | +33% |
| Rearing Embermare | 33% | +33% |
| Aura Barbs | 33% | +33% |
| Arms Race | 33% | +33% |
| Salvaging Station | 33% | +33% |
| Golden Guardian | 33% | +33% |
| Seeker of Slaanesh | 33% | +33% |
| Canoptek Scarab Swarm | 33% | +33% |
💰 The best cards for your General Traag, Heart of Stone 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.
- Commander's Sphere
- Salvager of Ruin
- Audacious Reshapers
- Slobad, Iron Goblin
- Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer
- Prized Statue
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Great Furnace
- Artifact Blast
- Forsaken Monument
- Keeper of Secrets
- Blade of Selves
- Fomori Vault
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Mycosynth Lattice
- Canoptek Scarab Swarm
- Bothersome Quasit
- Improvisation Capstone
- Ancient Copper Dragon
- Descent into Avernus
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with General Traag, Heart of Stone
- Void Mirror + Possibility Storm → Counter all spells players cast from their hands, Lock
- Mycosynth Lattice + Broadcast Takeover → Gain control of all permanents until end of turn
- Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Bloodthirster + Determined Iteration → Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is General Traag, Heart of Stone's color identity?
General Traag, Heart of Stone 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 General Traag, Heart of Stone come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average General Traag, Heart of Stone deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.8 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 96 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 30 % of the time and floods 10 %. Deck health: C+ (63/100).
How many lands should a General Traag, Heart of Stone deck run?
Real General Traag, Heart of Stone 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 General Traag, Heart of Stone?
The three highest-synergy cards are Commander's Sphere, Great Furnace, Salvager of Ruin. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in General Traag, Heart of Stone decks.
What combos does General Traag, Heart of Stone have?
General Traag, Heart of Stone has 3 known combos. The most popular one is Void Mirror + Possibility Storm. 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 General Traag, Heart of Stone deck cost?
You can start cheap: Commander's Sphere, Salvager of Ruin, Audacious Reshapers 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.