EDH Optimizer
Power Pack
Legendary Creature — Human Hero · 1RGWU
Color identity: Green · Red · Blue · White · Ink-Treader
Power Pack is Ink-Treader (green, red, blue and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying, vigilance, trample, haste
Whenever Power Pack deals combat damage to a player, exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard chosen at random. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Reference price of the card: €0.21
Comes in the precon The Fantastic Four
Average lands in decks for Power Pack: 36
SpellslingerStorm+1/+1 CountersChaosExtra TurnsGraveyardTokensBig Mana
Build your Power Pack deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Power Pack 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Power Pack 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: B (67/100)
- Consistency86
- Speed52
- Interaction34
- Resilience72
- Closing94
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (26 nonbasic, 2 Plains, 3 Island, 3 Mountain, 2 Forest)
Arcane Signet · Sol Ring · Annie Joins Up · Farseek · Quantum Misalignment · Whirlwind of Thought · Three Visits · Chromatic Lantern · Cultivate · Crystal, Inhuman Princess · Improvisation Capstone · Path to Exile · Cosmic Crucible · Swords to Plowshares · Frantic Search · Nature's Lore · Call Forth the Tempest · First Family · Valeria Richards, Precocious · Fellwar Stone · Birds of Paradise · Franklin Richards, Ascendant · Magma Opus · Big Score · Mister Fantastic · Faeburrow Elder · Genesis Ultimatum · Taunt from the Rampart · Resonating Lute · Seize the Day · Bloom Tender · Fact or Fiction · Irenicus's Vile Duplication · Kellan, the Kid · Growth Spiral · Into the Time Vortex · Jeskai Ascendancy · Lorehold, the Historian · Recurring Insight · Unexpected Windfall · Beast Within · H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot · Mnemonic Deluge · Noble Hierarch · Archmage Emeritus · Chaos Warp · Faithless Looting · Lockjaw, Slobbering Teleporter · Aminatou's Augury · Heroic Intervention · Lightning Greaves · Promise of Loyalty · Urban Evolution · Boros Charm · Flame On! · Galvanic Iteration · Inspired Ultimatum · Storm Herd · Storm, Force of Nature · Multiversal Recruitment · Skyshroud Claim · Storm-Kiln Artist · Unstable Molecule Suit · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Stomping Ground · Ketria Triome · Breeding Pool · Temple Garden · Fabled Passage · Path of Ancestry · Rejuvenating Springs · Hallowed Fountain · Spara's Headquarters · Steam Vents · Jetmir's Garden · Raugrin Triome · Baxter Building · Canopy Vista · Misty Rainforest · Sacred Foundry · Wooded Foothills · Flooded Strand · Sulfur Falls · Hinterland Harbor · Arid Mesa · Scalding Tarn · Windswept Heath · Cinder Glade
🃏 Recommended cards for Power Pack
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Power Pack, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Quantum Misalignment | 54% | +48% |
| Whirlwind of Thought | 53% | +41% |
| Improvisation Capstone | 44% | +41% |
| Frantic Search | 42% | +38% |
| Call Forth the Tempest | 38% | +38% |
| Magma Opus | 36% | +35% |
| Annie Joins Up | 62% | +35% |
| Big Score | 35% | +33% |
| Crystal, Inhuman Princess | 45% | +32% |
| Kellan, the Kid | 31% | +31% |
| Resonating Lute | 32% | +30% |
| Fact or Fiction | 31% | +30% |
| Cosmic Crucible | 43% | +29% |
| Seize the Day | 32% | +29% |
| Irenicus's Vile Duplication | 31% | +29% |
| Genesis Ultimatum | 34% | +28% |
| Mister Fantastic | 35% | +28% |
| Lorehold, the Historian | 28% | +28% |
| Into the Time Vortex | 29% | +26% |
| Unexpected Windfall | 27% | +26% |
| Mnemonic Deluge | 26% | +26% |
| Franklin Richards, Ascendant | 36% | +25% |
| Recurring Insight | 27% | +25% |
| First Family | 38% | +25% |
💰 The best cards for your Power Pack 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.
- Whirlwind of Thought
- Frantic Search
- Magma Opus
- Annie Joins Up
- Big Score
- Crystal, Inhuman Princess
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Quantum Misalignment
- Seize the Day
- Irenicus's Vile Duplication
- Unexpected Windfall
- Storm, Force of Nature
- Three Visits
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Improvisation Capstone
- Call Forth the Tempest
- Mnemonic Deluge
- Ketria Triome
- Delayed Blast Fireball
- Expropriate
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Power Pack
- Storm-Kiln Artist + Seething Song + Reiterate → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colored mana, Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack, Infinite power for any creature, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count, Infinite Treasure tokens
- Approach of the Second Sun + Windfall → Win the game
- Bloom Tender + Freed from the Real → Infinite non-blue mana of colors among permanents you control, Infinite mana of colors among permanents you control
- Storm-Kiln Artist + Thousand-Year Storm + Narset's Reversal → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colored mana, Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack, Infinite power for any creature, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count, Infinite Treasure tokens
- Birgi, God of Storytelling + Seething Song + Reiterate → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count
- Bumi, Unleashed + Ashaya, Soul of the Wild → Infinite combat phases, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite green mana, Infinite combat damage, Infinite untap of nontoken creatures you control, Infinite mana nontoken creatures you control can produce, Infinite untap of lands you control
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Frequently asked questions
What is Power Pack's color identity?
Power Pack is Ink-Treader (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 Power Pack come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Power Pack 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 96 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 19 % of the time and floods 6 %. Deck health: B (67/100).
How many lands should a Power Pack deck run?
Real Power Pack 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 Power Pack?
The three highest-synergy cards are Quantum Misalignment, Whirlwind of Thought, Improvisation Capstone. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Power Pack decks.
What combos does Power Pack have?
Power Pack has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Storm-Kiln Artist + Seething Song + Reiterate. 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 Power Pack deck cost?
You can start cheap: Whirlwind of Thought, Frantic Search, Magma Opus 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.