EDH Optimizer
Ramses Overdark
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin · 2UUBB
Color identity: Black · Blue · Dimir
Ramses Overdark is Dimir (black and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
{T}: Destroy target enchanted creature.
Reference price of the card: €33.55
Average lands in decks for Ramses Overdark: 36
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Build your Ramses Overdark deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Ramses Overdark 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Ramses Overdark 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: C+ (63/100)
- Consistency50
- Speed36
- Interaction74
- Resilience91
- Closing71
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (26 nonbasic, 5 Island, 5 Swamp)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Hateful Eidolon · False Demise · Minion's Return · Fool's Demise · Rootwater Matriarch · Unholy Indenture · Screams from Within · Shade's Form · Ashiok's Reaper · Despondency · Dimir Signet · Nurgle's Rot · Entity Tracker · Crystal Chimes · Rootwater Shaman · Talisman of Dominance · Unhallowed Pact · Dead Man's Chest · Asinine Antics · Doomwake Giant · Launch · Grim Guardian · Ghoulish Impetus · Private Research · Counterspell · Chime of Night · Slow Motion · Swiftfoot Boots · Casting of Bones · Public Enemy · Betrayal · Changing Loyalty · Lightning Greaves · Death Watch · Propaganda · Protean Thaumaturge · Fellwar Stone · Patriar's Seal · Thousand-Year Elixir · Vizier of Tumbling Sands · Dragon Wings · Mind Stone · Wicked Visitor · Pemmin's Aura · Willbreaker · Amphibian Downpour · Dark Ritual · Morbid Opportunist · Arcane Denial · Parasitic Impetus · Psychic Impetus · Freed from the Real · Aura Finesse · Dragon Shadow · Skull of Orm · Eye of Nidhogg · Kelpie Guide · Blightcaster · Fatestitcher · Negate · Feed the Swarm · Command Tower · Sunken Hollow · Drowned Catacomb · Shipwreck Marsh · Tainted Isle · Watery Grave · Underground River · Arcane Lighthouse · Detection Tower · Dimir Aqueduct · Bojuka Bog · Morphic Pool · Darkwater Catacombs · Minamo, School at Water's Edge · Myriad Landscape · Polluted Delta · Choked Estuary · Reliquary Tower · Sunken Ruins · Temple of Deceit · Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway · Otawara, Soaring City · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Undercity Sewers · Command Beacon · Gloomlake Verge
🃏 Recommended cards for Ramses Overdark
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Ramses Overdark, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Hateful Eidolon | 76% | +75% |
| False Demise | 74% | +74% |
| Minion's Return | 73% | +73% |
| Fool's Demise | 72% | +72% |
| Rootwater Matriarch | 70% | +69% |
| Unholy Indenture | 69% | +69% |
| Shade's Form | 68% | +68% |
| Screams from Within | 68% | +68% |
| Ashiok's Reaper | 67% | +67% |
| Despondency | 67% | +67% |
| Nurgle's Rot | 63% | +63% |
| Entity Tracker | 61% | +61% |
| Unhallowed Pact | 58% | +58% |
| Crystal Chimes | 58% | +58% |
| Rootwater Shaman | 58% | +57% |
| Dead Man's Chest | 56% | +55% |
| Launch | 55% | +55% |
| Asinine Antics | 55% | +54% |
| Doomwake Giant | 55% | +54% |
| Grim Guardian | 54% | +54% |
| Private Research | 51% | +51% |
| Ghoulish Impetus | 52% | +50% |
| Chime of Night | 48% | +48% |
| Slow Motion | 48% | +48% |
💰 The best cards for your Ramses Overdark 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.
- Hateful Eidolon
- False Demise
- Minion's Return
- Fool's Demise
- Rootwater Matriarch
- Unholy Indenture
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Nurgle's Rot
- Patriar's Seal
- Willbreaker
- Pemmin's Aura
- Freed from the Real
- Eye of Nidhogg
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- Stinging Study
- Damnation
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Ramses Overdark
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle → Exile your library, Win the game
- Riverchurn Monument + Maddening Cacophony → Infinite mill
- Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Ioreth of the Healing House → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Vizier of Tumbling Sands → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Kelpie Guide → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
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Frequently asked questions
What is Ramses Overdark's color identity?
Ramses Overdark is Dimir (black and blue): 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 Ramses Overdark come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Ramses Overdark deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 6.2 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 83 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 27 % of the time and floods 13 %. Deck health: C+ (63/100).
How many lands should a Ramses Overdark deck run?
Real Ramses Overdark 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 Ramses Overdark?
The three highest-synergy cards are Hateful Eidolon, False Demise, Minion's Return. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Ramses Overdark decks.
What combos does Ramses Overdark have?
Ramses Overdark 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 Ramses Overdark deck cost?
You can start cheap: Hateful Eidolon, False Demise, Minion's Return 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.