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Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
Legendary Creature — Human · 1GG
Color identity: Green
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
{T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
Reference price of the card: €0.56
Average lands in decks for Hua Tuo, Honored Physician: 36
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🛠️ Build a deck for Hua Tuo, Honored Physician 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Hua Tuo, Honored Physician 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)
- Consistency96
- Speed43
- Interaction45
- Resilience87
- Closing24
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (11 nonbasic, 25 Forest)
Sakura-Tribe Elder · Call of the Wild · Greater Good · Eternal Witness · Zoologist · Aid from the Cowl · Lurking Predators · Beast Within · Spore Frog · Verdant Succession · Augur of Autumn · Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise · Kogla, the Titan Ape · Sol Ring · Eladamri, Korvecdal · Fauna Shaman · Altar of Dementia · Apex Altisaur · Llanowar Elves · Shigeki, Jukai Visionary · Beast Whisperer · Terastodon · Haywire Mite · Satyr Wayfinder · Evolutionary Leap · Deceiver of Form · Vizier of the Menagerie · Insidious Fungus · Aftermath Analyst · Gamekeeper · Reclamation Sage · Soul of the Harvest · Ashnod's Altar · Elvish Mystic · Emerald Medallion · Reincarnation · Worldspine Wurm · Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary · Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest · Dawntreader Elk · Gruff Triplets · Guardian Project · Heroic Intervention · Timeless Witness · Caustic Caterpillar · Hornet Queen · Moldgraf Monstrosity · Noxious Revival · Yavimaya Elder · Part in Friendship · Reclaim · Sylvan Library · Brutalizer Exarch · Cultivate · Gardenize · Golgari Grave-Troll · Life's Legacy · Regal Force · Lightning Greaves · Momentous Fall · Swiftfoot Boots · Avenger of Zendikar · Cavalier of Thorns · High Market · Mosswort Bridge · Castle Garenbrig · Shifting Woodland · War Room · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Geier Reach Sanitarium · Boseiju, Who Endures · Myriad Landscape · Blighted Woodland · Rogue's Passage
🃏 Recommended cards for Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Hua Tuo, Honored Physician, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Call of the Wild | 72% | +72% |
| Zoologist | 65% | +65% |
| Aid from the Cowl | 60% | +60% |
| Greater Good | 72% | +59% |
| Sakura-Tribe Elder | 79% | +57% |
| Lurking Predators | 60% | +57% |
| Spore Frog | 58% | +55% |
| Verdant Succession | 54% | +54% |
| Altar of Dementia | 49% | +47% |
| High Market | 49% | +47% |
| Fauna Shaman | 51% | +47% |
| Eladamri, Korvecdal | 52% | +46% |
| Shigeki, Jukai Visionary | 47% | +45% |
| Augur of Autumn | 53% | +44% |
| Eternal Witness | 69% | +44% |
| Satyr Wayfinder | 43% | +42% |
| Kogla, the Titan Ape | 53% | +41% |
| Deceiver of Form | 41% | +41% |
| Apex Altisaur | 47% | +40% |
| Evolutionary Leap | 42% | +40% |
| Vizier of the Menagerie | 41% | +40% |
| Haywire Mite | 43% | +40% |
| Gamekeeper | 36% | +36% |
| Disciple of Freyalise | 53% | +35% |
💰 The best cards for your Hua Tuo, Honored Physician 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.
- Call of the Wild
- Zoologist
- Aid from the Cowl
- Sakura-Tribe Elder
- Spore Frog
- Verdant Succession
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Greater Good
- Lurking Predators
- Fauna Shaman
- Eladamri, Korvecdal
- Kogla, the Titan Ape
- Apex Altisaur
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Altar of Dementia
- Ashnod's Altar
- Birthing Pod
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Guardian Project
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Staff of Domination + Priest of Titania → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite green mana
- Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Quirion Ranger → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
- Staff of Domination + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds → Infinite card draw, Infinite colored mana, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite untap of creatures you control
- Ashnod's Altar + The Great Henge → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Hua Tuo, Honored Physician's color identity?
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician 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.
What turn does Hua Tuo, Honored Physician come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Hua Tuo, Honored Physician deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.9 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 19 % of the time and floods 5 %. Deck health: C (52/100).
How many lands should a Hua Tuo, Honored Physician deck run?
Real Hua Tuo, Honored Physician 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 Hua Tuo, Honored Physician?
The three highest-synergy cards are Call of the Wild, Zoologist, Aid from the Cowl. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Hua Tuo, Honored Physician decks.
What combos does Hua Tuo, Honored Physician have?
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician 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 Hua Tuo, Honored Physician deck cost?
You can start cheap: Call of the Wild, Zoologist, Aid from the Cowl 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.