EDH Optimizer
Splinter, the Mentor
Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Rat · 1B
Color identity: Black
Splinter, the Mentor is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Menace
Whenever Splinter or another nontoken creature you control leaves the battlefield, create a Mutagen token.
Partner—Character select (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)
Reference price of the card: €0.49
Comes in the precon Turtle Power!
Average lands in decks for Splinter, the Mentor: 32
AggroAristocratsComboHatebearsInfectLifegainRatsReanimator
Build your Splinter, the Mentor deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Splinter, the Mentor 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Splinter, the Mentor 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+ (59/100)
- Consistency55
- Speed59
- Interaction42
- Resilience78
- Closing64
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 32 lands (10 nonbasic, 22 Swamp)
Bag End Banquet · Long-Lost Lances · Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Rat King, Pale Piper · Read the Bones · Bastion of Remembrance · Dark Ritual · Deadly Dispute · Night's Whisper · Pitiless Plunderer · Sign in Blood · Victimize · Village Rites · Shredder's Technique · Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm · Ashnod's Altar · Bloodghast · Feed the Swarm · Go for the Throat · Hero's Downfall · Mind Stone · Morbid Opportunist · Ogre Slumlord · Phyrexian Arena · Plaguecrafter · Reassembling Skeleton · Rise of the Dark Realms · Swiftfoot Boots · Viscera Seer · Black Widow, Super Spy · Boomerang, Blade Flinger · Captain America's Shield · Foot Chopper · H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot · Swift Demise · White Widow, Yelena Belova · Ninja Teen · Shark Shredder, Killer Clone · South Wind Avatar · The Cloning of Shredder · Agent Venom · Black Market · Blood Artist · Burglar Rat · Doomed Necromancer · Fleshbag Marauder · Gray Merchant of Asphodel · Infernal Grasp · Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni · Metallic Mimic · Okiba-Gang Shinobi · Priest of Forgotten Gods · Skullclamp · Solemn Simulacrum · Syr Konrad, the Grim · Throat Slitter · Vampiric Rites · Withering Torment · Zulaport Cutthroat · Bebop, Skull & Crossbones · Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving · Dimension X Pizzasaur · Exploding Barrel · Game Over · Shredder, Shadow Master · Shredder's Revenge · Witch's Cottage · Cabal Coffers · Memorial to Folly · Rogue's Passage · Bojuka Bog · Castle Locthwain · Crypt of Agadeem · Reliquary Tower · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · War Room
🃏 Recommended cards for Splinter, the Mentor
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Splinter, the Mentor, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Bag End Banquet | 100% | +100% |
| Long-Lost Lances | 100% | +100% |
| Rat King, Pale Piper | 50% | +46% |
| Shredder's Technique | 42% | +39% |
| Read the Bones | 50% | +34% |
| Boomerang, Blade Flinger | 33% | +33% |
| H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot | 33% | +33% |
| Swift Demise | 33% | +33% |
| White Widow, Yelena Belova | 33% | +33% |
| Foot Chopper | 33% | +33% |
| Captain America's Shield | 33% | +32% |
| Black Widow, Super Spy | 33% | +32% |
| Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm | 36% | +32% |
| The Cloning of Shredder | 31% | +30% |
| Shark Shredder, Killer Clone | 31% | +30% |
| Ninja Teen | 31% | +29% |
| Hero's Downfall | 36% | +29% |
| Metallic Mimic | 29% | +28% |
| Okiba-Gang Shinobi | 29% | +28% |
| South Wind Avatar | 31% | +28% |
| Throat Slitter | 29% | +27% |
| Agent Venom | 29% | +27% |
| Doomed Necromancer | 29% | +27% |
| Ogre Slumlord | 36% | +26% |
💰 The best cards for your Splinter, the Mentor 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.
- Rat King, Pale Piper
- Shredder's Technique
- Read the Bones
- Boomerang, Blade Flinger
- H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot
- Swift Demise
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Bag End Banquet
- Long-Lost Lances
- Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm
- Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
- Technodrome
- Pitiless Plunderer
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Super Shredder
- Marrow-Gnawer
- Ashnod's Altar
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Splinter, the Mentor
- Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Carrion Feeder → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers
- Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite scry 1, Infinite storm count
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Viscera Seer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite scry 1
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Frequently asked questions
What is Splinter, the Mentor's color identity?
Splinter, the Mentor is black: 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 Splinter, the Mentor come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Splinter, the Mentor deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 32 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.1 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 28 % of the time and floods 11 %. Deck health: C+ (59/100).
How many lands should a Splinter, the Mentor deck run?
Real Splinter, the Mentor decks run 32 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 Splinter, the Mentor?
The three highest-synergy cards are Bag End Banquet, Long-Lost Lances, Rat King, Pale Piper. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Splinter, the Mentor decks.
What combos does Splinter, the Mentor have?
Splinter, the Mentor has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Reassembling Skeleton. 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 Splinter, the Mentor deck cost?
You can start cheap: Rat King, Pale Piper, Shredder's Technique, Read the Bones 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.