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Miss Highwater
Legendary Creature — Demon Advisor · 2BB
Color identity: Black
Miss Highwater is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Menace
Whenever Miss Highwater deals combat damage to a player who doesn't have a contract counter, they may discard their hand. If they do, they draw seven cards and get a contract counter. For as long as they have a contract counter, when they lose the game, for each artifact and creature they controlled, create a token that's a copy of it.
Average lands in decks for Miss Highwater: 35
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Build your Miss Highwater deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Miss Highwater 📥 Analyze my deck🃏 Recommended cards for Miss Highwater
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Miss Highwater, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Tempting Contract | 63% | +63% |
| Scheming Symmetry | 63% | +59% |
| Kuroki, Thief of Talents | 52% | +52% |
| No Mercy | 59% | +51% |
| Wishclaw Talisman | 56% | +49% |
| Sower of Discord | 49% | +48% |
| Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor | 51% | +46% |
| Darkness | 56% | +45% |
| Oft-Nabbed Goat | 43% | +42% |
| Crawlspace | 43% | +41% |
| Dark Deal | 51% | +40% |
| Rogue's Passage | 57% | +38% |
| Curse of Vengeance | 38% | +38% |
| Rankle, Master of Pranks | 49% | +37% |
| Keen Duelist | 39% | +37% |
| Tempt with Immortality | 36% | +35% |
| Scrawling Crawler | 39% | +35% |
| Virtus's Maneuver | 35% | +34% |
| Infernal Offering | 34% | +34% |
| Imp's Mischief | 59% | +33% |
| Decorum Dissertation | 39% | +33% |
| Waste Not | 43% | +32% |
| Seizan, Perverter of Truth | 36% | +32% |
| Baleful Mastery | 39% | +32% |
💰 The best cards for your Miss Highwater 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.
- Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
- Oft-Nabbed Goat
- Rogue's Passage
- Rankle, Master of Pranks
- Keen Duelist
- Tempt with Immortality
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Tempting Contract
- Scheming Symmetry
- No Mercy
- Wishclaw Talisman
- Sower of Discord
- Darkness
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- Koskun Falls
- Black Market Connections
- Crypt Ghast
- Cabal Coffers
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Miss Highwater
- Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank → Infinite mill, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers, Near-infinite lifeloss
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse + Peer into the Abyss → Near-infinite card draw for target opponent, Near-infinite draw triggers for target opponent, Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
- Orcish Bowmasters + Peer into the Abyss → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Near-infinite card draw for target opponent, Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite draw triggers for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
- Aetherflux Reservoir + Bloodthirsty Conqueror → Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain triggers
- Peer into the Abyss + Underworld Dreams → Target opponent loses the game
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Frequently asked questions
What is Miss Highwater's color identity?
Miss Highwater 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.
How many lands should a Miss Highwater deck run?
Real Miss Highwater 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 Miss Highwater?
The three highest-synergy cards are Tempting Contract, Scheming Symmetry, Kuroki, Thief of Talents. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Miss Highwater decks.
What combos does Miss Highwater have?
Miss Highwater has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton. 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 Miss Highwater deck cost?
You can start cheap: Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor, Oft-Nabbed Goat, Rogue's Passage 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.