EDH Optimizer
Khan, Vengeful Heart
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · 2BB
Color identity: Black
Khan, Vengeful Heart is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When Khan enters, you may sacrifice another creature or artifact. If you do, draw two cards.
You may cast this card from exile.
Reference price of the card: €10.12
Average lands in decks for Khan, Vengeful Heart: 36
Build your Khan, Vengeful Heart deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Khan, Vengeful Heart 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Khan, Vengeful Heart 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 (50/100)
- Consistency94
- Speed59
- Interaction33
- Resilience74
- Closing14
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (22 nonbasic, 14 Swamp)
Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering · Altar of the Wretched // Wretched Bonemass · Arcane Signet · Bitterblossom · Bloodghast · Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog · Charcoal Diamond · Desecrated Tomb · Fell the Profane // Fell Mire · Flare of Malice · Grim Reaper's Scythe · Morbid Opportunist · Ophiomancer · Puppeteer Clique · Sol Ring · Solemn Simulacrum · Troll of Khazad-dûm · Along the Crooked Way · Animate Dead · Apex Witchstalker · Ayara, First of Locthwain · Barrowgoyf · Bastion of Remembrance · Bender's Waterskin · Bitter Triumph · Black Market Connections · Blackmail · Bloodsoaked Champion · Cabal Conditioning · Cateran Kidnappers · Chainer, Dementia Master · Child of Night · Childhood Horror · Clackbridge Troll · Cloudstone Curio · Coercion · Coldsteel Heart · Corrupt Official · Corrupted Conviction · Court of Locthwain · Cruel Sadist · Cruel Truths · Culling the Weak · Daily Bugle Newspaper · Damnation · Dark Confidant · Dark Deal · Dark Deed · Dark Impostor · Dark Ritual · Darkling Stalker · Deadly Dispute · Deadly Rollick · Deal Broker · Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab · Desperate Plea · Die Young · Disciple of Bolas · Dismember · Distress · Duress · Dying to Serve · Eternal Scourge · Bojuka Bog · Cabal Coffers · Castle Locthwain · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Cabal Stronghold · Phyrexian Tower · Spymaster's Vault · Urza's Cave · Abstergo Entertainment · Command Beacon · Dark Depths · Demolition Field · Fountainport · High Market · Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Shizo, Death's Storehouse · Tomb Fortress · Urza's Saga · Vault of Whispers · War Room · Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
🃏 Recommended cards for Khan, Vengeful Heart
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Khan, Vengeful Heart, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Locthwain | 100% | +83% |
| Grim Reaper's Scythe | 67% | +66% |
| Altar of the Wretched | 67% | +66% |
| Altar of Bhaal | 67% | +66% |
| Puppeteer Clique | 67% | +65% |
| Desecrated Tomb | 67% | +65% |
| Troll of Khazad-dûm | 67% | +64% |
| Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | 100% | +62% |
| Urza's Cave | 67% | +59% |
| Spymaster's Vault | 67% | +57% |
| Boggart Trawler | 67% | +57% |
| Bitterblossom | 67% | +54% |
| Bloodghast | 67% | +54% |
| Flare of Malice | 67% | +53% |
| Bojuka Bog | 100% | +52% |
| Ophiomancer | 67% | +49% |
| Fell the Profane | 67% | +47% |
| Solemn Simulacrum | 67% | +46% |
| Cabal Coffers | 100% | +45% |
| Charcoal Diamond | 67% | +45% |
| Morbid Opportunist | 67% | +42% |
| Phyrexian Tower | 67% | +40% |
| Childhood Horror | 33% | +33% |
| Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII | 33% | +33% |
💰 The best cards for your Khan, Vengeful Heart 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.
- Grim Reaper's Scythe
- Puppeteer Clique
- Desecrated Tomb
- Troll of Khazad-dûm
- Urza's Cave
- Spymaster's Vault
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Castle Locthwain
- Flare of Malice
- Forbidden Ritual
- Cloudstone Curio
- Sickening Shoal
- Abstergo Entertainment
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- Bitterblossom
- Cabal Coffers
- Phyrexian Tower
- Soul Spike
- Barrowgoyf
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Khan, Vengeful Heart's color identity?
Khan, Vengeful Heart is black: 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 Khan, Vengeful Heart come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Khan, Vengeful Heart deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.7 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 15 % of the time and floods 6 %. Deck health: C (50/100).
How many lands should a Khan, Vengeful Heart deck run?
Real Khan, Vengeful Heart 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 Khan, Vengeful Heart?
The three highest-synergy cards are Castle Locthwain, Grim Reaper's Scythe, Altar of the Wretched. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Khan, Vengeful Heart decks.
What combos does Khan, Vengeful Heart have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Khan, Vengeful Heart. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Khan, Vengeful Heart deck cost?
You can start cheap: Grim Reaper's Scythe, Puppeteer Clique, Desecrated Tomb 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.