EDH Optimizer
Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager
Legendary Creature — Alien Hero · 4UU
Color identity: Blue
Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager is blue: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flash
Flying
When Silver Surfer enters, exile any number of other target permanents you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. If a land enters this way, it enters tapped.
Reference price of the card: €1.19
Average lands in decks for Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager: 37
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Build your Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager 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+ (76/100)
- Consistency62
- Speed46
- Interaction85
- Resilience91
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (15 nonbasic, 22 Island)
Sol Ring · Ghostly Flicker · Arcane Signet · Solemn Simulacrum · Essence Flux · Aether Channeler · Sapphire Medallion · Peregrine Drake · Ruin Crab · Roil Elemental · Retreat to Coralhelm · Skycoach Conductor // All Aboard · Thought Vessel · Counterspell · Amulet of Vigor · Venser, Shaper Savant · Archaeomancer · Planar Incision · Dour Port-Mage · Starfield Vocalist · Conjurer's Closet · H.E.R.B.I.E. Scout Unit · High Tide · Y'shtola Rhul · Hedron Crab · Spark Double · Displace · Cryogen Relic · Grappling Kraken · Deadeye Navigator · Cloud of Faeries · Displacer Kitten · Blur · Guardian of Tazeem · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Arcane Denial · Mind Stone · Roil Cartographer · Gandalf, Shadow's Foe · Mulldrifter · Tiller Engine · Altar of the Brood · The Water Crystal · Spaceshift · Pongify · Splash Portal · Anticausal Vestige · Thran Dynamo · Cyclonic Rift · Propaganda · Hide on the Ceiling · Panharmonicon · Thassa, Deep-Dwelling · Trinket Mage · Aetherize · Circuit Mender · Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall · Mystic Remora · Scourge of Fleets · Snap · Throne of Eldraine · Walking Atlas · Mystic Sanctuary · Reliquary Tower · Halimar Depths · Otawara, Soaring City · Skyline Cascade · Field of the Dead · Talon Gates of Madara · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Urza's Saga · Adventurer's Inn · Castle Vantress · Myriad Landscape · Sunscorched Desert · Terrain Generator · Vesuva
🃏 Recommended cards for Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Ghostly Flicker | 81% | +69% |
| Aether Channeler | 71% | +66% |
| Essence Flux | 74% | +65% |
| Roil Elemental | 64% | +63% |
| Skycoach Conductor | 63% | +61% |
| Amulet of Vigor | 61% | +60% |
| Retreat to Coralhelm | 63% | +60% |
| Peregrine Drake | 66% | +58% |
| Ruin Crab | 65% | +57% |
| Venser, Shaper Savant | 61% | +55% |
| Solemn Simulacrum | 75% | +55% |
| H.E.R.B.I.E. Scout Unit | 55% | +54% |
| Starfield Vocalist | 57% | +54% |
| Dour Port-Mage | 57% | +54% |
| Planar Incision | 58% | +53% |
| Y'shtola Rhul | 55% | +52% |
| Conjurer's Closet | 55% | +51% |
| Grappling Kraken | 49% | +47% |
| Hedron Crab | 52% | +47% |
| Displace | 50% | +46% |
| Archaeomancer | 60% | +46% |
| Cryogen Relic | 49% | +45% |
| Deadeye Navigator | 48% | +44% |
| Guardian of Tazeem | 44% | +43% |
💰 The best cards for your Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager 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.
- Ghostly Flicker
- Aether Channeler
- Essence Flux
- Retreat to Coralhelm
- Peregrine Drake
- Ruin Crab
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Roil Elemental
- Dour Port-Mage
- Y'shtola Rhul
- Conjurer's Closet
- Hedron Crab
- Spark Double
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Amulet of Vigor
- Tiller Engine
- Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
- Displacer Kitten
- Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
- Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mana Vault → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- 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
- Maddening Cacophony + Fraying Sanity → Infinite mill for target opponent, Near-infinite mill
- Riverchurn Monument + Maddening Cacophony → Infinite mill
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Frequently asked questions
What is Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager's color identity?
Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager 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 Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 6.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 87 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 26 % of the time and floods 13 %. Deck health: B+ (76/100).
How many lands should a Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager deck run?
Real Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager 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 Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager?
The three highest-synergy cards are Ghostly Flicker, Aether Channeler, Essence Flux. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager decks.
What combos does Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager have?
Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager 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 Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager deck cost?
You can start cheap: Ghostly Flicker, Aether Channeler, 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.