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Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Creature — Zombie
Color identity: Black · Blue · Dimir
Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris is Dimir (black and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Whenever Ludevic enters or attacks, mill a card.
{X}{U}{U}{B}{B}, Exile X creature cards from your graveyard: Transform Ludevic. X can't be 0. Activate only as a sorcery.
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As this creature transforms into Olag, Ludevic's Hubris, it becomes a copy of a creature card exiled with it, except its name is Olag, Ludevic's Hubris, it's 4/4, and it's a legendary blue and black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on Olag equal to the number of creature cards exiled with it.
Reference price of the card: €0.22
Average lands in decks for Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris: 35
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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+ (60/100)
- Consistency52
- Speed53
- Interaction74
- Resilience81
- Closing48
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (21 nonbasic, 6 Island, 8 Swamp)
Arcane Signet · Sol Ring · Deranged Assistant · Dimir Signet · Millikin · Stitcher's Supplier · Frantic Search · Obsessive Stitcher · Talisman of Dominance · Buried Alive · Forbidden Alchemy · Feed the Swarm · Forgotten Creation · Counterspell · Undead Butler · Laboratory Maniac · Vile Entomber · Likeness Looter · Wonder · Consider · Victimize · Reanimate · Stitch Together · Fact or Fiction · Mind Stone · Negate · Animate Dead · Phage the Untouchable · Doom Whisperer · Oriq Loremage · Blighted Agent · Cemetery Tampering · Syr Konrad, the Grim · Dread Return · Lazav, the Multifarious · Otherworldly Gaze · Entomb · Infernal Grasp · Swiftfoot Boots · Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator · Commander's Sphere · Consuming Aberration · Fellwar Stone · Geralf, Visionary Stitcher · Master of Death · Mire Triton · Songs of the Damned · The Ancient One · Thought Scour · Dark Ritual · Dreadhound · Body Double · Flip the Switch · Rakshasa Debaser · Wrexial, the Risen Deep · Deep Analysis · Necrotic Ooze · Overcharged Amalgam · Windfall · Angel of Suffering · Hullbreaker Horror · Price of Fame · Rooftop Storm · Singularity Rupture · Command Tower · Sunken Hollow · Choked Estuary · Drowned Catacomb · Dimir Aqueduct · Evolving Wilds · Tainted Isle · Nephalia Drownyard · Shipwreck Marsh · Temple of Deceit · Darkwater Catacombs · Bojuka Bog · Rogue's Passage · Underground River · Watery Grave · Myriad Landscape · Port of Karfell · Dismal Backwater · Drownyard Temple · Polluted Delta · Terramorphic Expanse
🃏 Recommended cards for Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Deranged Assistant | 59% | +56% |
| Millikin | 48% | +45% |
| Stitcher's Supplier | 46% | +42% |
| Obsessive Stitcher | 41% | +38% |
| Forbidden Alchemy | 38% | +37% |
| Undead Butler | 33% | +31% |
| Forgotten Creation | 34% | +31% |
| Buried Alive | 38% | +30% |
| Vile Entomber | 31% | +28% |
| Laboratory Maniac | 31% | +28% |
| Nephalia Drownyard | 35% | +26% |
| Phage the Untouchable | 26% | +25% |
| Stitch Together | 28% | +25% |
| Oriq Loremage | 25% | +24% |
| Wonder | 30% | +24% |
| Frantic Search | 43% | +24% |
| Cemetery Tampering | 24% | +23% |
| Likeness Looter | 30% | +22% |
| Blighted Agent | 24% | +22% |
| Lazav, the Multifarious | 23% | +21% |
| Doom Whisperer | 25% | +20% |
| Evolving Wilds | 36% | +19% |
| Songs of the Damned | 20% | +19% |
| Fact or Fiction | 27% | +18% |
💰 The best cards for your Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris 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.
- Deranged Assistant
- Millikin
- Stitcher's Supplier
- Obsessive Stitcher
- Forbidden Alchemy
- Undead Butler
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Phage the Untouchable
- Likeness Looter
- Doom Whisperer
- Angel of Suffering
- Animate Dead
- Entomb
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Sheoldred, Whispering One
- Incarnation Technique
- Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
- Out of the Tombs
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris's color identity?
Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris is Dimir (black and blue): 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 Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.2 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 31 % of the time and floods 24 %. Deck health: C+ (60/100).
How many lands should a Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris deck run?
Real Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris 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 Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris?
The three highest-synergy cards are Deranged Assistant, Millikin, Stitcher's Supplier. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris decks.
What combos does Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris deck cost?
You can start cheap: Deranged Assistant, Millikin, Stitcher's Supplier 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.