EDH Optimizer
Kate Stewart
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist · 1URW
Color identity: Red · Blue · White · Jeskai
Kate Stewart is Jeskai (red, blue and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Whenever you put one or more time counters on a permanent you control, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
Whenever Kate Stewart attacks, you may pay {8}. If you do, attacking creatures get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of time counters among permanents you control.
Reference price of the card: €0.15
Average lands in decks for Kate Stewart: 37
TokensTime CountersProliferateSoldiersComboSuspend+1/+1 CountersAggro
Build your Kate Stewart deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Kate Stewart 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Kate Stewart 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 (53/100)
- Consistency37
- Speed65
- Interaction33
- Resilience67
- Closing60
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (27 nonbasic, 3 Plains, 5 Island, 2 Mountain)
As Foretold · Rotating Fireplace · Wilfred Mott · Arcane Signet · Four Knocks · The Millennium Calendar · Time Beetle · Dreamtide Whale · Rose Tyler · Wibbly-wobbly, Timey-wimey · Hourglass of the Lost · Regenerations Restored · Sol Ring · Crack in Time · The Moment · Jhoira's Timebug · Thrummingbird · The Tenth Doctor · Swords to Plowshares · All of History, All at Once · Flesh Duplicate · Grateful Apparition · Dust of Moments · Soultether Golem · Chronozoa · Tezzeret's Gambit · The War Doctor · Experimental Augury · Infinite Hourglass · Lavacore Elemental · The Wedding of River Song · Time Bomb · Out of Time · Flux Channeler · Inexorable Tide · Clockspinning · Contentious Plan · The Girl in the Fireplace · Inspiring Refrain · Lost Auramancers · Skystrike Officer · Path to Exile · Patrolling Peacemaker · The Parting of the Ways · Talisman of Creativity · Metastatic Evangel · Talisman of Conviction · Harbin, Vanguard Aviator · Resourceful Defense · Commander Mustard · Everflowing Chalice · Impact Tremors · Rousing Refrain · Talisman of Progress · Tidewalker · Skullclamp · Timecrafting · Counterspell · Overlord of the Floodpits · Danny Pink · Lightning Greaves · Radstorm · Command Tower · Trenzalore Clocktower · Mystic Monastery · Exotic Orchard · Glacial Fortress · Karn's Bastion · Deserted Beach · Stormcarved Coast · Sundown Pass · Clifftop Retreat · Nesting Grounds · Raugrin Triome · Prairie Stream · Hallowed Fountain · Sulfur Falls · Sacred Foundry · Steam Vents · Sea of Clouds · Training Center · Path of Ancestry · Spectator Seating · Reliquary Tower · Frostboil Snarl · Port Town · Temple of Triumph · Furycalm Snarl · Rogue's Passage
🃏 Recommended cards for Kate Stewart
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Kate Stewart, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Rotating Fireplace | 91% | +89% |
| As Foretold | 92% | +89% |
| Trenzalore Clocktower | 89% | +87% |
| Wilfred Mott | 88% | +86% |
| Four Knocks | 85% | +83% |
| The Millennium Calendar | 81% | +79% |
| Time Beetle | 81% | +79% |
| Rose Tyler | 79% | +78% |
| Wibbly-wobbly, Timey-wimey | 79% | +76% |
| Regenerations Restored | 78% | +76% |
| Hourglass of the Lost | 78% | +76% |
| Crack in Time | 76% | +75% |
| The Moment | 74% | +73% |
| Dreamtide Whale | 79% | +72% |
| Jhoira's Timebug | 68% | +66% |
| The Tenth Doctor | 61% | +60% |
| Thrummingbird | 66% | +57% |
| Soultether Golem | 55% | +55% |
| Flesh Duplicate | 57% | +55% |
| All of History, All at Once | 57% | +55% |
| Dust of Moments | 55% | +54% |
| Chronozoa | 54% | +53% |
| Grateful Apparition | 57% | +53% |
| Infinite Hourglass | 53% | +53% |
💰 The best cards for your Kate Stewart 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.
- Rotating Fireplace
- As Foretold
- Trenzalore Clocktower
- Wilfred Mott
- Four Knocks
- The Millennium Calendar
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Dreamtide Whale
- Flesh Duplicate
- Chronozoa
- Overlord of the Floodpits
- Radstorm
- Deserted Beach
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Danny Pink
- Myrel, Shield of Argive
- All Will Be One
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Kate Stewart
- Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite colored mana, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill, Near-infinite storm count
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
- Ashnod's Altar + Cathars' Crusade → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Vizier of Tumbling Sands → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
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Frequently asked questions
What is Kate Stewart's color identity?
Kate Stewart is Jeskai (red, blue and white): 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 Kate Stewart come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Kate Stewart deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 97 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 29 % of the time and floods 16 %. Deck health: C (53/100).
How many lands should a Kate Stewart deck run?
Real Kate Stewart decks run 37 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 Kate Stewart?
The three highest-synergy cards are Rotating Fireplace, As Foretold, Trenzalore Clocktower. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Kate Stewart decks.
What combos does Kate Stewart have?
Kate Stewart has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze. 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 Kate Stewart deck cost?
You can start cheap: Rotating Fireplace, As Foretold, Trenzalore Clocktower 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.