EDH Optimizer
Old One Eye
Legendary Creature — Tyranid · 5G
Color identity: Green
Old One Eye is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Trample
Other creatures you control have trample.
When Old One Eye enters, create a 5/5 green Tyranid creature token.
Fast Healing — At the beginning of your first main phase, you may discard two cards. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Reference price of the card: €2.11
Average lands in decks for Old One Eye: 36
+1/+1 CountersAggroRampTokensBlinkStompyTyranidsBirthing Pod
Build your Old One Eye deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Old One Eye 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Old One Eye 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: B (71/100)
- Consistency96
- Speed67
- Interaction23
- Resilience69
- Closing99
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (11 nonbasic, 25 Forest)
Sol Ring · Garruk's Uprising · Cultivate · Rampant Growth · Beast Within · Emerald Medallion · Elemental Bond · Heroic Intervention · Tervigon · Nature's Lore · Rishkar's Expertise · Termagant Swarm · Llanowar Elves · Hierophant Bio-Titan · Hormagaunt Horde · Kodama's Reach · Return of the Wildspeaker · Sporocyst · Biophagus · Ghalta, Primal Hunger · Broodlord · Tyrant Guard · Unnatural Growth · Arcane Signet · Haruspex · Three Visits · Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus · Eternal Witness · Fanatic of Rhonas · Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma · Purestrain Genestealer · Tribute to the World Tree · Aberrant · Beast Whisperer · Ohran Frostfang · Elvish Mystic · Clamavus · The Great Henge · Bone Sabres · Garruk's Packleader · Ram Through · Explore · Defiler of Vigor · Harmonize · Lictor · Conjurer's Closet · Nexos · Ezuri's Predation · Hardened Scales · Harrow · Wild Growth · The Earth Crystal · Toxicrene · Momentous Fall · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Entish Restoration · Greater Good · Krosan Grip · Doubling Season · Rhonas's Monument · Tyranid Invasion · Colossal Majesty · Death's Presence · Reliquary Tower · Mosswort Bridge · Castle Garenbrig · Rogue's Passage · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · War Room · Myriad Landscape · Boseiju, Who Endures · Bonders' Enclave · Oran-Rief, the Vastwood · Temple of the False God
🃏 Recommended cards for Old One Eye
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Old One Eye, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Tervigon | 54% | +54% |
| Termagant Swarm | 52% | +52% |
| Hierophant Bio-Titan | 50% | +49% |
| Hormagaunt Horde | 49% | +49% |
| Sporocyst | 47% | +46% |
| Broodlord | 45% | +45% |
| Biophagus | 46% | +45% |
| Tyrant Guard | 45% | +44% |
| Haruspex | 44% | +44% |
| Elemental Bond | 56% | +43% |
| Purestrain Genestealer | 43% | +43% |
| Aberrant | 42% | +42% |
| Clamavus | 40% | +39% |
| Bone Sabres | 39% | +38% |
| Lictor | 34% | +34% |
| Garruk's Packleader | 39% | +33% |
| Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus | 44% | +33% |
| Conjurer's Closet | 33% | +32% |
| Nexos | 33% | +32% |
| Garruk's Uprising | 71% | +31% |
| Ghalta, Primal Hunger | 46% | +30% |
| Toxicrene | 30% | +30% |
| Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma | 43% | +28% |
| Tyranid Invasion | 27% | +27% |
💰 The best cards for your Old One Eye 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.
- Termagant Swarm
- Hierophant Bio-Titan
- Hormagaunt Horde
- Broodlord
- Haruspex
- Purestrain Genestealer
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Tervigon
- Tyrant Guard
- Elemental Bond
- Aberrant
- Bone Sabres
- Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Sporocyst
- Biophagus
- Fanatic of Rhonas
- Tribute to the World Tree
- Life Finds a Way
- The Great Henge
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Old One Eye
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
- Springheart Nantuko + Doubling Season → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Eternal Scourge + Food Chain → Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Old One Eye's color identity?
Old One Eye is green: 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 Old One Eye come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Old One Eye deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 97 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 15 % of the time and floods 2 %. Deck health: B (71/100).
How many lands should a Old One Eye deck run?
Real Old One Eye 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 Old One Eye?
The three highest-synergy cards are Tervigon, Termagant Swarm, Hierophant Bio-Titan. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Old One Eye decks.
What combos does Old One Eye have?
Old One Eye has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner. 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 Old One Eye deck cost?
You can start cheap: Termagant Swarm, Hierophant Bio-Titan, Hormagaunt Horde 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.