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Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
Legendary Artifact Creature — Food Knight · 2
Color identity: Colorless
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender is colorless: its deck can only run colorless cards (artifacts, Eldrazi and colorless lands).
Rules text:
Syr Ginger has trample, hexproof, and haste as long as an opponent controls a planeswalker.
Whenever another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Syr Ginger and scry 1.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Syr Ginger: You gain life equal to its power.
Reference price of the card: €0.73
Average lands in decks for Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender: 34
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Build your Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender 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+ (77/100)
- Consistency53
- Speed76
- Interaction57
- Resilience94
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 34 lands (24 nonbasic, 10 Wastes)
Sol Ring · Foundry Inspector · Scrap Trawler · Forsaken Monument · Mind Stone · All Is Dust · Mystic Forge · Myr Retriever · Junk Diver · Candy Trail · Jhoira's Familiar · Gingerbrute · Solemn Simulacrum · Null Elemental Blast · Swiftfoot Boots · Tarrian's Soulcleaver · Lembas · Steel Overseer · Animation Module · Ugin, the Ineffable · Workshop Assistant · Palladium Myr · Hedron Archive · Mishra's Bauble · Cloud Key · Collector's Vault · Arcbound Ravager · Burnished Hart · Thran Dynamo · Welding Jar · Shimmer Myr · Krark-Clan Ironworks · Ichor Wellspring · Metalwork Colossus · Threefold Thunderhulk · Academy Manufactor · Kuldotha Forgemaster · Moonsilver Key · Echoes of Eternity · Trading Post · Warping Wail · Wayfarer's Bauble · Thought Vessel · Expedition Map · Manifold Key · Throne of Geth · Commander's Plate · Everflowing Chalice · Glaring Fleshraker · Hangarback Walker · Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter · Soul-Guide Lantern · Unwinding Clock · Sculpting Steel · Ashnod's Altar · Nettlecyst · Goldvein Pick · Scrapyard Recombiner · Eldritch Immunity · Transmutation Font · Cryptothrall · Meteor Golem · Golden Egg · Nuka-Cola Vending Machine · Patchwork Automaton · Urza's Mine · Urza's Power Plant · Urza's Tower · Rogue's Passage · Buried Ruin · Shrine of the Forsaken Gods · War Room · Darksteel Citadel · Tomb of the Spirit Dragon · Reliquary Tower · Temple of the False God · Zhalfirin Void · Treasure Vault · Inventors' Fair · Urza's Cave · Karn's Bastion · Phyrexia's Core · Bonders' Enclave · Urza's Workshop · Tyrite Sanctum · The Mycosynth Gardens · Urza's Factory · Blast Zone · Urza's Saga
🃏 Recommended cards for Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Candy Trail | 64% | +62% |
| Lembas | 61% | +59% |
| Tarrian's Soulcleaver | 62% | +58% |
| Gingerbrute | 63% | +56% |
| Animation Module | 59% | +54% |
| Scrap Trawler | 78% | +53% |
| Workshop Assistant | 58% | +52% |
| Junk Diver | 67% | +52% |
| Mishra's Bauble | 53% | +49% |
| Myr Retriever | 72% | +47% |
| Welding Jar | 49% | +45% |
| Arcbound Ravager | 49% | +43% |
| Academy Manufactor | 45% | +43% |
| Collector's Vault | 50% | +42% |
| Ichor Wellspring | 46% | +41% |
| Krark-Clan Ironworks | 47% | +37% |
| Throne of Geth | 41% | +37% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 39% | +36% |
| Phyrexia's Core | 40% | +36% |
| Foundry Inspector | 85% | +35% |
| Trading Post | 44% | +34% |
| Steel Overseer | 61% | +33% |
| Goldvein Pick | 34% | +32% |
| Wayfarer's Bauble | 44% | +32% |
💰 The best cards for your Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender 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.
- Lembas
- Tarrian's Soulcleaver
- Gingerbrute
- Animation Module
- Scrap Trawler
- Workshop Assistant
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Candy Trail
- Arcbound Ravager
- Academy Manufactor
- Krark-Clan Ironworks
- Kuldotha Forgemaster
- Ashnod's Altar
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- The Ozolith
- Shadowspear
- Mithril Coat
- Cryptothrall
- Excalibur, Sword of Eden
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
- Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
- Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Cloud Key → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Scrap Trawler + Myr Retriever + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Foundry Inspector → Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Sensei's Divining Top + Mystic Forge + Jhoira's Familiar → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Glaring Fleshraker + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite ETB, Near-infinite LTB, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender's color identity?
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender is colorless: its deck can only run colorless cards (artifacts, Eldrazi and colorless lands). Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 34 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 1.9 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 10 % of the time and floods 30 %. Deck health: B+ (77/100).
How many lands should a Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender deck run?
Real Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender decks run 34 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 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender?
The three highest-synergy cards are Candy Trail, Lembas, Tarrian's Soulcleaver. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender decks.
What combos does Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender have?
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument. 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 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender deck cost?
You can start cheap: Lembas, Tarrian's Soulcleaver, Gingerbrute 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.