EDH Optimizer
Lu Su, Wu Advisor
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor · 3UU
Color identity: Blue
Lu Su, Wu Advisor is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
{T}: Draw a card. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
Reference price of the card: €16.31
Average lands in decks for Lu Su, Wu Advisor: 35
Extra Turns+1/+1 CountersArtifactsCantripsComboGroup Hug
Build your Lu Su, Wu Advisor deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Lu Su, Wu Advisor 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Lu Su, Wu Advisor 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: A (84/100)
- Consistency86
- Speed56
- Interaction100
- Resilience87
- Closing97
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (5 nonbasic, 30 Island)
Sol Ring · Dramatic Reversal · Sapphire Medallion · Arcane Signet · Thought Vessel · Mind Stone · Counterspell · High Tide · Laboratory Maniac · Mana Drain · Arcane Denial · Teferi's Ageless Insight · Aphetto Alchemist · Fellwar Stone · Rhystic Study · Wizard Class · Council of Advisors · Frantic Search · Ioreth of the Healing House · Negate · Pongify · Thassa's Oracle · Turnabout · Windfall · The Endstone · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Commander's Sphere · Consecrated Sphinx · Dispel · Gitaxian Probe · Hedron Archive · Mind Over Matter · Omniscience · Ponder · Psychosis Crawler · Solemn Simulacrum · Spellskite · Thousand-Year Elixir · Thran Dynamo · Triskaidekaphile · Arcanis the Omnipotent · Borrowing 100,000 Arrows · Jace, Wielder of Mysteries · Silver Myr · Talas Researcher · Treasure Cruise · Body of Knowledge · Brainstorm · Capture of Jingzhou · Faerie Mastermind · Force of Negation · Sky Diamond · Burnished Hart · Enter the Infinite · Fierce Guardianship · Mind's Desire · Mystic Remora · Phyrexian Metamorph · Pollywog Prodigy · Psychic Corrosion · Snap · Swan Song · Time Warp · Unctus, Grand Metatect · Reliquary Tower · Minamo, School at Water's Edge · Mystic Sanctuary · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Temple of the False God
🃏 Recommended cards for Lu Su, Wu Advisor
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Lu Su, Wu Advisor, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Dramatic Reversal | 75% | +57% |
| Aphetto Alchemist | 50% | +47% |
| Council of Advisors | 46% | +46% |
| Turnabout | 46% | +43% |
| The Endstone | 44% | +42% |
| Ioreth of the Healing House | 46% | +42% |
| Mind Over Matter | 42% | +39% |
| Laboratory Maniac | 58% | +38% |
| Thousand-Year Elixir | 42% | +38% |
| Talas Researcher | 38% | +37% |
| Teferi's Ageless Insight | 54% | +37% |
| Borrowing 100,000 Arrows | 38% | +37% |
| Hedron Archive | 42% | +36% |
| Thassa's Oracle | 46% | +34% |
| Commander's Sphere | 42% | +33% |
| Dispel | 42% | +33% |
| Omniscience | 42% | +33% |
| Wizard Class | 50% | +33% |
| Mind Stone | 67% | +33% |
| Mana Drain | 58% | +32% |
| Triskaidekaphile | 42% | +31% |
| Arcanis the Omnipotent | 38% | +31% |
| Capture of Jingzhou | 33% | +31% |
| Gitaxian Probe | 42% | +31% |
💰 The best cards for your Lu Su, Wu Advisor 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.
- Dramatic Reversal
- Aphetto Alchemist
- Turnabout
- Ioreth of the Healing House
- Laboratory Maniac
- Talas Researcher
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Council of Advisors
- The Endstone
- Teferi's Ageless Insight
- Omniscience
- Wizard Class
- Capture of Jingzhou
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Mind Over Matter
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Thassa's Oracle
- Mana Drain
- Consecrated Sphinx
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Lu Su, Wu Advisor
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- 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
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Vizier of Tumbling Sands → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital → Infinite mill for target opponent
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Kelpie Guide → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Aphetto Alchemist → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
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Frequently asked questions
What is Lu Su, Wu Advisor's color identity?
Lu Su, Wu Advisor is blue: 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 Lu Su, Wu Advisor come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Lu Su, Wu Advisor deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.6 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 16 % of the time and floods 3 %. Deck health: A (84/100).
How many lands should a Lu Su, Wu Advisor deck run?
Real Lu Su, Wu Advisor decks run 35 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 Lu Su, Wu Advisor?
The three highest-synergy cards are Dramatic Reversal, Aphetto Alchemist, Council of Advisors. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Lu Su, Wu Advisor decks.
What combos does Lu Su, Wu Advisor have?
Lu Su, Wu Advisor has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. 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 Lu Su, Wu Advisor deck cost?
You can start cheap: Dramatic Reversal, Aphetto Alchemist, Turnabout 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.