EDH Optimizer
Lady Orca
Legendary Creature — Demon · 5BR
Color identity: Black · Red · Rakdos
Lady Orca is Rakdos (black and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Reference price of the card: €0.24
Average lands in decks for Lady Orca: 37
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Build your Lady Orca deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Lady Orca 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Lady Orca 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+ (62/100)
- Consistency43
- Speed54
- Interaction41
- Resilience72
- Closing94
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (14 nonbasic, 11 Swamp, 12 Mountain)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Dark Ritual · Rakdos Signet · Blasphemous Act · Rakdos Charm · Chaos Warp · Terminate · Feed the Swarm · Mind Stone · Faithless Looting · Swiftfoot Boots · Talisman of Indulgence · Demonic Tutor · Kardur, Doomscourge · Phyrexian Arena · Big Score · Chandra's Ignition · Orca, Siege Demon · Rakdos, Lord of Riots · Sign in Blood · Unexpected Windfall · Hexing Squelcher · Commander's Sphere · Fellwar Stone · Fling · Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire · Night's Whisper · Seething Song · Fire Covenant · Iron Myr · Mana Geyser · Read the Bones · Thran Dynamo · Toxic Deluge · Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant · Bedevil · Fell the Profane // Fell Mire · Goblin Assailant · Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak · Reanimate · Solemn Simulacrum · Balduvian Barbarians · Descent into Avernus · Dragon Mantle · Dream Devourer · Embercleave · Firebreathing · Havoc Festival · Kolaghan's Command · Lightning Bolt · Mask of Griselbrand · Rotting Mastodon · Tainted Strike · Viashino Warrior · Yargle, Glutton of Urborg · Burnished Hart · Canal Monitor · Charcoal Diamond · Fire Diamond · Fireball · Greed · Command Tower · Dragonskull Summit · Smoldering Marsh · Blood Crypt · Rakdos Carnarium · Luxury Suite · Sulfurous Springs · Bojuka Bog · Haunted Ridge · Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway · Raucous Theater · Rogue's Passage · Bloodstained Mire · Evolving Wilds
🃏 Recommended cards for Lady Orca
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Lady Orca, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Orca, Siege Demon | 21% | +20% |
| Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant | 17% | +17% |
| Goblin Assailant | 16% | +16% |
| Iron Myr | 18% | +15% |
| Chandra's Ignition | 21% | +15% |
| Fling | 19% | +15% |
| Rakdos, Lord of Riots | 21% | +14% |
| Viashino Warrior | 14% | +14% |
| Rotting Mastodon | 14% | +14% |
| Balduvian Barbarians | 14% | +14% |
| Firebreathing | 14% | +14% |
| Yargle, Glutton of Urborg | 14% | +14% |
| Dragon Mantle | 14% | +14% |
| Thran Dynamo | 18% | +13% |
| Embercleave | 14% | +13% |
| Lost Soul | 12% | +12% |
| Canal Monitor | 12% | +12% |
| Tainted Strike | 14% | +12% |
| Dream Devourer | 14% | +12% |
| Havoc Festival | 14% | +11% |
| Fireball | 12% | +11% |
| Temur Battle Rage | 12% | +11% |
| Fire Covenant | 18% | +11% |
| Greed | 12% | +11% |
💰 The best cards for your Lady Orca 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.
- Orca, Siege Demon
- Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant
- Goblin Assailant
- Iron Myr
- Fling
- Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Chandra's Ignition
- Thran Dynamo
- Embercleave
- Tainted Strike
- Strip Mine
- Crookshank Kobolds
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Cabal Coffers
- Talon Gates of Madara
- Badlands
- Razaketh, the Foulblooded
- Hexing Squelcher
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Lady Orca
- Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood → Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite lifegain
- Underworld Breach + Wheel of Fortune + Jeska's Will → Infinite draw triggers for all players, Infinite looting for all players, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Wheel of Fortune → Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting, Infinite looting for opponents, Near-infinite storm count
- Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite magecraft triggers
- Aetherflux Reservoir + Exquisite Blood → Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers, Near-infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Lady Orca's color identity?
Lady Orca 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 Lady Orca come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Lady Orca deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 6.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 87 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 14 % of the time and floods 24 %. Deck health: C+ (62/100).
How many lands should a Lady Orca deck run?
Real Lady Orca 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 Lady Orca?
The three highest-synergy cards are Orca, Siege Demon, Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant, Goblin Assailant. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Lady Orca decks.
What combos does Lady Orca have?
Lady Orca has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood. 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 Lady Orca deck cost?
You can start cheap: Orca, Siege Demon, Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant, Goblin Assailant 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.