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Glava, Five-Advents Mage
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · 5GG
Color identity: Green
Glava, Five-Advents Mage is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Whenever you cast a permanent spell with {X} in its mana cost or activate an ability with {X} in its activation cost that isn't a mana ability, you may have the value of X become 5. Do this only once each turn.
Average lands in decks for Glava, Five-Advents Mage: 36
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The highest-synergy cards in decks for Glava, Five-Advents Mage, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Unbound Flourishing | 96% | +94% |
| Sporocyst | 89% | +88% |
| Astral Cornucopia | 88% | +88% |
| Neverwinter Hydra | 86% | +84% |
| Goldvein Hydra | 87% | +82% |
| Magus of the Candelabra | 77% | +76% |
| Primordial Hydra | 79% | +75% |
| Hydra Broodmaster | 77% | +73% |
| Treasure Vault | 73% | +72% |
| Lattice Library | 71% | +71% |
| Lifeblood Hydra | 71% | +68% |
| Aberrant | 68% | +67% |
| Marketback Walker | 67% | +67% |
| Tervigon | 66% | +66% |
| Nev, the Practical Dean | 66% | +65% |
| Elementalist's Palette | 61% | +61% |
| Hungering Hydra | 64% | +61% |
| Tyrant Guard | 60% | +59% |
| Voracious Hydra | 63% | +59% |
| Rampaging Yao Guai | 63% | +59% |
| Stonecoil Serpent | 57% | +56% |
| Hangarback Walker | 54% | +53% |
| Kinetic Ooze | 53% | +52% |
| Termagant Swarm | 52% | +51% |
💰 The best cards for your Glava, Five-Advents Mage 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.
- Astral Cornucopia
- Magus of the Candelabra
- Primordial Hydra
- Hydra Broodmaster
- Treasure Vault
- Lattice Library
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Unbound Flourishing
- Neverwinter Hydra
- Goldvein Hydra
- Aberrant
- Tervigon
- Tyrant Guard
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Sporocyst
- Rampaging Yao Guai
- Terrasymbiosis
- Fanatic of Rhonas
- The Ozolith
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Glava, Five-Advents Mage
- Springheart Nantuko + Doubling Season → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Vigor + Hardened Scales + Walking Ballista → Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
- Temur Sabertooth + Nyxbloom Ancient → Infinite blinking of most creatures, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite storm count
- Vigor + Kami of Whispered Hopes + Walking Ballista → Infinite colored mana, Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
- Vigor + Branching Evolution + Walking Ballista → Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
- Umbral Mantle + Gyre Sage → Infinite green mana, Infinitely large creature until end of turn, Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Frequently asked questions
What is Glava, Five-Advents Mage's color identity?
Glava, Five-Advents Mage is green: 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.
How many lands should a Glava, Five-Advents Mage deck run?
Real Glava, Five-Advents Mage decks run 36 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 Glava, Five-Advents Mage?
The three highest-synergy cards are Unbound Flourishing, Sporocyst, Astral Cornucopia. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Glava, Five-Advents Mage decks.
What combos does Glava, Five-Advents Mage have?
Glava, Five-Advents Mage has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Springheart Nantuko + Doubling Season. 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 Glava, Five-Advents Mage deck cost?
You can start cheap: Astral Cornucopia, Magus of the Candelabra, Primordial Hydra 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.