EDH Optimizer
Renet, Temporal Apprentice
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · 3UU
Color identity: Blue
Renet, Temporal Apprentice is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flash
When Renet enters, return each other nonland permanent that entered this turn to its owner's hand.
Reference price of the card: €0.20
Average lands in decks for Renet, Temporal Apprentice: 35
ArtifactsControlMidrangeSpellslingerTempo
Build your Renet, Temporal Apprentice deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Renet, Temporal Apprentice 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Renet, Temporal Apprentice 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+ (81/100)
- Consistency67
- Speed46
- Interaction100
- Resilience93
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (5 nonbasic, 30 Island)
Sol Ring · Sapphire Medallion · Archaeomancer · Ghostly Flicker · Essence Flux · Arcane Signet · Blur · Planar Incision · Snap · Counterspell · Dour Port-Mage · High Tide · Opt · Aether Channeler · Displace · Hide on the Ceiling · Teferi's Time Twist · Venser, Shaper Savant · Waterbender's Restoration · Cloud of Faeries · Cyclonic Rift · Displacer Kitten · Mishra's Bauble · Peregrine Drake · Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs · Starfield Vocalist · Caged Sun · Everflowing Chalice · Mulldrifter · Mystic Remora · Step Through · Three Steps Ahead · Shuri, Wakandan Inventor · Aetherflux Reservoir · Brainstorm · Coveted Jewel · High Fae Trickster · Hurkyl's Recall · Illusionist's Stratagem · Nephalia Smuggler · Sea Gate Oracle · Thought Monitor · Tormod's Crypt · Gandalf, Shadow's Foe · Arcane Denial · Archmage Emeritus · Archmage of Runes · Conjurer's Closet · Fated Infatuation · Fellwar Stone · Force of Will · Forensic Gadgeteer · Frantic Search · Gilded Lotus · Imprisoned in the Moon · Leyline of Anticipation · Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch · Micromancer · Negate · Ponder · Propaganda · Shipwreck Dowser · Spellseeker · Springleaf Drum · Riptide Laboratory · Mystic Sanctuary · Reliquary Tower · Seat of the Synod · Otawara, Soaring City
🃏 Recommended cards for Renet, Temporal Apprentice
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Renet, Temporal Apprentice, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Riptide Laboratory | 65% | +56% |
| Ghostly Flicker | 58% | +46% |
| Essence Flux | 54% | +45% |
| Planar Incision | 50% | +45% |
| Blur | 50% | +44% |
| Archaeomancer | 58% | +43% |
| Dour Port-Mage | 42% | +39% |
| Waterbender's Restoration | 38% | +37% |
| Hide on the Ceiling | 38% | +36% |
| Displace | 38% | +35% |
| Teferi's Time Twist | 38% | +33% |
| Aether Channeler | 38% | +33% |
| Venser, Shaper Savant | 38% | +33% |
| Starfield Vocalist | 35% | +32% |
| Cloud of Faeries | 35% | +31% |
| Snap | 50% | +31% |
| Nephalia Smuggler | 27% | +27% |
| Peregrine Drake | 35% | +27% |
| Hurkyl's Recall | 27% | +26% |
| Step Through | 31% | +26% |
| Sea Gate Oracle | 27% | +26% |
| Illusionist's Stratagem | 27% | +25% |
| Mishra's Bauble | 35% | +25% |
| Displacer Kitten | 35% | +25% |
💰 The best cards for your Renet, Temporal Apprentice 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.
- Riptide Laboratory
- Ghostly Flicker
- Essence Flux
- Planar Incision
- Blur
- Archaeomancer
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Dour Port-Mage
- Waterbender's Restoration
- Snap
- High Fae Trickster
- The Endstone
- Three Steps Ahead
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Displacer Kitten
- Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
- Aetherflux Reservoir
- Spellseeker
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Renet, Temporal Apprentice
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mox Amber → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colored mana, Infinite storm count
- Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake + Archaeomancer → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of lands you control
- Basalt Monolith + Forensic Gadgeteer → Infinite colorless mana
- Peregrine Drake + Panharmonicon + Venser, Shaper Savant → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite blue mana, Infinite untap of lands you control
- High Tide + Archaeomancer + Snap → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Renet, Temporal Apprentice's color identity?
Renet, Temporal Apprentice is blue: 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 Renet, Temporal Apprentice come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Renet, Temporal Apprentice deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.7 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 25 % of the time and floods 11 %. Deck health: B+ (81/100).
How many lands should a Renet, Temporal Apprentice deck run?
Real Renet, Temporal Apprentice 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 Renet, Temporal Apprentice?
The three highest-synergy cards are Riptide Laboratory, Ghostly Flicker, Essence Flux. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Renet, Temporal Apprentice decks.
What combos does Renet, Temporal Apprentice have?
Renet, Temporal Apprentice 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 Renet, Temporal Apprentice deck cost?
You can start cheap: Riptide Laboratory, Ghostly Flicker, Essence Flux 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.