EDH Optimizer
Madame Masque
Legendary Creature — Human Villain · 4B
Color identity: Black
Madame Masque is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When Madame Masque enters, she connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/1 black Villain creature token with menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Reference price of the card: €0.13
Average lands in decks for Madame Masque: 36
Build your Madame Masque deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Madame Masque 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Madame Masque deck starts over 4,000 games
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+ (63/100)
- Consistency92
- Speed58
- Interaction5
- Resilience66
- Closing96
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (23 nonbasic, 13 Swamp)
Arcane Signet · Front Porch Sentries · Sol Ring · Fanatical Offering · Morbid Opportunist · Village Rites · Altar's Reap · Corrupted Conviction · Costly Plunder · Deadly Dispute · Feed the Swarm · Fellwar Stone · Mind Stone · Nadier's Nightblade · Night's Whisper · Rowan's Grim Search · Sign in Blood · Succumb to Temptation · Zenith Chronicler · Zulaport Cutthroat · Ashnod's Altar · Ayara, First of Locthwain · Bastion of Remembrance · Black Market Connections · Blood Artist · Blood Pact · Buried Alive · Commander's Sphere · Creeping Bloodsucker · Dark Ritual · Decanter of Endless Water · Desperate Measures · Exsanguinate · Funeral Room // Awakening Hall · Ghirapur Orrery · Gilded Lotus · Gixian Puppeteer · Gravecrawler · Greed · Head Games · HYDRA Troopers · Merciless Resolve · Mirkwood Bats · Nether Traitor · Nirkana Revenant · Otherworld Atlas · Painful Lesson · Phyrexian Altar · Phyrexian Arena · Polluted Bonds · Psychosis Crawler · Read the Bones · Reckoner's Bargain · Roaming Throne · Rot-Curse Rakshasa · Sheoldred, the Apocalypse · Sisay's Ring · Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader · Strionic Resonator · Tempting Contract · The Sibsig Ceremony · Thought Vessel · Thran Dynamo · Reliquary Tower · Cabal Coffers · Cabal Stronghold · Phyrexian Tower · Ash Barrens · Bojuka Bog · Eumidian Hatchery · Evolving Wilds · Exotic Orchard · Fabled Passage · Geier Reach Sanitarium · Mikokoro, Center of the Sea · Mortuary Mire · Nesting Grounds · Opal Palace · Path of Ancestry · Rogue's Passage · Secluded Courtyard · Susur Secundi, Void Altar · Temple of the False God · Terramorphic Expanse · Unclaimed Territory · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
🃏 Recommended cards for Madame Masque
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Madame Masque, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Front Porch Sentries | 100% | +100% |
| Fanatical Offering | 80% | +79% |
| Rowan's Grim Search | 60% | +59% |
| Zenith Chronicler | 60% | +59% |
| Succumb to Temptation | 60% | +59% |
| Costly Plunder | 60% | +58% |
| Altar's Reap | 60% | +58% |
| Nadier's Nightblade | 60% | +58% |
| Morbid Opportunist | 80% | +56% |
| Village Rites | 80% | +54% |
| Corrupted Conviction | 60% | +48% |
| Fellwar Stone | 60% | +46% |
| Merciless Resolve | 40% | +40% |
| Head Games | 40% | +40% |
| Toxin Analysis | 40% | +40% |
| Sisay's Ring | 40% | +40% |
| HYDRA Troopers | 40% | +40% |
| Tempting Contract | 40% | +40% |
| Desperate Measures | 40% | +39% |
| Ghirapur Orrery | 40% | +39% |
| Starscream, Power Hungry | 40% | +39% |
| Otherworld Atlas | 40% | +39% |
| Witch's Cauldron | 40% | +39% |
| Painful Lesson | 40% | +39% |
💰 The best cards for your Madame Masque 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.
- Front Porch Sentries
- Rowan's Grim Search
- Zenith Chronicler
- Succumb to Temptation
- Costly Plunder
- Altar's Reap
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Fanatical Offering
- Tempting Contract
- Strionic Resonator
- Venser's Journal
- Polluted Bonds
- Decanter of Endless Water
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Roaming Throne
- Phyrexian Altar
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Madame Masque
- Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Blood Artist → Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite storm count, Infinite lifeloss
- Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Ayara, First of Locthwain → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite storm count, Infinite lifeloss
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Frequently asked questions
What is Madame Masque's color identity?
Madame Masque 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 Madame Masque come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Madame Masque deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 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 10 % of the time and floods 5 %. Deck health: C+ (63/100).
How many lands should a Madame Masque deck run?
Real Madame Masque 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 Madame Masque?
The three highest-synergy cards are Front Porch Sentries, Fanatical Offering, Rowan's Grim Search. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Madame Masque decks.
What combos does Madame Masque have?
Madame Masque has 4 known combos. The most popular one is Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar. 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 Madame Masque deck cost?
You can start cheap: Front Porch Sentries, Rowan's Grim Search, Zenith Chronicler 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.