EDH Optimizer
Tam, Mindful First-Year
Legendary Creature — Gorgon Wizard
Color identity: Green · Blue
Average lands in decks for Tam, Mindful First-Year: 35
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Build your Tam, Mindful First-Year deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Tam, Mindful First-Year 📥 Analyze my deck🃏 Recommended cards for Tam, Mindful First-Year
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Tam, Mindful First-Year, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Awakener | 77% | +76% |
| Bloom Tender | 78% | +73% |
| Prismatic Undercurrents | 73% | +72% |
| Shinestriker | 72% | +72% |
| Glister Bairn | 63% | +63% |
| Elemental Spectacle | 62% | +62% |
| Case of the Shattered Pact | 62% | +62% |
| Conqueror's Flail | 61% | +61% |
| Prismabasher | 61% | +60% |
| Scuttlemutt | 52% | +52% |
| Wildvine Pummeler | 50% | +50% |
| Distorting Lens | 45% | +45% |
| Murkfiend Liege | 58% | +44% |
| Painter's Servant | 43% | +43% |
| Rime Chill | 42% | +42% |
| Scion of Draco | 41% | +40% |
| Formidable Speaker | 43% | +40% |
| Ioreth of the Healing House | 42% | +40% |
| Blind Seer | 37% | +37% |
| Kiora's Follower | 50% | +37% |
| Shifting Sky | 35% | +35% |
| Tidal Visionary | 35% | +35% |
| Dragonfire Blade | 34% | +34% |
| Fallaji Wayfarer | 33% | +33% |
💰 The best cards for your Tam, Mindful First-Year 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.
- Aurora Awakener
- Prismatic Undercurrents
- Shinestriker
- Glister Bairn
- Elemental Spectacle
- Case of the Shattered Pact
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Scion of Draco
- Wistfulness
- Birds of Paradise
- Spark Double
- Mistrise Village
- Beast Whisperer
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Bloom Tender
- Painter's Servant
- Formidable Speaker
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- Thousand-Year Elixir
- Hedge Maze
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Tam, Mindful First-Year
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
- Ioreth of the Healing House + Vizier of Tumbling Sands → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Bloom Tender + Freed from the Real → Infinite non-blue mana of colors among permanents you control, Infinite mana of colors among permanents you control
- Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Ioreth of the Healing House → Infinite untap of legendary creatures you control, Infinite mana legendary creatures you control can produce
- Kodama of the East Tree + Simic Growth Chamber + Scute Swarm → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite ETB
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Frequently asked questions
How many lands should a Tam, Mindful First-Year deck run?
Real Tam, Mindful First-Year 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 Tam, Mindful First-Year?
The three highest-synergy cards are Aurora Awakener, Bloom Tender, Prismatic Undercurrents. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Tam, Mindful First-Year decks.
What combos does Tam, Mindful First-Year have?
Tam, Mindful First-Year 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 Tam, Mindful First-Year deck cost?
You can start cheap: Aurora Awakener, Prismatic Undercurrents, Shinestriker 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.