EDH Optimizer
Gladiolus Amicitia
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · 4RG
Color identity: Green · Red · Gruul
Gladiolus Amicitia is Gruul (green and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When Gladiolus Amicitia enters, search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, another target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.
Reference price of the card: €0.10
Average lands in decks for Gladiolus Amicitia: 40
Lands MatterLandfallRampAggro+1/+1 CountersBurnStompyCombo
Build your Gladiolus Amicitia deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Gladiolus Amicitia 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Gladiolus Amicitia 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: C+ (65/100)
- Consistency92
- Speed57
- Interaction17
- Resilience66
- Closing94
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 40 lands (30 nonbasic, 2 Mountain, 8 Forest)
Sol Ring · Cultivate · Zell Dincht · Azusa, Lost but Seeking · Sabotender · Tireless Provisioner · Farseek · Nature's Lore · Lotus Cobra · Beast Within · Rampant Growth · Tifa Lockhart · Arcane Signet · Ancient Greenwarden · Blasphemous Act · Ramunap Excavator · Sazh's Chocobo · Dryad of the Ilysian Grove · Kodama's Reach · Scute Swarm · Chaos Warp · Chocobo Racetrack · Mina and Denn, Wildborn · Omnath, Locus of Rage · Ride the Shoopuf · Tannuk, Memorial Ensign · Traveling Chocobo · Harrow · Loot, Exuberant Explorer · Moraug, Fury of Akoum · Rampaging Baloths · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Avenger of Zendikar · Crop Rotation · Exploration · Three Visits · Oracle of Mul Daya · Conduit of Worlds · Explore · Mossborn Hydra · Heroic Intervention · Entish Restoration · Icetill Explorer · Tireless Tracker · Spelunking · Summon: Titan · Crucible of Worlds · Rishkar's Expertise · Rydia, Summoner of Mist · Scapeshift · Valakut Exploration · Cultivator Colossus · Garruk's Uprising · Chocobo Kick · Lumra, Bellow of the Woods · Call the Mountain Chocobo · Mightform Harmonizer · Prishe's Wanderings · Rhythm of the Wild · Command Tower · Cinder Glade · Evolving Wilds · Stomping Ground · Gruul Turf · Terramorphic Expanse · Wooded Foothills · Rootbound Crag · Fabled Passage · Thespian's Stage · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Commercial District · Vesuva · Myriad Landscape · Rockfall Vale · Sheltered Thicket · Boseiju, Who Endures · Field of the Dead · Kessig Wolf Run · Rogue's Passage · Spire Garden · Wooded Ridgeline · Cabaretti Courtyard · Karplusan Forest · Dark Depths · Riveteers Overlook · Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle · Game Trail · Gongaga, Reactor Town · Reliquary Tower
🃏 Recommended cards for Gladiolus Amicitia
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Gladiolus Amicitia, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Zell Dincht | 55% | +52% |
| Azusa, Lost but Seeking | 53% | +45% |
| Tifa Lockhart | 45% | +43% |
| Sabotender | 49% | +43% |
| Sazh's Chocobo | 42% | +41% |
| Chocobo Racetrack | 40% | +38% |
| Ancient Greenwarden | 43% | +38% |
| Ride the Shoopuf | 39% | +37% |
| Tireless Provisioner | 48% | +37% |
| Ramunap Excavator | 43% | +37% |
| Lotus Cobra | 46% | +37% |
| Traveling Chocobo | 39% | +36% |
| Dryad of the Ilysian Grove | 41% | +36% |
| Thespian's Stage | 36% | +34% |
| Scute Swarm | 41% | +34% |
| Tannuk, Memorial Ensign | 39% | +34% |
| Mina and Denn, Wildborn | 39% | +33% |
| Omnath, Locus of Rage | 39% | +33% |
| Vesuva | 33% | +32% |
| Loot, Exuberant Explorer | 37% | +31% |
| Mossborn Hydra | 34% | +30% |
| Conduit of Worlds | 34% | +30% |
| Summon: Titan | 30% | +29% |
| Oracle of Mul Daya | 35% | +29% |
💰 The best cards for your Gladiolus Amicitia 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.
- Zell Dincht
- Tifa Lockhart
- Sabotender
- Sazh's Chocobo
- Chocobo Racetrack
- Ride the Shoopuf
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Azusa, Lost but Seeking
- Ancient Greenwarden
- Ramunap Excavator
- Lotus Cobra
- Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
- Scute Swarm
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Traveling Chocobo
- Exploration
- Icetill Explorer
- Field of the Dead
- Crucible of Worlds
- Scapeshift
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Gladiolus Amicitia
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
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Frequently asked questions
What is Gladiolus Amicitia's color identity?
Gladiolus Amicitia is Gruul (green and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors 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 Gladiolus Amicitia come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Gladiolus Amicitia deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 40 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.5 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 92 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 16 % of the time and floods 6 %. Deck health: C+ (65/100).
How many lands should a Gladiolus Amicitia deck run?
Real Gladiolus Amicitia 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 Gladiolus Amicitia?
The three highest-synergy cards are Zell Dincht, Azusa, Lost but Seeking, Tifa Lockhart. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Gladiolus Amicitia decks.
What combos does Gladiolus Amicitia have?
Gladiolus Amicitia has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner. 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 Gladiolus Amicitia deck cost?
You can start cheap: Zell Dincht, Tifa Lockhart, Sabotender 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.