EDH Optimizer
Spock, Always Your Friend
Legendary Creature — Vulcan Human Scientist · UR
Color identity: Red · Blue · Izzet
Spock, Always Your Friend is Izzet (red and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When Spock enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Average lands in decks for Spock, Always Your Friend: 32
Build your Spock, Always Your Friend deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
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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+ (77/100)
- Consistency82
- Speed66
- Interaction91
- Resilience93
- Closing73
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 32 lands (21 nonbasic, 7 Island, 4 Mountain)
Arcane Signet · Blur · Chaos Warp · Cyber Conversion · Displace · Essence Flux · Fellwar Stone · Ghostly Flicker · Hide on the Ceiling · Izzet Signet · Planar Incision · Pongify · Rapid Hybridization · Reality Shift · Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs · Siren's Ruse · Sol Ring · Spaceshift · Splash Portal · Talisman of Creativity · Teferi's Time Twist · Thor, God of Thunder · Vivi Ornitier · Waterbender's Restoration · Abrade · Agate Instigator · Archaeomancer · Archmage Emeritus · Archmage of Runes · Bender's Waterskin · Blasphemous Act · Chain of Vapor · Chaos Mutation · Chrome Mox · City on Fire · Consuming Tide · Counterspell · Cursed Mirror · Deep Space Scan · Displacer Kitten · Eldrazi Confluence · Electrostatic Field · Erebor Flamesmith · Evacuation · Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch · Fact or Fiction · Fiery Emancipation · Fiery Inscription · Firebrand Archer · Fury · Gandalf the Grey · Goblin Electromancer · Gossip's Talent · Guttersnipe · Hermes, Overseer of Elpis · Highly Illogical · Hullbreaker Horror · Illusionist's Stratagem · Impact Tremors · Izzet Charm · Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice · Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins · Katara, Waterbending Master · Kessig Flamebreather · Lightning Bolt · Lotus Petal · Magnus the Red · Arid Mesa · Bloodstained Mire · Command Beacon · Command Tower · Fabled Passage · Fiery Islet · Flooded Strand · Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege · Misty Rainforest · Mystic Sanctuary · Polluted Delta · Prismatic Vista · Riverpyre Verge · Scalding Tarn · Shivan Reef · Steam Vents · Talon Gates of Madara · Thundering Falls · Training Center · Volcanic Island · Wooded Foothills
🃏 Recommended cards for Spock, Always Your Friend
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Spock, Always Your Friend, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Waterbender's Restoration | 100% | +100% |
| Displace | 100% | +100% |
| Spaceshift | 100% | +100% |
| Siren's Ruse | 100% | +100% |
| Teferi's Time Twist | 100% | +99% |
| Cyber Conversion | 100% | +99% |
| Planar Incision | 100% | +99% |
| Blur | 100% | +99% |
| Hide on the Ceiling | 100% | +99% |
| Essence Flux | 100% | +99% |
| Splash Portal | 100% | +99% |
| Ghostly Flicker | 100% | +98% |
| Thor, God of Thunder | 100% | +98% |
| Vivi Ornitier | 100% | +88% |
| Reality Shift | 100% | +86% |
| Rapid Hybridization | 100% | +83% |
| Sink into Stupor | 100% | +82% |
| Pongify | 100% | +73% |
| Fellwar Stone | 100% | +68% |
| Chaos Warp | 100% | +59% |
| Highly Illogical | 50% | +50% |
| Deep Space Scan | 50% | +50% |
| Eldrazi Confluence | 50% | +50% |
| Illusionist's Stratagem | 50% | +50% |
💰 The best cards for your Spock, Always Your Friend 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.
- Displace
- Spaceshift
- Siren's Ruse
- Teferi's Time Twist
- Cyber Conversion
- Planar Incision
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Waterbender's Restoration
- Highly Illogical
- Agate Instigator
- Magnus the Red
- Fiery Emancipation
- City on Fire
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Thor, God of Thunder
- Vivi Ornitier
- Eldrazi Confluence
- Katara, Waterbending Master
- Talon Gates of Madara
- Purphoros, God of the Forge
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Spock, Always Your Friend
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Ghostly Flicker + Magnus the Red + Archaeomancer → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count
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Frequently asked questions
What is Spock, Always Your Friend's color identity?
Spock, Always Your Friend is Izzet (red 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 Spock, Always Your Friend come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Spock, Always Your Friend deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 32 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.2 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 9 % of the time and floods 26 %. Deck health: B+ (77/100).
How many lands should a Spock, Always Your Friend deck run?
Real Spock, Always Your Friend 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 Spock, Always Your Friend?
The three highest-synergy cards are Waterbender's Restoration, Displace, Spaceshift. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Spock, Always Your Friend decks.
What combos does Spock, Always Your Friend have?
Spock, Always Your Friend has 2 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 Spock, Always Your Friend deck cost?
You can start cheap: Displace, Spaceshift, Siren's Ruse 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.