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Marina Vendrell

Card: Marina Vendrell

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock · WUBRG

Color identity: Black · Green · Red · Blue · White

Marina Vendrell is black, green, red, blue and white: its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.

Rules text:
When Marina Vendrell enters, reveal the top seven cards of your library. Put all enchantment cards from among them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
{T}: Lock or unlock a door of target Room you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Reference price of the card: €0.17

Average lands in decks for Marina Vendrell: 37

EnchantressRoomsComboTokensPillow FortAurasCluesMidrange

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🎲 How the average Marina Vendrell 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.

5.5average turn the commander comes down
88 %of games have it on the battlefield before turn 7
21 %of games miss at least one land drop in the first six turns (mana screw)
5 %of games flood (three or more turns with nothing to cast)
95 %of games close out the table before turn 12
9median closing turn
34 %of games assemble a combo

Deck health of the average list: C+ (59/100)

See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (27 nonbasic, 3 Plains, 2 Island, 2 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 2 Forest)

Central Elevator // Promising Stairs · Greenhouse // Rickety Gazebo · Inquisitive Glimmer · Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna · Restricted Office // Lecture Hall · Mirror Room // Fractured Realm · Arcane Signet · Bottomless Pool // Locker Room · Smoky Lounge // Misty Salon · Sol Ring · Entity Tracker · Ghostly Dancers · Meat Locker // Drowned Diner · Moldering Gym // Weight Room · Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber · Charred Foyer // Warped Space · Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor · Sythis, Harvest's Hand · Dazzling Theater // Prop Room · Sanctum Weaver · Funeral Room // Awakening Hall · Glassworks // Shattered Yard · Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal · Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar · Cramped Vents // Access Maze · Derelict Attic // Widow's Walk · Surgical Suite // Hospital Room · Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery · Fear of Sleep Paralysis · Gremlin Tamer · Jukai Naturalist · Chromatic Lantern · Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab · Grand Entryway // Elegant Rotunda · Sphere of Safety · Eidolon of Blossoms · Enchantress's Presence · Mesa Enchantress · Enduring Vitality · Painter's Studio // Defaced Gallery · Dryad of the Ilysian Grove · Ghostly Keybearer · Underwater Tunnel // Slimy Aquarium · Balemurk Leech · Swords to Plowshares · Ticket Booth // Tunnel of Hate · Keys to the House · Overlord of the Hauntwoods · Setessan Champion · Farseek · Sterling Grove · Zur, Eternal Schemer · Destiny Spinner · Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit · Cultivate · Doomwake Giant · Ondu Spiritdancer · Herald of the Pantheon · Path to Exile · Redress Fate · The Master of Keys · Sigil of the Empty Throne · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Valgavoth's Lair · Hall of Heliod's Generosity · Reliquary Tower · Terramorphic Expanse · Path of Ancestry · Evolving Wilds · Hallowed Fountain · Spara's Headquarters · Temple Garden · Breeding Pool · The World Tree · Arcane Sanctum · Godless Shrine · Indatha Triome · Overgrown Tomb · Stomping Ground · Jetmir's Garden · Seaside Citadel · Windswept Heath · Flooded Strand · Ketria Triome · Opulent Palace · Sandsteppe Citadel · Watery Grave · Zagoth Triome

🃏 Recommended cards for Marina Vendrell

The highest-synergy cards in decks for Marina Vendrell, with their inclusion rate.

CardInclusionSynergy
Central Elevator // Promising Stairs 83% +81%
Greenhouse // Rickety Gazebo 81% +79%
Inquisitive Glimmer 81% +77%
Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna 79% +77%
Restricted Office // Lecture Hall 78% +76%
Mirror Room // Fractured Realm 76% +74%
Smoky Lounge // Misty Salon 72% +70%
Bottomless Pool // Locker Room 72% +70%
Entity Tracker 70% +67%
Ghostly Dancers 68% +66%
Meat Locker // Drowned Diner 65% +63%
Moldering Gym // Weight Room 65% +63%
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber 65% +63%
Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor 64% +62%
Charred Foyer // Warped Space 64% +62%
Dazzling Theater // Prop Room 63% +61%
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall 61% +59%
Glassworks // Shattered Yard 58% +57%
Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal 58% +56%
Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar 56% +55%
Sythis, Harvest's Hand 64% +54%
Cramped Vents // Access Maze 55% +53%
Surgical Suite // Hospital Room 54% +52%
Sanctum Weaver 62% +52%

💰 The best cards for your Marina Vendrell 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.

  • Central Elevator // Promising Stairs€0.12 · 83% inclusion
  • Greenhouse // Rickety Gazebo€0.08 · 81% inclusion
  • Inquisitive Glimmer€0.22 · 81% inclusion
  • Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna€0.23 · 79% inclusion
  • Restricted Office // Lecture Hall€0.24 · 78% inclusion
  • Mirror Room // Fractured Realm€0.25 · 76% inclusion
🛠️ Optimize my deck · up to €2/card

Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card

The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.

  • Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor€2.10 · 64% inclusion
  • Funeral Room // Awakening Hall€4.45 · 61% inclusion
  • Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar€7.19 · 56% inclusion
  • Sythis, Harvest's Hand€2.60 · 64% inclusion
  • Sanctum Weaver€3.92 · 62% inclusion
  • Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery€3.85 · 53% inclusion
🛠️ Optimize my deck · up to €10/card

Tier 3 · No cap no cap

The cards your price cap was hiding from you.

  • Ondu Spiritdancer€14.49 · 29% inclusion
  • Starfield of Nyx€12.93 · 24% inclusion
  • Gloomlake Verge€10.52 · 14% inclusion
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Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.

♾️ Known combos with Marina Vendrell

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Frequently asked questions

What is Marina Vendrell's color identity?

Marina Vendrell is black, green, red, blue and white: 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 Marina Vendrell come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?

In the average Marina Vendrell deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.5 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 88 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 21 % of the time and floods 5 %. Deck health: C+ (59/100).

How many lands should a Marina Vendrell deck run?

Real Marina Vendrell 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 Marina Vendrell?

The three highest-synergy cards are Central Elevator // Promising Stairs, Greenhouse // Rickety Gazebo, Inquisitive Glimmer. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Marina Vendrell decks.

What combos does Marina Vendrell have?

Marina Vendrell 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 Marina Vendrell deck cost?

You can start cheap: Central Elevator // Promising Stairs, Greenhouse // Rickety Gazebo, Inquisitive Glimmer 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.

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