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Stick, Fearless Mentor
Legendary Creature — Human Monk Hero · 1R
Color identity: Red
Stick, Fearless Mentor is red: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
First strike
Whenever a source you control deals damage to you, exile the top card of your library. You may play it until the end of your next turn. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Reference price of the card: €0.24
Average lands in decks for Stick, Fearless Mentor: 35
Build your Stick, Fearless Mentor deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Stick, Fearless Mentor 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Stick, Fearless 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 (52/100)
- Consistency64
- Speed57
- Interaction34
- Resilience64
- Closing46
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (12 nonbasic, 23 Mountain)
Sol Ring · Chaos Warp · Spear Spewer · Daredevil, Fearless Fighter · Delayed Blast Fireball · Goblin Artillery · Magebane Lizard · Roiling Vortex · Arcane Signet · Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence · Basilisk Collar · Char · Eidolon of the Great Revel · Laelia, the Blade Reforged · Ankh of Mishra · Blasphemous Act · Dragon's Claw · Light Up the Stage · Lightning Bolt · Manabarbs · Orcish Artillery · Ruby Medallion · Shadow of the Goblin · Cemetery Gatekeeper · Descent into Avernus · Loxodon Warhammer · Spellshock · Unstable Amulet · Zo-Zu the Punisher · Burning Earth · Orcish Cannoneers · Passionate Archaeologist · Price of Progress · Pristine Talisman · Rampaging Ferocidon · Scytheclaw Raptor · Reckless Impulse · Shadowspear · Sulfuric Vortex · Torbran, Thane of Red Fell · Wrenn's Resolve · Acidic Soil · Fireslinger · Flashback · Glimpse the Impossible · Heartless Hidetsugu · Pyrostatic Pillar · Razorkin Needlehead · Aftershock · Ancient Runes · Arcbond · Earthquake · Flame Rift · Ivory Tower · Lightning Greaves · Neheb, the Eternal · Pyrohemia · Rolling Earthquake · Sun Droplet · Venser's Journal · Wayfarer's Bauble · Fortune Thief · Nico Minoru, Runaway · Memory Worm · Fogwell's Gym · Barbarian Ring · City of Brass · Adventurer's Inn · Grand Coliseum · Radiant Fountain · Forgotten Cave · Roadside Reliquary · War Room · Ancient Tomb · Spinerock Knoll · Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
🃏 Recommended cards for Stick, Fearless Mentor
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Stick, Fearless Mentor, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Fogwell's Gym | 96% | +94% |
| Barbarian Ring | 92% | +88% |
| Spear Spewer | 75% | +72% |
| Daredevil, Fearless Fighter | 71% | +70% |
| City of Brass | 71% | +70% |
| Goblin Artillery | 67% | +66% |
| Magebane Lizard | 67% | +65% |
| Char | 63% | +62% |
| Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence | 63% | +62% |
| Delayed Blast Fireball | 67% | +61% |
| Roiling Vortex | 67% | +61% |
| Eidolon of the Great Revel | 63% | +60% |
| Orcish Artillery | 58% | +58% |
| Dragon's Claw | 58% | +57% |
| Laelia, the Blade Reforged | 63% | +57% |
| Shadow of the Goblin | 58% | +57% |
| Ankh of Mishra | 58% | +56% |
| Unstable Amulet | 54% | +53% |
| Cemetery Gatekeeper | 54% | +53% |
| Manabarbs | 58% | +52% |
| Spellshock | 54% | +51% |
| Basilisk Collar | 63% | +51% |
| Zo-Zu the Punisher | 54% | +50% |
| Loxodon Warhammer | 54% | +50% |
💰 The best cards for your Stick, Fearless 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.
- Fogwell's Gym
- Barbarian Ring
- Spear Spewer
- Daredevil, Fearless Fighter
- Goblin Artillery
- Magebane Lizard
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- City of Brass
- Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
- Eidolon of the Great Revel
- Ankh of Mishra
- Cemetery Gatekeeper
- Manabarbs
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Delayed Blast Fireball
- Passionate Archaeologist
- Descent into Avernus
- Shadowspear
- Nico Minoru, Runaway
- Ancient Tomb
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Stick, Fearless Mentor
- Blasphemous Act + Repercussion → Near-infinite damage to all players
- Storm-Kiln Artist + Seething Song + Reiterate → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colored mana, Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack, Infinite power for any creature, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count, Infinite Treasure tokens
- Solphim, Mayhem Dominus + Heartless Hidetsugu → Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite damage to all players
- Goblin Sharpshooter + Basilisk Collar → Lock, Destroy all creatures opponents control, From now on, destroy any creatures opponents control at instant speed
- Reiterate + Seething Song + Ruby Medallion → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count
- Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might + Pyrohemia → Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite damage
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Frequently asked questions
What is Stick, Fearless Mentor's color identity?
Stick, Fearless Mentor is red: 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 Stick, Fearless Mentor come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Stick, Fearless Mentor deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 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 21 % of the time and floods 1 %. Deck health: C (52/100).
How many lands should a Stick, Fearless Mentor deck run?
Real Stick, Fearless Mentor 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 Stick, Fearless Mentor?
The three highest-synergy cards are Fogwell's Gym, Barbarian Ring, Spear Spewer. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Stick, Fearless Mentor decks.
What combos does Stick, Fearless Mentor have?
Stick, Fearless Mentor has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Blasphemous Act + Repercussion. 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 Stick, Fearless Mentor deck cost?
You can start cheap: Fogwell's Gym, Barbarian Ring, Spear Spewer 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.