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L'Rell, Fierce Visionary
Legendary Creature — Klingon Warrior · 1BR
Color identity: Black · Red · Rakdos
L'Rell, Fierce Visionary is Rakdos (black and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 2/1 red Klingon Warrior creature token with haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
{2}, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Reference price of the card: €0.89
Average lands in decks for L'Rell, Fierce Visionary: 31
Build your L'Rell, Fierce Visionary deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
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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: F (34/100)
- Consistency39
- Speed39
- Interaction43
- Resilience60
- Closing11
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 31 lands (10 nonbasic, 15 Swamp, 6 Mountain)
Army of the Damned · Assassin's Blade · Attrition · Awaken the Erstwhile · Backlash · Banewhip Punisher · Basilisk Collar · Battle Hymn · Bedevil · Bedlam · Black Market · Blasphemous Act · Body Count · Bolt Bend · Brand of Ill Omen · Bullwhip · Cabal Slaver · Cateran Slaver · Cellar Door · Command the Dreadhorde · Costly Plunder · Cradle to Grave · Crush Underfoot · Curse of Shallow Graves · Curse of the Restless Dead · Dark Ritual · Dark Salvation · Darkness · Deadly Rollick · Deadpool, Trading Card · Demonspine Whip · Drag to the Underworld · Dread Slaver · Dreadhorde Arcanist · Endless Ranks of the Dead · Enslave · Enslaved Horror · Fire Whip · From Under the Floorboards · Fury of the Horde · Generous Plunderer · Ghoulcaller Gisa · Gisa's Bidding · Graf Harvest · Grixis Slavedriver · Horde of Boggarts · Horrible Hordes · Howl of the Horde · Lash of the Whip · Liliana, Dreadhorde General · Luke Cage, Hero for Hire · Mahadi, Emporium Master · Mind Whip · Necrotic Hex · Pitiless Plunderer · Prisoner's Dilemma · Quest for the Gravelord · Rakdos, Lord of Riots · Razortip Whip · Scalding Tongs · Tenacious Underdog · Tymaret, the Murder King · Underworld Sentinel · Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge · Viridian Longbow · Welcome the Dead · Whip of Erebos · Whipkeeper · Badlands · Bloodstained Mire · Cabal Coffers · Command Tower · Dragonskull Summit · Phyrexian Tower · Reliquary Tower · Rogue's Passage · Smoldering Marsh · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
🃏 Recommended cards for L'Rell, Fierce Visionary
The highest-synergy cards in decks for L'Rell, Fierce Visionary, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Horrible Hordes | 100% | +100% |
| Whipkeeper | 100% | +100% |
| Scalding Tongs | 100% | +100% |
| Mind Whip | 100% | +100% |
| Brand of Ill Omen | 100% | +100% |
| Bullwhip | 100% | +100% |
| Lash of the Whip | 100% | +100% |
| Enslaved Horror | 100% | +100% |
| Grixis Slavedriver | 100% | +100% |
| Crush Underfoot | 100% | +100% |
| Cellar Door | 100% | +100% |
| Cradle to Grave | 100% | +100% |
| Assassin's Blade | 100% | +100% |
| Dread Slaver | 100% | +100% |
| Graf Harvest | 100% | +100% |
| Razortip Whip | 100% | +100% |
| Cateran Slaver | 100% | +100% |
| Quest for the Gravelord | 100% | +100% |
| Horde of Boggarts | 100% | +100% |
| Dark Salvation | 100% | +100% |
| Enslave | 100% | +100% |
| Fire Whip | 100% | +100% |
| Underworld Sentinel | 100% | +100% |
| Drag to the Underworld | 100% | +100% |
💰 The best cards for your L'Rell, Fierce Visionary 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.
- Horrible Hordes
- Whipkeeper
- Scalding Tongs
- Mind Whip
- Brand of Ill Omen
- Bullwhip
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Curse of the Restless Dead
- Body Count
- Battle Hymn
- Darkness
- Liliana, Dreadhorde General
- Prisoner's Dilemma
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Attrition
- Deadpool, Trading Card
- Generous Plunderer
- Cabal Coffers
- Phyrexian Tower
- Badlands
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is L'Rell, Fierce Visionary's color identity?
L'Rell, Fierce Visionary is Rakdos (black and red): 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 L'Rell, Fierce Visionary come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average L'Rell, Fierce Visionary deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 31 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.7 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 91 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 52 % of the time and floods 22 %. Deck health: F (34/100).
How many lands should a L'Rell, Fierce Visionary deck run?
Real L'Rell, Fierce Visionary decks run 31 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 L'Rell, Fierce Visionary?
The three highest-synergy cards are Horrible Hordes, Whipkeeper, Scalding Tongs. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in L'Rell, Fierce Visionary decks.
What combos does L'Rell, Fierce Visionary have?
We have no known combos catalogued for L'Rell, Fierce Visionary. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a L'Rell, Fierce Visionary deck cost?
You can start cheap: Horrible Hordes, Whipkeeper, Scalding Tongs 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.