EDH Optimizer
Hologram Janeway
Legendary Artifact Creature — Illusion Officer · 2W
Color identity: White
Hologram Janeway is white: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Whenever you attack while creatures you control have total power 8 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Average lands in decks for Hologram Janeway: 36
Build your Hologram Janeway deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Hologram Janeway 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Hologram Janeway 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 (52/100)
- Consistency87
- Speed57
- Interaction47
- Resilience80
- Closing16
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (6 nonbasic, 30 Plains)
70,000 Light-Years from Home · Alhammarret's Archive · Ambassador K'Ehleyr · Arcane Signet · Astral Cornucopia · Class-F Shuttlecraft · Command Chair · Command Decision · Commander's Sphere · Cybernetic Specialist · Ensign Harry Kim, Operations · Evasive Maneuvers · Everflowing Chalice · Excalbian Gamemaster · Free Borg Revolutionaries · Guinan, Ancient Advisor · Hedron Archive · Isolinear Processor · Loran of the Third Path · Malfunctioning Holodeck · Miles O'Brien, Transporter Ops · Mind Stone · Operations Officer · Peace in Our Time · Picard, Steadfast Captain · Reconnaissance Partition · Saavik, Stoic Student · Set Phasers to . . . · Shuttle Crew · Skullclamp · Sol Ring · Spot, Felis catus · Stonespeaker Crystal · Sulu, Space Swashbuckler · Tactical Officer · Tea, Earl Grey, Hot · Test of Conviction · The Measure of a Man · The Needs of the Many · Thought Vessel · Tricorder · Troi, Winging It · Type-2 Phaser · U.S.S. Enterprise-C, Time-Tossed · U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class · U.S.S. Excelsior, Cutting Edge · Vexing Drone · Warp Core · Wayfarer's Bauble · Will Riker, Assuming Command · Beverly Crusher, Ship's Doctor · Brad Boimler, Eager Ensign · Captain Jean-Luc Picard · Deanna Troi, Psychic Counsel · Dispatch · Disruptor Pistol · Dr. Beverly Crusher · Dr. McCoy, Surly Surgeon · Emergency Medical Hologram · Federation Field Medic · Julian Bashir, Frontier Doctor · Martok, Hero of the Empire · Path to Exile · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Federation Outpost · Path of Ancestry · Spire of Industry · Subspace Anomaly
🃏 Recommended cards for Hologram Janeway
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Hologram Janeway, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Cybernetic Specialist | 100% | +100% |
| Saavik, Stoic Student | 100% | +100% |
| Free Borg Revolutionaries | 100% | +100% |
| Malfunctioning Holodeck | 100% | +100% |
| Evasive Maneuvers | 100% | +100% |
| Picard, Steadfast Captain | 100% | +100% |
| Set Phasers to . . . | 100% | +100% |
| Will Riker, Assuming Command | 100% | +100% |
| 70,000 Light-Years from Home | 100% | +100% |
| Tactical Officer | 100% | +100% |
| Shuttle Crew | 100% | +100% |
| Command Decision | 100% | +100% |
| Operations Officer | 100% | +100% |
| Spire of Industry | 100% | +100% |
| Astral Cornucopia | 100% | +100% |
| U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class | 100% | +100% |
| Vexing Drone | 100% | +100% |
| Tricorder | 100% | +100% |
| Command Chair | 100% | +100% |
| Spot, Felis catus | 100% | +99% |
| Stonespeaker Crystal | 100% | +99% |
| Tea, Earl Grey, Hot | 100% | +99% |
| Miles O'Brien, Transporter Ops | 100% | +99% |
| Type-2 Phaser | 100% | +99% |
💰 The best cards for your Hologram Janeway 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.
- Malfunctioning Holodeck
- Set Phasers to . . .
- 70,000 Light-Years from Home
- Command Decision
- Spire of Industry
- Astral Cornucopia
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Saavik, Stoic Student
- Picard, Steadfast Captain
- U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class
- Peace in Our Time
- Federation Outpost
- Skullclamp
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Command Chair
- Spot, Felis catus
- The Needs of the Many
- Alhammarret's Archive
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard
- Dr. Beverly Crusher
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Hologram Janeway's color identity?
Hologram Janeway is white: 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 Hologram Janeway come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Hologram Janeway deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.8 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 17 % of the time and floods 12 %. Deck health: C (52/100).
How many lands should a Hologram Janeway deck run?
Real Hologram Janeway 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 Hologram Janeway?
The three highest-synergy cards are Cybernetic Specialist, Saavik, Stoic Student, Free Borg Revolutionaries. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Hologram Janeway decks.
What combos does Hologram Janeway have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Hologram Janeway. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Hologram Janeway deck cost?
You can start cheap: Malfunctioning Holodeck, Set Phasers to . . ., 70,000 Light-Years from Home 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.