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Progenitus
Legendary Creature — Hydra Avatar · WWUUBBRRGG
Color identity: Black · Green · Red · Blue · White
Progenitus is black, green, red, blue and white: its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Protection from everything
If Progenitus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Progenitus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.
Reference price of the card: €0.75
Average lands in decks for Progenitus: 37
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Build your Progenitus deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Progenitus 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Progenitus 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 (66/100)
- Consistency94
- Speed63
- Interaction40
- Resilience75
- Closing60
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (26 nonbasic, 2 Plains, 1 Island, 2 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 5 Forest)
Arcane Signet · Sol Ring · Chromatic Lantern · Farseek · Cultivate · Mirari's Wake · Rampant Growth · Fist of Suns · Kodama's Reach · Swords to Plowshares · Rhythm of the Wild · Timeless Lotus · Nature's Lore · Faeburrow Elder · Leyline of Mutation · Jodah, Archmage Eternal · Finest Hour · Birds of Paradise · Dryad of the Ilysian Grove · Rafiq of the Many · Counterspell · Leyline of the Guildpact · Fellwar Stone · Path to Exile · Three Visits · Ignoble Hierarch · Growth Spiral · Chromatic Orrery · Bloom Tender · Ruinous Ultimatum · Heroic Intervention · Commander's Sphere · Ramos, Dragon Engine · Geode Golem · Garruk's Uprising · Noble Hierarch · Zaxara, the Exemplary · Blasphemous Act · Door to Nothingness · Hydroid Krasis · Gargos, Vicious Watcher · Managorger Hydra · Temur Ascendancy · Skyshroud Claim · Jegantha, the Wellspring · Smothering Tithe · Morophon, the Boundless · Fog · Kalonian Hydra · Goldvein Hydra · Rhystic Study · Demonic Tutor · Apocalypse Hydra · Primordial Hydra · Teferi's Protection · Negate · Mossborn Hydra · Apex Devastator · Flaming Fist · Beast Within · Maelstrom Nexus · Circuitous Route · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · The World Tree · Path of Ancestry · Ketria Triome · Breeding Pool · Temple Garden · Indatha Triome · Stomping Ground · Zagoth Triome · Overgrown Tomb · Reliquary Tower · Spara's Headquarters · Jetmir's Garden · Hallowed Fountain · Windswept Heath · Evolving Wilds · Wooded Foothills · Ziatora's Proving Ground · Raugrin Triome · Misty Rainforest · Godless Shrine · Verdant Catacombs · Watery Grave · Steam Vents · Jungle Shrine
🃏 Recommended cards for Progenitus
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Progenitus, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Mirari's Wake | 40% | +33% |
| Finest Hour | 32% | +31% |
| Fist of Suns | 37% | +31% |
| Rafiq of the Many | 30% | +30% |
| Jodah, Archmage Eternal | 32% | +29% |
| Leyline of Mutation | 32% | +29% |
| Rhythm of the Wild | 34% | +24% |
| Geode Golem | 23% | +22% |
| Timeless Lotus | 33% | +22% |
| Zaxara, the Exemplary | 22% | +21% |
| Hydroid Krasis | 21% | +21% |
| Managorger Hydra | 20% | +20% |
| Gargos, Vicious Watcher | 20% | +20% |
| Door to Nothingness | 21% | +18% |
| Chromatic Orrery | 26% | +18% |
| Rampant Growth | 37% | +18% |
| Goldvein Hydra | 18% | +18% |
| Growth Spiral | 26% | +18% |
| Kalonian Hydra | 18% | +17% |
| Dryad of the Ilysian Grove | 30% | +17% |
| Primordial Hydra | 17% | +17% |
| Ruinous Ultimatum | 24% | +17% |
| Apocalypse Hydra | 17% | +17% |
| Ramos, Dragon Engine | 23% | +17% |
💰 The best cards for your Progenitus 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.
- Finest Hour
- Rafiq of the Many
- Jodah, Archmage Eternal
- Leyline of Mutation
- Geode Golem
- Zaxara, the Exemplary
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Mirari's Wake
- Fist of Suns
- Rhythm of the Wild
- Timeless Lotus
- Goldvein Hydra
- Kalonian Hydra
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Chromatic Orrery
- Indatha Triome
- Zagoth Triome
- The Great Henge
- Ketria Triome
- The Ozolith
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Progenitus
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle → Exile your library, Win the game
- Tainted Pact + Thassa's Oracle → Win the game
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
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Frequently asked questions
What is Progenitus's color identity?
Progenitus 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 Progenitus come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Progenitus deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 7.7 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 50 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 10 % of the time and floods 11 %. Deck health: B (66/100).
How many lands should a Progenitus deck run?
Real Progenitus 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 Progenitus?
The three highest-synergy cards are Mirari's Wake, Finest Hour, Fist of Suns. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Progenitus decks.
What combos does Progenitus have?
Progenitus has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. 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 Progenitus deck cost?
You can start cheap: Finest Hour, Rafiq of the Many, Jodah, Archmage Eternal 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.